Research symptom nodes
Symptoms
To achieve our goal of better symptom management and improved quality of life for people with life-limiting illnesses or cancer diagnoses, we focus our research on eight symptoms under the direction of eight Symptom Node Subcommittees (SNSCs).
Find out more about each symptom node:
Cognitive and neurological disorders
Get involved
To express your interest in joining an SNSC related to an interest in palliative care, email paccsc@uts.edu.au, or if you are interested in cancer symptom management and supportive care, email cst@uts.edu.au.
If accepted, you will be required to become a member of PaCCSC or CST, or both. Membership information, including eligibility criteria, is available on the PaCCSC membership page and the CST membership page.
Expert members may be co-opted or invited to join and SNSCs are encouraged to extend their reach by inviting new members with expertise in a variety of areas, including consumers.
Governance
Each symptom node is overseen by a group of dedicated clinicians and researchers who lead research and clinical trials that build our knowledge about the best medications and treatments for people affected by these symptoms.
Symptom node subcommittees (SNSC) are approved by the Trials Management Committee (TMC). SNSCs have oversight of all individual clinical research studies undertaken about the symptom. The SNSC and TMC form part of both the Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative PaCCSC governance and Cancer Symptom Trials (CST) governance.
Terms of reference
The SNSC terms of reference set out the objectives and work program for each symptom node as well as member expectations and reporting requirements.
Membership
Members of PaCCSC and CST are eligible for membership of any SNSC by self-nomination. Experts may be co-opted or invited to join and SNSCs are encouraged to extend their reach by inviting new members with expertise in a variety of areas, including consumers.
Membership information and eligibility criteria are included on the PaCCSC membership page and the CST membership page.
Rapid program
Each symptom node has oversight of a growing program of studies under the IMPACCT Rapid Program.
