Early Phase Clinical Trial’s (EPCTs) definition includes all clinical trial phases up to but not including Phase II, including studies with any Phase I component.

Please see the EPCT HRECs Scheme Quick Reference Guide for a list of the types of clinical trials in the NSW Health EPCT HRECs Scheme.

Scope of SCHN EPCT HREC

The SCHN HREC operates as the NSW Health’s state-wide Early Phase Clinical Trials Human Research Ethics Committee (EPCT HREC) for paediatrics.

Age group within the scope of SCHN HREC involves:

• Children and young people under the age of 18; and,
• Combined paediatric and adult trials, involving children/adolescents (under the age of 16) and young adults (up to the age of 25).

Submission resources

• EPCT HRECs Quick Reference Guide
• EPCT submission guideline
• EPCT submission checklist
• EPCT intention to submit form - device
• EPCT intention to submit form - non-device
• EPCT invoicing authorisation form

Submission closing dates