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The Black Dog Institute has co-developed a youth-focused self-harm prevention program, Bridge to Better (B2B), along with a complementary parent/carer intervention, Parenting to Prevent (P2P), to address rising rates of adolescent self-harm in Australia. The primary aim of this pilot trial is to test the efficacy of the P2P web-based intervention in improving parent knowledge of emotion regulation strategies and skills in autonomy-supportive parenting. Secondary aims include assessing the impact of P2P on self-harm literacy and stigma, program implementation outcomes (acceptability, feasibility, credibility, expectancy, engagement), and the effectiveness of digital recruitment strategies compared to traditional flyer distribution. The trial uses a three-arm cluster randomised design with 264 parents of NSW primary school students (grades 3–6) enrolled in the B2B trial, randomised at the school level into one of three recruitment pathways: physical flyer, digital flyer, or trial link embedded in child B2B consent form. All parents receive the same P2P program, consisting of eight YouTube videos and weekly activities delivered via a website over 8 weeks. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention, with qualitative interviews conducted with a subsample of parents to explore integration of P2P into routine parenting.

People coming into the Transition Care Program (TCP) are invited to participate in a research project. In collaboration with Metro South Health in Queensland, and the University of Queensland, we are conducting a study to understand goals, activity patterns and other health data relevant to older people who enter the TCP following their stay in hospital. We will use Fitbits to collect activity and health data. You will also be asked to do some additional health assessments when you first start TCP and when you exit TCP. The purpose of this study is to examine how much TCP clients’ move around each day and to see how this is related to their goals, health and quality of life outcomes throughout the program. Future benefits for TCP clients’ may include improved clinical monitoring and patient care, as well as better goal attainment and health outcomes.

Both hypercapnic respiratory failure and acute kidney injury (AKI) are common problems in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). When either or both are severe, organ support in the form of non-invasive ventilation (NIV), mechanical ventilation (MV) and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) are sometimes required. In some of these patients, extracorporeal carbon dioxide (CO2) removal (ECCO2R) may also be required. Although there has been detailed description of circuit pressures and filter life in CRRT, there is no published clinical data affecting the adequacy of treatment with ECCO2R and circuit haemodynamics and filter life when ECCO2R is combined with CRRT or used as standalone without CRRT. Our group have published a case series of patients where ECCO2R was used in conjunction with CRRT. The main complication noted in this study was circuit clotting within 72 hours of initiation of ECC02R. Circuit clotting can lead to poorer delivered treatment doses, requirement of red cell transfusion due to blood loss and increased resource requirement for re-commencement of therapy. It is unclear if the circuit haemodynamics and filter life, is impacted by the way ECCO2R is delivered i.e. ECCO2R in conjunction with CRRT compared to standalone ECCO2R or conventional CRRT. This research investigates the circuit haemodynamics and filter life and its clinical effects

The BOOST MenB Study is a randomised controlled trial investigating the best timing of the Meningococcal B (Bexsero®) vaccine in adolescents. Currently, two doses are given approximately 2-3 months apart, around age 15-16. This study aims to determine if spacing the doses several years apart would provide longer-lasting protection. It will also explore whether Bexsero® offers cross-protection against gonorrhoea.

The aim of this study is to examine the critical threshold of differing exercise doses on symptoms, quality of life and biomarkers of endometriosis. It is hypothesized; a larger dose of exercise will result in reductions in symptoms and improvements in quality of life for women with endometriosis in regional, rural and remote Australia,

This research study is looking at understanding how estrogen blockade in women, with either estrogen antagonist or aromatase inhibitor drugs, influence circulating levels of testosterone or pro-androgens (precursor steroids that can be converted to testosterone). The aim of the study is to investigate serum and urine androgen profiles in healthy women undertaking typical 5-day treatments with estrogen blockade using an anti-estrogen (Clomifene) or an aromatase inhibitor (letrozole) compared to a placebo (a treatment with no active medicine).

Cystic fibrosis related diabetes (CFRD) is the most common comorbidity in cystic fibrosis (CF), and is primarily managed with insulin. Evidence for use of adjunctive agents used in other forms of diabetes have been relatively less well studied in CFRD. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SLGT2i) may have benefits to management of CFRD alongside metabolic and respiratory benefits in CF. This will be a randomised placebo controlled trial of empagliflozin 10 mg in those with CFRD. Outcomes will be an assessment of glycaemia including HbA1c, as well as BMI and respiratory outcomes.

This project will test whether the Healthy4U telephone-based physical activity coaching program can be successfully integrated into routine Allied Health care across three rural Victorian health services. Adults who are insufficiently physically active will be referred by their treating Allied Health clinician and receive five coaching sessions over 12 weeks. The study will examine key implementation outcomes—such as reach, adoption, fidelity, and sustainability—using the RE-AIM framework. Changes in participants’ physical activity, self-efficacy, and wellbeing will also be measured at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months. Findings will inform scalable, sustainable approaches to delivering evidence-based physical activity support in rural and regional communities.

This study is being done to test the effect of drinking a kiwifruit supplement (Kiwi CrushTM) daily on a patient's ability to maintain an empty rectum for radiation therapy. We aim to explore patient compliance with the supplement, patient experience of the supplement and the potential impact the supplement has on the rectal size over the treatment course. Who is it for? You may be eligible for this study if you are an adult over the age of 40 who has been prescribed radiotherapy for cancer of the prostate or endometrium or cervix. Study details All participants in this study will be asked to consume a kiwifruit supplement daily for the duration of this study. Participant will then be followed up for the duration of their radiation therapy using questionnaires and by collecting data from their scans and medical records to assess their experience with the supplement and to determine if there is any impact on their radiation treatment. It is hoped that this research will help determine if a kiwifruit supplement is effective in assisting patients to achieve an empty rectum for their radiation therapy to their pelvis.

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of JNJ-90858638 compared with placebo after single and multiple ascending dose administration in healthy participants (Part 1 and 2).