{"id":6038,"date":"2026-01-29T12:52:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T02:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/uncategorized\/tpch-new-clinical-trials-centre"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T02:52:04","slug":"tpch-new-clinical-trials-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/news\/tpch-new-clinical-trials-centre","title":{"rendered":"TPCH Clinical Trials Centre opens with pioneering pulmonary fibrosis research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:89.44rem;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>TPCH Clinical Trials Centre opens with pioneering pulmonary fibrosis research<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_6039\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6039\" class=\"wp-image-6039 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/01\/jenny-and-patient.jpg\" alt=\"Jenny pictured with patient, Jeff, in the new Clinical Trials Centre.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jenny pictured with patient, Jeff, in the new Clinical Trials Centre.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>A new Clinical Trials Centre at The Prince Charles Hospital is helping patients access innovative treatments, providing hope for those living with illness.<\/h4>\n<p>Jeff is one of eight patients with pulmonary fibrosis at The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) participating in the ALOFT study at the new centre, a global clinical trial running in over 30 countries.<\/p>\n<p>The ALOFT study has 1,125 participants internationally and is one of the first clinical trials to christen the halls of TPCH\u2019s brand-new centre.<\/p>\n<p>Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive lung disease that causes shortness of breath and fatigue, with patients like Jeff experiencing impacts on their quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>The trial is set to investigate whether a new drug is safe and effective in adults living with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) or progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF), promising hope of slowing the progression of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff, who is one of the first patients to join the trial, said he was hopeful for himself but also for others who live with pulmonary fibrosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m ecstatic to be a part of something so important for future generations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo having a comfortable and dedicated space to go for treatment has made a world of difference for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new centre at The Prince Charles Hospital is the first in-hospital clinical trials centre established in Queensland and only the second such facility in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Nursing Director, Clinical Trials, Jenny Peek said the co-location of the centre in the main hospital, featuring purpose-built clinic rooms and specialist trial staff, meant greater access to clinical trials for patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredible that clinical trial patients now have a dedicated space where they can access new therapies and medical devices they would not otherwise be able to receive,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatients are no longer spread throughout the hospital but rather cared for in a dedicated space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis frees up hospital capacity and helps with patient flow, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New state-of-the-art clinical trial facility opens its doors at The Prince Charles Hospital to provide greater care for patients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":6039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,457,502,518],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-research","category-tpch","category-metro-north-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6040,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6038\/revisions\/6040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/kilcoy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}