Job Title
Professor, Clinical Trials
Department
WMS - Warwick Clinical Trials Unit
Research Interests
Toby is Professor of Clinical Trials at the Warwick Clinical Trials Unit (University of Warwick).
Toby holds a clinical role at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as a Senior Physiotherapist in Trauma and Orthopaedics.
Toby's current research areas include exploring the rehabilitation of people with lower limb (hip and knee) surgery and trauma and persistent pain.
Toby has expertise in randomised controlled trials and research synthesis, and has published over 350 peer-review papers and has secured as chief or co-investigator over £18 million in grant income from a variety of research council and commercial UK funders.
Biography
Toby's biography can be found at: Orcid
- Fabiano, Gianluca, Smith, Toby O., Parsons, Scott, Ooms, Alexander, Dutton, Susan, Fordham, Beth, Hing, Caroline, Lamb, Sarah, Pinedo-Villanueva, Rafael, 2024. Physical activity and health-related quality of life of patients with chronic knee pain after total knee replacement : analysis of the PEP-TALK trial. The Knee, 46, pp. 80-88
- Gray, R., Lacey, K., Whitehouse, C. L., Dance, R., Smith, Toby O., 2024. What factors affect early mobilisation following hip fracture surgery : a scoping review. BMJ Open Quality
- Mansfield, M., Roviello, G., Thacker, M., Willett, M., Bannister, K., Smith, T. O., 2024. The association between conditioned pain modulation and psychological factors in people with chronic spinal pain. A systematic review. British Journal of Pain
- Smith, Toby O., Brown, O., Baxter , M. A., 2024. Fear avoidant beliefs and behaviours after upper limb fracture in older people : a systematic review and meta-ethnography. Osteoporosis International
- Schadow, J. E., Maxey, D., Smith, T. O., Finnilä, M. A. J., Manske, S. L., Segal, N. A., Wong, A. K. O., Davey, R. A., Turmezei, T., Stok, K. S., 2024. Systematic review of computed tomography parameters used for the assessment of subchondral bone in osteoarthritis. Bone, 178
- Smith, Toby O., Singh, G., McNamee, G., Newton, C., 2024. Musculoskeletal physiotherapists? discharge practices for people treated with low back pain : a UK survey. Musculoskeletal Care, 22 (1)
- Arnold, Susanne, Spalding, Tim, Parsons, Helen, Beard, David J., Bradley, Helen, Crisford, Peter, Ellard, David R., Ferreira, Manuela L., Getgood, Alan, Guck, Jonathan, Haque, Aminul, Khan, Iftekhar, Mason, James, Milroy, Bryony, Myers, Peter, Parker, David, Price, Andrew James, Smith, Amy, Smith, Nicholas A., Smith, Toby O. et al (Select to open full list), 2024. Meniscal transplant surgery or optimised rehabilitation full randomised trial (MeTeOR2) : a study protocol. BMJ Open, 14 (6)
- Arnold, Susanne, Haque, Aminul, Aujla, Manjit, Barrows, Raegan, Beard, David J., Chandler, Craig, Chandler, Elizabeth, Ellard, David R., Eldridge, Jonathan D., Ferreira, Manuela L., Foster, Nadine E., Griffin, James, Mason, James, Mandalia, Vipul, Parsons, Helen, Rayner, Georgina, Stewart, Kimberley, Thompson, Peter, Underwood, Martin, Whitehouse, Michael et al (Select to open full list), 2024. Recurrent Patellar Dislocation : Personalised Therapy or Operative Treatment? The REPPORT randomised trial protocol. BMJ Open
- Griffin, James, Davis, Edward T., Parsons, Helen, Gemperle Mannion, Elke, Khatri, Chetan, Ellard, David R., Blyth, Mark J., Clement, Nicholas David, Deehan, David, Flynn, Nicholas, Fox, Josephine, Grant, Nicholas J., Haddad, Fares S., Hutchinson, Charles E., Mason, James, Mohindru, Bishal, Scott, Chloe E. H., Smith, Toby O., Skinner, John A., Toms, Andrew D. et al (Select to open full list), 2023. Robotic Arthroplasty Clinical and cost Effectiveness Randomised controlled trial (RACER-knee) : a study protocol. BMJ Open, 13 (6)
- Smith, Toby O., Garrett, Angela, Liu, Tianshu, Morris, Alana, Gallyer, Victoria, Fordham, Bethany A., Dutton, Susan J., Chester-Jones, Mae, Lamb, Sarah E., Winter, Stuart C., 2023. Getting Recovery Right After Neck Dissection (GRRAND-F) : mixed-methods feasibility study to design a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Frontiers in Oncology, 13
- Smith, Toby O., Dainty, Jack, Loveday, David, Toms, Andoni, Goldberg, Andy, Watts, Laura, Pennington, Mark, Dawson, Jill, van der Meulen, Jan, MacGregor, Alex, 2023. Outcomes in Ankle Replacement Study (OARS) : radiographic and patient reported outcomes in the first 12 months after ankle joint replacement. The Bone & Joint Journal, 105B (8), pp. 895-904
