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 National Ethics Application Form (NEAF) National
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I Use of Alfred services I Legal and regulatory requirements I Nursing Research I
I Research involving Caulfield HospitalExternal applicants I Ethics Committee fees II
 I Registration of clinical trials I

These forms are suitable for research to be conducted either at Alfred Health alone or at more than one institution. If the research is to be conducted at more than one institution, researchers are advised to consult those institutions' HRECs about their application and submission requirements./p>

NEAF National is suitable for projects using the National Ethics Application Form (NEAF) but not using the Victoria Government Streamlining Ethics Review of Multi-Site Clinical Trials "NEAF Streamlined" system.

NEAF National is an alternative to the CAF. The research may be a clinical trial, but typically will not be commercially sponsored and is more likely to be student, epidemiological or allied health research or surveys, focus groups or program evaluations.

When completing the NEAF online, researchers will also be prompted to complete an online Site Specific Assessment (SSA) form. This form is not required for NEAF National. Instead, please submit the Alfred Specific Form (ASF).

NEAF

Must be completed and accompanied by a protocol or project proposal

Form (you will need to log in to start using and saving a NEAF form)

Note: If you need to make an application on both NEAF (www.neaf.gov.au) AND the NSW, QLD or Victorian state health systems (http://www.ethicsform.org/au), it is recommended that you create your application in www.neaf.gov.au first as this data can be imported into the www.ethicsform.org/au directly. It is not possible to import proposals from www.ethicsform.org/au into www.neaf.gov.au.

Demonstration pro-forma NEAF applications specific to particular kinds of research/issues are available for instructional purposes on clinical research, research involving ATSI participants and research involving children, e.g., Consent pro-forma application

Further information about the NEAF and using it

Victorian-Specific Module (VSM)

Must be completed

Form

VSM Guidelines

Research involving ionising radiation - if required

Alfred Specific Form (ASF)

Must be completed

Form

Participant Information and Consent Forms

If required, choose from the following templates

Participant Information and Consent Form - Health and/or social science - Version October 2010 (72KB, MS Word)

Participant Information and Consent Form - Clinical drug/device - Alfred Version October 2010 (145KB, MS Word)

Participant Information and Consent Form - Clinical non drug/device- Alfred Version October 2010 (126KB, MS Word)

Participant Information and Consent Form Recommended Wording for Specific Procedure and Situations

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Use of Alfred services
Please note that where Alfred services are being used in the course of the study, a declaration will need to be signed by the relevant Resource Centre Manager. This applies to routine tests as well as additional tests.

Resource Centre Declaration forms and information are provided below. These are to be completed where applicable.

Legal and regulatory requirements
See Legal and regulatory requirements.
Nursing Research
All nursing research applications need to be submitted to the Nursing Research and Access Committee prior to submission to the Ethics Committee. Please click here for further information
Research involving Caulfield Hospital
All applications involving Caulfield Hospital resources, staff or patients need to be submitted for authorisation by the relevant Directors prior to submission to the Ethics Committee. Please refer to the Caulfield Hospital Research Governance Authorisation to Conduct Research Guideline for further information (and the corresponding application form 'Notice of Intention to Conduct Research at Caulfield Hospital') on the Alfred Health intranet. Please contact Nicole Austin at n.austin@cgmc.org.au if you do not have access to the intranet.
External applicants
If you are an applicant who is not a staff member of The Alfred you must include at least one senior member of staff on the research team.
Ethics Committee fees
(Ethics infrastructure fees)
Fees apply for certain categories of applications. For full details, see Fees.
Registration of clinical trials
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has adopted a policy that the member journals will only consider publication of clinical trials if the trial has been registered in a World Health Organisation (WHO)-accredited clinical trial registry. Trials can be registered with:

 

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