Research
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ARAD
ARAD is a national Australian database which collects important health information from individuals with inflammatory arthritis such as: Rheumatoid arthritis,
Ankylosing spondylitis, Juvenile arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis. - AGRIA
The Arthritis Genomics Recruitment Initiative in Australasia (AGRIA) aims to find out more about the genetic causes ankylosing spondylitis (AS), gout and giant cell arteritis (GCA).
- PEB Study
Research looking at pregnancies in women with rheumatic diseases.
Clinical Trials
The SUcceSS Study: SUrgery for Spinal Stenosis – A randomised, placebo-controlled trial
Study Aims: The aims of the SUcceSS study are to evaluate, in a double-blind randomised controlled trial, the efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness of decompressive surgery compared to placebo surgery for patients with chronic, symptomatic central lumbar spinal canal stenosis. Click here for more information.
NHMRC Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are an important part of making sure treatments and medicines that can improve health are safe and effective for everyone.Currently, there are over 1000 clinical trials recruiting. Please click here for more information.
Institute of Bone and Joint Research. Please click here for more information.
You can also refer to the ANZCTR website which is an online registry of most of the clinical trials being
undertaken in Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.