Regional Trials Network Victoria

Improving Access to High Quality Cancer Clinical Trials for Patients in Regional Areas

Customers served!

1.0 million

People in our catchment area

Customers served!

1.0

New cancer diagnoses per year

Customers served!

1.0

Network members

About RTN-Vic

The Regional Trial Network Victoria (RTN-Vic) was created to improve access to high quality cancer clinical trials for rural and regional areas of Victoria.

RTN-Vic developed a partnership with six clinical trial sites in regional Victoria and Cancer Trials Australia. It was originally funded by the Cancer Council Victoria and the Victorian Cancer Agency (VCA).

Our regional sites include: Barwon HealthBendigo HealthBorder Medical Oncology Research UnitGoulburn Valley HealthGrampians HealthSouth West HealthcareMildura Base Public Hospital, and Latrobe Regional Hospital.

The catchment area of Regional Trial Network Victoria is over 141,000 km2 with population of 1.4 million residents. 

There are approximately 7,200 new cancer diagnoses across this region annually.

Bridging the metropolitan-regional trials gap by 2025

The ReViTALISE Project
Regional Victorian Trials Alliance:
Linkages, Innovation, Special populations, Equity 

To provide better cancer outcomes for regional patients and to bridge the metro-regional trials gap by 2025

Our Network Partners

Your Regional Research Training Network

All the training, tools and resources you need to develop health services research skills at a time and pace to suit you.

News, Announcements and Patient Stories

Palliative care clinical trials research in regional settings: Green fields of opportunity
Yarning Circles: Lotjpa Yapaneyepuk (Talk Together) about cancer trials
Dr Stacey Panozzo joins ReViTALISE
A regional consumer perspective
Establishing Mildura’s first research and clinical trials unit
COSA 2024 Wrap