Hospital Umum Sarawak

The Clinical Research Centre at Sarawak General Hospital (CRC SGH) was the third CRC established by the Ministry of Health (MOH) as part of the CRC network after the ones in Kuala Lumpur Hospital and Penang General Hospital. It was established with the aim to foster closer clinical research and cooperation at MOH hospitals in Malaysia by providing assistance in research proposals and writing, research funding and grant applications. The CRC-SGH also organises training workshops in biostatistics and research methodology and good clinical practice and assists in presentations at local and international scientific meetings. Following the increase in international multicentre clinical trials, especially in the fields of cardiovascular disease and oncology over the last five years, CRC-SGH improved its facilities and support services to strengthen the tradition of medical and epidemiological research in Sarawak.

Clinical Research Center Sarawak General Hospital (CRC SGH) Phase 1 Unit

CRC SGH Phase 1 Unit is an integrated facility with its own ward, pharmacy, procedure room, sample processing facility, clinical laboratory and a human physiological system testing assessment area (human cardiac/respiratory and neurology assessment). The unit is listed under the NPRA Phase 1 Accreditation programme. CRC SGH has a multidisciplinary team of research professionals who are trained and experienced in all aspects of clinical trial conduct in various therapeutic areas.

CRC SGH Website

  • Anaesthesia & Intensive Care
  • Clinical Research Center
  • Dermatology
  • Emergency & Trauma Endocrinology Medicine
  • Forensic
  • General Medicine
  • General Surgery
  • Haematology Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
  • Nephrology
  • Neurology
  • Neurosurgery
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopedics
  • Otorinolaringology
  • Pathology
  • Pediatric
  • Pediatric Surgery
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Psychiatry & Mental Health
  • Radiology
  • Radiotherapy & Oncology
  • Rehabilitation
  • Respiratory Medicine
  • Rheumatology Medicine
  • Urology

CRC SGH Phase 1 Unit is able to conduct:

  • Early Phase Research in Human
  • Proof of Concept Studies
  • Single Ascending Dose & Multiple Ascending Dose
  • Food/ Race/ Gender Effect Study
  • ADME
  • Drug-Drug Interaction Study
  • Food/ Nutraceuticals Study
  • BE
  • Cardiovascular
  • Endocrinology
  • Hematology
  • Hepatology
  • Infections / Infectious Disease
  • Nephrology
  • Respiratory
  • Rheumatology
  • Urology
  • Neurology
  • Oncology
  • Anatomy/pathology department
  • IP Storage Facilities
  • Phase I unit
  • Laboratory
  • Storage room for equipment/lab kits etc.
  • Overnight accommodation for trial subjects
  • Internal archiving facilities
  • Emergency department
  • Nuclear Medicine department
  • Imaging department
    MRI scan
    CT scan
  • Dedicated research unit
  • Pharmacy
  • Monitoring rooms
  • Centrifuge
  • Refrigerated Centrifuge
  • Refrigerator (4 °C)
  • T° controlled freezer/Refrigerator
  • Freezer
    -20 °C
    -70 °C
  • Infusion capabilities
  • 12 lead ECG
  • Thermoguard
  • Internet Connection
  • Emergency electric supply

Clinical Research Center Sarawak General Hospital (CRC SGH) Phase 1 Unit
The facilities at site include:

  • A dedicated 10 HDU bedded ward with 2 ICU equipped beds
  • Temperature monitored drug storage areas with restricted access
  • A sample-handling area with refrigerated centrifuge
  • Refrigerators and freezers (all temperature monitored) for drug and sample storage
  • Synchronized digital clock
  • A physiology laboratory with instruments for cardiac, lung respiratory and neurological system assessment
  • A core laboratory. The laboratory at CRC SGH is MS ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 accreditated to perform drug plasma concentration analysis from June 2019 onwards. The laboratory is also MS ISO 15189: 2014 accreditated for medical testing which include hematology, coagulation, biochemistry and immunoassay tests from November 2019 onwards
  • A dedicated procedure room
  • A subject recreation area
  • Wi-fi enabled with remote access monitoring capability

Clinical Research Center Sarawak General Hospital (CRC SGH) Phase 1 Unit

The laboratory at CRC SGH is MS ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 accreditated to perform drug plasma concentration analysis from June 2019 onwards. The laboratory is also MS ISO 15189: 2014 accreditated for medical testing which include hematology, coagulation, biochemistry and immunoassay tests from November 2019 onward

Prime Sites Network Yes
Public/ Private/ University Hospital Public Hospital
First-In-Human Trial Facility Yes
BA/BE site Yes
Categories Hematology, Oncology, Pediatrics/Neonatology, Rheumatology

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CONTACT

Clinical Research Centre (CRC)
Hospital Umum Sarawak
Jalan Hospital,
93586 Kuching,
Sarawak

082-276820
082-276823