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Andy Metcalfe

Job Title
Professor
Department
WMS - Warwick Clinical Trials Unit
Research Interests

Andy is a Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedics at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit and consultant orthopaedic surgeon at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire where he specialises in knee surgery, including sports injuries, knee arthritis and the patello-femoral joint. His research is focused on the clinical effectiveness of orthopaedic interventions.

Andy leads the 'Surgery, Pain and Rehabilitation' theme at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, a large research group covering 15+ active trials, with a strong track delivering high-quality research that impacts patient care. He is Chief Investigator of the innovative adaptive START:REACTS trial, recently published in The Lancet. He is chief investigator of three other large multi-centre NIHR funded randomised trials (RACER METEOR2 and REPPORT) evaluating different surgical technologies and procedures, alongside a broad portfolio of patient-focused research in surgery. He has established strong working relationships with universities across the UK and internationally, including collaborative funding with the University of Sydney. He is research lead for BASK and is a co-investigator on the Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre of Excellence in Cardiff.

Andy leads the Warwick Integrated Clinical Academic Training Programme in Trauma and Orthopaedics, taking doctors through basic academic training to PhD and clinical lecturer level and preparing them for senior academic careers in the future.

Title Funder Award start Award end
Second Stage NIHR HTA application: Robotic Arthroplasty: a Clinical and cost Effectiveness Randomised controlled trial for Hips (RACER-HIP): Outline IDEATE 65472. Main Trial: 67372. 2&5Y FU: IDEATE 67377. 10Y FU: IDEATE 67377 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Oct 2021 30 Sep 2033
Robotic Arthroplasty: a Clinical and cost Effectiveness Randomised controlled trial. (RACER) - NIHR HTA (second stage via UHCW NHS trust) RACCER (outline record 60354) Main Trial = 62365 (4yrs), Follow-on yrs 5-9 = 62408, and Follow-on yrs 10-13 = 62409 National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Apr 2020 31 Mar 2033
NIHR HTA Stage 2: Personalised therapy or OpeRative Treatment? (REPPORT) National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jan 2023 31 Dec 2027
Stage 2 NIHR HTA Commissioned call 19/124 Effectiveness of meniscal allograft transplantation: METEOR2 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jun 2022 30 Nov 2027
EQ5D Licence Agreement for noin Commercial use: Effectiveness of meniscal allograft transplantation: METEOR2_Linked to IDEATE 67938 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Jun 2022 31 Mar 2027
Efficient and unbiased estimation in adaptive platform trials MRC 01 Jan 2024 31 Dec 2026
NIHR HTA Stage 2 application led by University of Bristol: The clinical and cost-effectiveness of elective primary total knee replacement with patellar resurfacing compared to selective patellar resurfacing. A multicenter randomised controlled trial National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Apr 2022 31 Mar 2026
Second Stage NIHR Advanced Fellowship: Advancing clinical leadership in healthcare organisations to mobilise evidence into practice. A mixed methods study of clinical leadership in orthopaedic surgery National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Dec 2019 30 Nov 2024
KARDS NIHR HTA Via Leeds: Second Stage National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Apr 2019 30 Sep 2024
NIHR HTA Second Stage via Leeds University: KARDS: Joint distraction for knee osteoarthritis without alignment correction National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Apr 2019 31 Mar 2024
A Randomised, Efficient, Adaptive Clinical Trial in Surgery: Assessment of a Biodegradeable Spacer for Tears of the RotAtor Cuff Tendons (STARTS:REACTS) National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jan 2018 31 Jan 2022
NIHR DRF:The MEniscal TeaR Outcome (METRO) Study: Understanding the disease process of young patients with a meniscal tear of the knee and response to treatment. National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Dec 2018 30 Nov 2021
NIHR HTA. The clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Surgery for early osteoarthritis of the hip and knee joint via Oxford National Institute for Health Research (DoH) 01 Jun 2019 31 Jan 2021
Allografts in knee and other joint repairs European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) 01 Sep 2017 30 Apr 2018
Improving orthopaedic surgery with micro-CT in developing countries - GCRF Institutional Award 2016 EPSRC 01 Jul 2016 31 Mar 2017
CRN Funding- pilot study exploring patella instability Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust - New Cross Hospital 01 Jan 2016 30 Jun 2016