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Join the IMPACCT Rapid Program to become a part of our global community of practice. You can contribute to the evidence base to support clinical decision making in palliative care and cancer symptom management. We'll help you develop capacity and research skills with the support of the IMPACCT Trials Coordination Centre (ITCC).

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Join a series

Follow these steps to get involved in the IMPACCT Rapid program.

1. Become a PaCCSC or CST member

Become a member of the Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) or Cancer Symptom Trials (CST).

Apply for membership of PaCCSC or CST, or both. Find out about the benefits of membership and submit your online application via the PaCCSC or CST membership page.

  • PaCCSC Membership
  • CST Membership 

2. Express your interest and join as a participating site

Read the Rapid flyer and foundation paper then express your interest by completing the online Rapid expression of interest form.

RAPID Flyer (pdf, 188 kb)

An International Initiative to Create a Collaborative for Pharmacovigilance in Hospice and Palliative Care Clinical Practice [opens external site]

  • Rapid expression of interest form 

3. Confirm ethics approval

Option 1 Ethics submission waiver or exemption

Request a waiver or exemption from submitting a full human ethics application. Attach the below supporting documents to your waiver request:

Local ethics submission cover letter template (use your organisation letterhead) (DOC, 14KB)

IMPACCT REQUEST FOR WAIVER LETTER (PDF, 164KB)

FAQs AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (PDF, 346KB)

Option 2 Full Ethics submission

If your waiver or exemption in option 1 is declined and a full ethics submission is required, we will help you complete the paperwork for a full ethics submission. To request assistance with your submission, email Rapid@uts.edu.au.

4. Choose one or more series to join

Choose one or more series from the focus areas below that you would like to participate in. There are no limits to the number of series each site can participate in. 

  • Rapid Adult Program
  • Rapid Paediatric Program

5. Collect data for your chosen series

Once you have approval from your organisation, request a site code from the Rapid Project Coordinator by email to Rapid@uts.edu.au.

Download the series CRF for your chosen series and start collecting data. You can use a paper version of the CRF or enter data directly into REDCap on your phone or tablet. You will be given REDCap login details when you join. 

Series closure

When each series reaches the agreed target (usually 100 completions at each data collection time point), it is closed to recruitment and data analysis commences.

Outcomes

Look out for the Rapid series email updates for notification of results publication so you can share your research with your colleagues. 

GETTING STARTED WITH A rapid SERIES (pdf, 397kb)

Propose a series

If you have an idea that would fit within the Rapid methodology we would love to hear from you. Complete the Rapid new series proposal form via the link below.

The Rapid Program Management Committee will review your proposal and notify you of the outcome. 

  • Rapid new series proposal form

Join a subcommittee

Each series is governed by a subcommittee appointed at the commencement of the series. Subcommittee members may be investigators at participating sites or clinicians with an interest or expertise in a particular series.

As a subcommittee member, you can help with planning the series. Each subcommittee determines critical data collection points, including assessment time points, anticipated possible harms/adverse events, and agreement of routine clinical practice elements.

Once the series is closed, you will be asked to be part of the series authorship team, subject to meeting criteria as documented in the ITCC Authorship Standard Operating Procedure, available on the standard operating procedures page.

Express your interest in joining a subcommittee by email to Rapid@uts.edu.au.

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