- Smith, Toby O., Gaukroger, Andrew, Metcalfe, Andrew J., Hing, Caroline B., 2023. Surgical versus non-surgical interventions for treating patellar dislocation. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1 (1)
- Anderson, Anna M., McHugh, Gretl A., Comer, Christine, Joseph, Judith, Smith, Toby O., Yardley, Lucy, Redmond, Anthony C., 2023. Supporting patients to prepare for total knee replacement : evidence-, theory- and person-based development of a ?Virtual Knee School? digital intervention. Health Expectations, 26 (6), pp. 2549-2570
- Griffin, James, Davis, Edward T., Parsons, Helen, Stevens, Siobhan, Bradley, Helen, Bruce, Julie, Ellard, David R., Haddad, Fares S., Hutchinson, Charles E., Mason, James, Nwankwo, Henry, Metcalfe, Andrew J., Smith, Toby O., Smith, Jennifer, Warwick, Jane, Skinner, John A., Rees, Sophie, Underwood, Martin, Khatri, Chetan, Wall, Peter David Henry, 2023. UK robotic arthroplasty clinical and cost effectiveness randomised controlled trial for hips (RACER-Hip) : a study protocol. BMJ Open, 13 (10)
- Smith, Toby O., Langford, Sarah, Ward, Kristy, Gray, Rene, 2023. Unpaid caregiving for people following hip fracture : longitudinal analysis from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. European Geriatric Medicine, 14, pp. 1249-1260
- Welsh, A., Hanson, S., Pfeiffer, K., Khoury, R., Clark, A., Ashford, P-A., Hopewell, S., Logan, P. A., Crotty, M., Costa, M. L., Lamb, S. E., Smith, Toby O., 2023. Perspectives of informal caregivers who support people following hip fracture surgery : a qualitative study embedded within the HIP HELPER feasibility trial. BMJ Open, 13 (11)
- Ma, R., Romano, E., Ashworth, M., Smith, Toby O., Vancampfort, D., Scott, W., Gaughran, F., Stewart, R., Stubbs, B., 2023. The effectiveness of interventions for improving chronic pain symptoms among people with mental illness : a systematic review. Journal of Pain
- Abelleyra Lastoria, D. A., Benny, C. K., Smith, T. O., Hing, C. B., 2023. Outcomes of hip fracture in centenarians : a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Geriatric Medicine, 14, pp. 1223-1239
- Chapman, Lara S., Jones, Jennifer, Redmond, Anthony C., Flurey, Caroline A., Richards, Pamela, Hofstetter, Catherine, Smith, Toby O., Arnold, John B., Hannan, Marian T., Maxwell, Lara J., Menz, Hylton B., Shea, Beverley, Golightly, Yvonne M., Tugwell, Peter, Beaton, Dorcas, Conaghan, Philip G., Helliwell, Philip S., Siddle, Heidi J., 2023. Developing a core outcome set for foot and ankle disorders in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases : a scoping review and report from the OMERACT 2022 foot and ankle special interest group session. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, 61
- Smith, Toby O., Khoury, R, Hanson, S., Welsh, A., Grant, K., Clark, A., Ashford, P-A., Hopewell, S., Pfeiffer, K., Logan, P. A., Crotty, M., Costa, M. L., Lamb, S. E. (Sallie E.), 2023. Hospital-based caregiver intervention for people following hip fracture surgery (HIP HELPER) : multicentre randomised controlled feasibility trial with embedded qualitative study in England. BMJ Open, 13 (12)
- Smith, Toby O., 2024. Adoption of core outcome sets in osteoarthritis clinical trials ? still a long way to go. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, Elsevier Science BV
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| NIHR HTA Stage 2: Getting Recovery Right After Neck Dissection (GRRAND) | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Sept 2024 | 29 Feb 2028 |
| 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 |
| NIHR HTA NIHR HTA Lead by South Tees Hospitals NHS Fondation Trust: Occupational support for Patients undergoing Arthroplasty of the Lower limb Lead by South Tees Hospitals NHS Fondation Trust: trial (OPAL2) | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Oct 2022 | 31 Jan 2026 |
| NIHR HS&DR Lead by ICL: Periprosthetic femoral fractures: data, management and outcomes (NIHR135217) | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Dec 2022 | 30 Nov 2025 |
| Objective Physical Activity Measurement in a Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial of Outdoor Mobility after Hip Fracture | Royal Osteoporosis Society | 01 Jun 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
| Outdoor Mobility after Hip Fracture: a Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial- lead NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 03 Jul 2023 | 30 Jun 2025 |