Title

Funding Source

1

Improving the psychological wellbeing of family caregivers of home based palliative care patients: A randomised controlled trial

National Health and Medical Research Council

2

Helping family caregivers of palliative care patients manage their role: Evaluation of a hospital based group education intervention

National Health and Medical Research Council

3

Toward the identification and minimisation of depression and psychological distress in family caregivers of people receiving palliative care

beyondblue: Victorian Centre of Excellence

4

Epidemiological study of patterns of hospitalisation in patients who die with  chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation

5

A qualitative exploration of the needs of patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation

6

Palliative Care Research Network (Victoria)

Victorian Cancer Agency

7

The Development of a statewide coordinated specialist and generalist palliative medicine training program: The Victorian Palliative Medicine Training Program (VPMTP)

Victorian Government Department of Health

8

Arandomised controlled trial of aetiology based antiemetic guidelines for reducing nausea in advanced cancer patients.

National Health and Medical Research Council

9

The Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) Clinical Trial: a randomised controlled study of Ketamine for cancer pain

Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health and Ageing

10

Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health and Ageing

11

The Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) Clinical Trial: A randomised controlled study of Octreotide for bowel obstruction

Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health and Ageing

12

The Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC) Clinical Trial: A randomised controlled study of Megestrol, dexamethasone and placebo for anorexia

Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health and Ageing

13

Understanding the supporting and palliative care needs of patients with primary malignant glioma

Victorian Cancer Agency

14

A multimedia resource to provide information and support to family carers of people receiving palliative care

Victorian Cancer Agency

15

Systematic review of clinical assessment tools in palliative care

Victorian Government Department of Health

16

Prevalence and predictors of long term psychological morbidity in bereaved cancer caregivers

Victorian Cancer Agency

17

Victorian bereavement framework and clinical guidelines:
The Australian Centre for Grief & Bereavement (Lead organisation)

Victorian Government Department of Health

18

End of life care pathways in Victoria

Victorian Government Department of Health

Organised by the Department of Palliative Medicine at the Royal Marsden Hospital and funded by the Palliative Care Research Fund