News and insights
Welcome to Bellberry’s blog. Here we publish commentary, updates, feature posts and thought leadership on research ethics, regulation, participant experience and system change. Discover what’s happening across the research and ethics landscape in Australia and beyond.
eProtocol Registrations Change
Bellberry is committed to ensuring the privacy and security for users of our service. In light of recent government announcements warning of increases in cybersecurity attacks, Bellberry has assessed its current processes relating to eProtocol registrations and have made the following changes to strengthen our current security procedures. All new eProtocol registrations will be required […]
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Progress Reporting Change
Based on feedback from sites and sponsors, and in our aim for continuous improvement, Bellberry has made further attempts to streamline progress reporting. The change in reporting will make it easier for sites and sponsors to control and manage the due dates for progress reports and consolidates the two processes of progress reports and extension […]
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Bellberry receives Australian first recognition
Bellberry awarded AAHRPP accreditation Bellberry has become the first organisation in Australia to achieve international accreditation for excellence and ethically sound processes in running Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs). The recognition has come from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP), which is based in the USA. The AAHRPP site accreditation team […]
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CT:IQ Launch
CT:IQ will be formally launched by Minister Hunt and Minister Cash on Wednesday 16 May at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 10.30am. This event is a collaborative effort and will launch CT:IQ, celebrate the ACTA Clinical Trial of the Year Awards and launch the NHMRC consumer engagement campaign. This will be followed by a CT:IQ […]
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Launch of Exciting New Australian Clinical Trials Initiative, CT:IQ!
We are delighted to announce that Bellberry, ACTA, NHMRC CTC and The George Institute have formed a consortium ‘Clinical Trials: Impact & Quality (CT:IQ)’. The consortium’s mission is “to develop and implement recommendations that will improve the impact, quality and efficiency of clinical trials, leading to more rapid, lower cost and higher quality evaluation of […]
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Crossover Conference Papers Published
In October 2014 Bellberry hosted the Crossover conference, an international expert scientific meeting that addressed the challenges of early treatment switching in clinical trial design for oncology. A further scientific meeting in 2015 allowed for the development and launch of best practice guidelines for trial design and statistical methods from an international expert panel. Bellberry […]
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No Bookings Needed for Study Submissions
Following the positive response to our recent ‘No Bookings’ trial for study submissions, Bellberry are pleased to announce that this system will continue to operate on a permanent basis. Once all your study documentation is ready, please submit via eProtocol and your study will then be allocated to the next available meeting date. Bellberry will […]
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Human Research Ethics Committees
Discover how Bellberry's committees operate and maintain the highest ethical standards in research.
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Monitoring & Quality
Learn about Bellberry's continuous improvement and oversight processes that ensure accountability.
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Grant Activities
See how Bellberry reinvests in research education and participant-focused initiatives.
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