Research

Summary

I am the Deputy Director for Pain Research Centre at Barts Health NHS trust since 2020. Current grants (2023) are as follows:

PILOW Wave-writer: gov NCT03818074 Investigator Grant £188,000. Boston Scientific.
Multifidus PET study: gov NCT04327817 Investigator Grant £298,000 Mainstay.

Site co-investigator for NIHR RADICAL study: Radiofrequency denervation for chronic and moderate to severe low back pain: The RADICAL trial Award ID: NIHR127457
Site co-investigator for NIHR PHANTOM HTA Trial The Efficacy of Combined Dorsal Root Ganglion and Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Management of Severe Phantom Limb Pain: A Multicentre, Randomised Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study (PHANTOM). NIHR-HTA 19/74
TruBurst study: The True Efficacy of Burst Spinal Cord Stimulation in the Management of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: Abbotts Multicentre trial IRAS 316297- ethics under progress.
HIDENS study gov NCT03716973; Investigator Grant £226,719, Medtronic. Study completed. radiculopathy - HIDENS Study. Pain Pract. 2021 Oct 24. doi: 10.1111/papr.13087.
Reactivate B study Clinical Trials.gov NCT02577354: Investigator Grant £409,000, Mainstay Top recruiter in Europe. FDA trial.
DEFY-PET study: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03716557. Investigator Grant £167,000. Boston Scientific.
RELIEF global outcome study: Investigator Grant £80,000 Boston Scientific. Real world outcome data. Published on behalf of Relief investigators.
Clinical Outcomes in Neuromod Investigator Grant £250,000 Medtronic.