Table 1 Full names of ethics committees that approved this study.

From: A randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial of megestrol acetate or dexamethasone in treating symptomatic anorexia in people with advanced cancer

Ethics committee

Recruitment site

Ethics approval date

Mater Health Services Human Ethics Research Committee

Mater Health Services, QLD

03/10/2008

Peter MacCallum Research Centre

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC

08/01/2009

Flinders Clinical Research Ethics Committee

Flinders Medical Centre, SA

10/02/2009

Hollywood Private Hospital Research Ethics committee

Hollywood Private Hospital, WA

03/03/2009

Ballarat Health Services SJOGHC Human Research Ethics Committee

Ballarat Health Services, VIC

01/05/2009

Sydney South West Human Research Ethics Committee (RPAH Zone)

Braeside Hospital, NSW

09/02/2009

Sydney South West Human Research Ethics Committee (RPAH Zone)

Camden Hospital, NSW

09/02/2009

Sydney South West Human Research Ethics Committee (RPAH Zone)

Calvary Mater Newcastle, NSW

09/02/2009

Sydney South West Human Research Ethics Committee (RPAH Zone)

Liverpool Hospital, NSW

09/02/2009

Flinders Clinical Research Ethics Committee

Flinders Private Hospital, NSW

05/05/2009

Flinders Clinical Research Ethics Committee

Blackwood Hospital, SA

07/05/2009

Sydney South West Human Research Ethics Committee (RPAH Zone)

Sacred Heart hospice, NSW

09/02/2009

St Vincent’s Health Human Research Ethics Committee-D

Caritas Christi Hospice, VIC

24/09/2009

St Vincent’s Health Human Research Ethics Committee-D

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, VIC

24/09/2009

Alfred Hospital Ethics Committee

The Alfred Hospital, VIC

04/12/2009

Ballarat Health Services and St John of God Health Care HREC

St John of God Health Care Ballarat, VIC

25/03/2009

Ballarat Health Services, VIC

St John of God Health Care Ethics Committee

St John of God Hospital Murdoch, WA

08/04/2010

St John of God Health Care Subiaco, WA

Barwon Health Human Research Ethics Committee

Barwon Health Palliative Care Program Geelong , VIC

03/06/2010

Barwon Health Palliative Care Program McKellar Centre, VIC

03/06/2010

Alfred Hospital Ethics Committee

Caulfield Hospital, VIC

15/12/2010

Hammondcare Health and Hospitals

Greenwich Hospital, Hammond Care, NSW

25/09/2012