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Institution on whose behalf the research is being undertaken |
Researcher |
Description |
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Double-blind, double-dummy,
randomised, parallel-arm equivalence study comparing
hydromorphone hydrochloride extended-release capsules with MS
Contin tablets, at a dose ratio of 1:7.5, in cancer or
non-cancer patients with a history of moderate to severe pain. |
Mundipharma Pty Ltd. |
Davis JM. |
Comparing treatment therapies
for people with or without cancer with moderate to severe pain. |
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The effects of transfer from
a palliative care unit to a nursing home, on patients and their
carers. |
Calvary Health Care Sydney. |
Garrard J. |
Determining patients and carers experience of the process of
transfer from a palliative care unit to a nursing home. |
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A double-blind,
placebo-controlled, trial of Zoloft’s effects on symptoms and
survival time
in advanced cancer (ZEST). |
NHMRC Clinical Trial Centre;
NSW Co-operative Oncology Group. |
Gorman D. |
This trial looks at the
benefits of using a mild
anti-depressant in patients who are not clinically depressed. |
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Open-label, Phase ll trial to
assess symptom control, weight change and the tolerability of
Olanzapine in cancer patients with anorexia-cachexia syndrome. |
Calvary Health Care Sydney. |
Davis JM. |
Patients with cancer who have rapid weight loss leading to
anorexia-cachexia are using Olanzapine for 12 weeks and the
effect on weight, appetite
and quality of life measured. |
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The subjective experience of
Asian women from a non-English speaking background in caring for
a dying relative at home. |
Calvary Health Care Sydney. |
Heidenric M. |
Based on evidence demonstrating a disparity in service provision
for Asian women caring for a dying relative at home, this research project identifies the specific needs of
this group. |
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A double-blind, randomised,
parallel group study to compare the efficiacy, safety and
tolerability of OxyContin taken in combination with Gabapentin
versus placebo with Gabapentin, for the treatment of moderate to
severe neuropathic pain in patients with diabetes mellitus. |
Mundipharma Pty Ltd. |
Gorma D. |
To evaluate which analgesia
is superior and to compare the two treatments with respect to
sleep quality. |
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Investigating the prevalence
of white matter hyperintensities found on magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) in older patients with falls resulting in a
fractures neck of femur requiring surgery, compared to the MRI
of older patients presenting for hip replacement surgery. |
Calvary Health Care Sydney. |
Schwarz R. |
The aim of this pilot study
is to identify whether patients with falls resulting in a
fractured neck of femur have increased white matter
hyperintensities on MRI findings, compared to those who undergo
elective hip replacement surgery. |
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Ageing well for the over 45s. |
Calvary Health Care Sydney. |
Sheriff J. |
A project designed to enhance
participant’s awareness of their health status, improve their
knowledge of factors contributing to good health and provide
them with an opportunity to develop skills in assessing,
monitoring and managing their health. |
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Keeping well in chronic
illness. |
Calvary Health Care Sydney. |
Donoghue J. |
To investigate self-care
behaviours and related self-efficacy, sense of coherence, social
support and illness severity in four populations of older people
with chronic illness, as a basis for developing nursing
interventions that help patients attain and maintain optimal
self-care behaviours. |
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An investigation of service
needs of bereaved carers after a Calvary Health Care
Sydney-related death. |
Calvary Health Care Sydney;
SESIAHS Carers Program. |
Connell S. |
This project seeks to
determine the needs of bereaved carers, with
a view to improving and expanding services for bereaved carers. |
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A cross study on the
relationship between biguanides, proton pump inhibitors (PPI)
and malnutrition, and serum vitamin B12 levels in an elderly
populations. |
Calvary Health Care Sydney. |
O’Leary F. |
A research project designed
to look at nutrient intake and nutritional status in an elderly
population, and determine if there is an association between
sub-optimal levels of vitamin B12 and malnutrition, biguanides
for the treatment of diabetes and the consumption of commonly
prescribed PPIs for the treatment of gastric reflux disease.
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Better defining neuropathic
pain: a double-blind, randomised trial of signs and symptoms in
sciatic pain before and after Gabapentin therapy. |
Calvary Health Care Sydney. |
Gorman D. |
A study of the symptoms and
signs in sciatic pain before and after Gabapentin to better
define neuropathic pain. |
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Signs and symptoms in
neuropathic pain in spinal metastases before and after
radiotherapy. |
Calvary Health Care Sydney. |
Gorman D. |
A study of signs and symptoms
before and after radiotherapy to better define which pains are
neuropathic. |
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A multi-centre, randomised,
double-blind, controlled trial of oxygen versus air for the
relief of breathlessness in terminally-ill patients with
intractable dyspnoea and PaO2 > 55mmHg. |
Repatriation General Hospital, SA; Flinders University.
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Davis JM. |
This trial seeks to establish
the role of oxygen in the context of providing relief of the
sensation of breathlessness for terminally ill patients. |
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