The Network is an inclusive consortium which aims to enable sleep researchers in our region to conduct multicentre clinical trials that will have major international impact on sleep health. It was established in 2005 to develop both an infrastructure to support Australasian multicentre trials, and the processes for making this infrastructure available to researchers.

The Network will provide resources to enable researchers to develop and implement competitive, high quality trials. It is also establishing twice-yearly Open Forums where researchers can develop sleep research projects, get help with funding approaches, and obtain credentialling and infrastructure support from the Network.

Aims

The Australasian Sleep Trials Network was formed to enable large-scale multicentre clinical trials of international significance to be conducted in the Australasian region. The Network will provide researchers with expertise, common infrastructure and resources, and will be a focus for the establishment of multicentre clinical trials in sleep health. The scope of the Network covers the full range of sleep disorders, including insomnia, circadian disturbances and neurological disorders as well as sleep breathing disorders.

Infrastructure

The Network will provide infrastructure support, particularly in statistics, trial design, health economics, outcome standardisation and recruitment. Research projects can also be linked to expertise in the banking of biological samples, genomics, data management and outcomes assessment for sleep disorders.