Dr Ruth Thomas

Dr Ruth Thomas
Dr Ruth Thomas
Dr Ruth Thomas

BSc (Health Sciences), PhD

Advanced Research Fellow

About
Email Address
r.e.thomas@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 438172
Office Address

Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT) Health Services Research Unit University of Aberdeen 3rd Floor, Health Sciences Building Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

I am currently a Research Manager for the Centre Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT), a fully registered UK Clinical Research Collaboration Clinical Trials Unit with an internationally recognised expertise in the design, conduct, analysis and reporting of multicentre trials.  I joined the Unit in 1993.  I completed my PhD in the Unit in 2002 and went on to take up a Wellcome Trust Training Fellowship in Health Services Research which I completed in 2006. I am a Health Services Researcher experienced in a range of HSR methods including systematic reviews, pragmatic RCTs (simple and complex), and other evaluative designs. I have previously worked on a series of "knowledge translation" evaluations ie getting evidence into clinical practice, involving complex rigorous designs.  

Research

Funding and Grants

NIHR HS&DR 15/136/07 Multiple Symptoms Study 3: pragmatic trial of a community based clinic for patients with persistent (medically unexplained) physical symptoms. Start date: 1st February 2018 (42 months) Value: £1,193,035

NIHR HTA (13/152/02) The clinical and cost effectiveness of surgical interventions for stones in the lower pole calyces of the kidney: the PUrE RCT - Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PNL), Flexible Ureterorenoscopy (FURS) and Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy (ESWL) for lower pole calyceal kidney stones. Start date: 1st December 2015. (60 months). Value: £1,877,148.56.

Chief Scientists Office of the Scottish Government CZH/4/945 – Multiple Symptoms Study 2. A feasibility study to manualise, teach and demonstrate the delivery of the Symptoms Clinic intervention Start date: April 2014 (12 months). Value: £139,962.

NIHR HTA (10/137/01). Therapeutic Interventions for Stones of the Ureter (TISU): a multicentre randomised controlled trial of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, as first treatment option, compared with direct progression to ureteroscopic retrieval, for ureteric stones. Start date: 1st March 2013 (48 months). Value: £1,426,755.

NIHR HTA (08/71/01) SUSPEND: Use of drug therapy in the management of symptomatic ureteric stones in hospitalised adults: a multi centre placebo randomised trial. Start date: 1st June 2010 (42 months extended to 53 months). Value: £1,585,180 (+ 132,732).

NIHR HTA (07/47/01). The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different surveillance mammography regimes after the treatment of primary breast cancer. Start date: 1st June 2008. Value: £239,474.

 

Publications

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  • Effectiveness of a symptom-clinic intervention delivered by general practitioners with an extended role for people with multiple and persistent physical symptoms in England: the Multiple Symptoms Study 3 pragmatic, multicentre, parallel-group, individually randomised controlled trial

    Burton, C., Mooney, C., Sutton, L., White, D., Dawson, J., Neilson, A. R., Rowlands, G., Thomas, S., Horspool, M., Fryer, K., Greco, M., Sanders, T., Thomas, R. E., Cooper, C., Turton, E., Waheed, W., Woodward, J., Mallender, E., Deary, V.
    The Lancet, vol. 403, pp. 2619-2629
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Cost utility analysis of shockwave lithotripsy versus ureteroscopic stone treatment in adults

    Kilonzo, M. M., Dasgupta, R., Thomas, R., Aucott, L., MacLennan, S., Lam, T., Anson, K., Cameron, S., Starr, K., Burgess, N., Keeley, F. X., Clark, C. T., N’Dow, J., MacLennan, G., McClinton, S.
    BJU International, vol. 131, no. 2, pp. 253-261
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Study protocol for the Multiple Symptoms Study 3: a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial of a clinic for patients with persistent (medically unexplained) physical symptoms

    Mooney, C., White, D. A., Dawson, J., Deary, V., Fryer, K., Greco, M., Horspool, M., Neilson, A., Rowlands, G., Sanders, T., Thomas, R. E., Thomas, S., Waheed, W., Burton, C. D.
    BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. e066511
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Shockwave lithotripsy compared with ureteroscopic stone treatment for adults with ureteric stones: the TISU non-inferiority RCT

    Dasgupta, R., Cameron, S., Aucott, L., MacLennan, G., Kilonzo, M. M., Lam, T. B., Thomas, R., Norrie, J., McDonald, A., Anson, K., N'Dow, J., Burgess, N., Clark, C. T., Keeley, F. X., MacLennan, S. J., Starr, K., McClinton, S.
    Health technology assessment (Winchester, England), vol. 26, no. 19, pp. 1-70
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Shockwave Lithotripsy Versus Ureteroscopic Treatment as Therapeutic Interventions for Stones of the Ureter (TISU): A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Non-inferiority Trial

    Dasgupta, R., Cameron, S., Aucott, L., MacLennan, G., Thomas, R., N'Dow, J., Norrie, J., Anson, K., Keeley Jr, F. X., MacLennan, S., Starr, K., McClinton, S., Kilonzo, M., Lam, T.
    European Urology, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 46-54
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The clinical and cost effectiveness of surgical interventions for stones in the lower pole of the kidney: the percutaneous nephrolithotomy, flexible ureterorenoscopy and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for lower pole kidney stones randomised controlled trial (PUrE RCT) protocol

    McClinton, S., Starr, K., Thomas, R., MacLennan, G., Lam, T., Hernandez, R., Pickard, R., Anson, K., Clark, T., MacLennan, S., Thomas, D., Smith, D., Turney, B., McDonald, A., Cameron, S., Wiseman, O.
    Trials, vol. 21, 479
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Reducing Asthma Attacks in Children using Exhaled Nitric Oxide as a biomarker to inform treatment strategy: a randomised trial (RAACENO)

    Turner, S., Cotton, S. C., Emele, C. D., Thomas, R. E., Fielding, S. A., Gaillard, E. A., de Jongste, J. C., Morgan, H. M., Nielson, A. R., Norrie, J., Pijnenburg, M. W., Price, D. B., Thomas, M.
    Trials, vol. 20, 573
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • TISU: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, as first treatment option, compared with direct progression to ureteroscopic treatment, for ureteric stones: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

    McClinton, S., Cameron, S., Starr, K., Thomas, R., MacLennan, G., McDonald, A., Lam, T., N’Dow, J., Kilonzo, M., Pickard, R., Anson, K., Keeley, F., Burgess, N., Clark, C. T., MacLennan, S., Norrie, J., TISU Study Group
    Trials, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 1-11
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Developmental study of treatment fidelity, safety and acceptability of a Symptoms Clinic intervention delivered by General Practitioners to patients with multiple medically unexplained symptoms

    Morton, L., Elliott, A., Thomas, R., Cleland, J., Deary, V., Burton, C.
    Journal of Psychosomatic Research, vol. 84, pp. 37-43
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Kurzdarstellung aktueller publikationen: Begünstigt eine muskelrelaxierende therapie den uretersteinabgang?

    Pickard, R., Starr, K., MacLennan, G., Lam, T., Thomas, R., Burr, J., McPherson, G., McDonald, A., Anson, K., N'Dow, J., Burgess, N., Clark, T., Kilonzo, M., Gillies, K., Shearer, K., Boachie, C., Cameron, S., Norrie, J., McClinton, S.
    Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 38
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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