Katie Biggs
MA (Hons) University of Edinburgh, MSc University of Liverpool
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
CTRU Assistant Director
Senior Research Fellow
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Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health
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- Profile
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I am an Assistant Director of the Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) and a Senior Research Fellow interested in trial conduct and methodology, particularly concerning inclusion. I am the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) lead for the Research Support Service (RSS) Hub delivered by York and partners and the CTRU lead on StratCare 2 and TRICEPS.
I joined the CTRU in March 2010 having previously worked in various mental health services as a support worker. My previous roles included psychometric testing and data collection from service users and families as well as support in daily activities. My psychology-based degrees provided a good grounding in research methods, data collection and analysis.
In CTRU I previously worked as a Study Co-ordinator on 3Mg (HTA – 06/01/02), Well-being and ADHD (Shire Pharmaceuticals), MERIDIAN (HTA – 09/06/01) and Development of an Adaptive designs CONSORT Extension (ACE), and as a Trial Manager on HubBLe (HTA – 10/57/46), PRACTICE (HTA –13/24/03) and I-SOCIALISE (PHR – 15/49/32). I have completed an NIHR pre-doctoral fellowship and led a methodological project (ACCESS).
I was CTRU senior oversight and a co-applicant on ASPECT, I-SOCIALISE and am currently in that role on StratCare 2 and TRICEPS.
I became Lead Trial Manager in 2015, supporting study management staff and oversight of projects, including resourcing staff. In 2020, I became Assistant Director, responsible for CTRU management with the CTRU Director and the CTRU management group and coordinating the CTRU input to pandemic research.
- Research interests
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Inclusivity in trials
Patient and Public Involvement in trials
Clinical trial methodology
Recruitment and retention in trials
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- Time to STEP UP: methods and findings from the development of guidance to help researchers design inclusive clinical trials. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24(1), 227.
- A methodological review of randomised n-of-1 trials. Trials, 25(1). View this article in WRRO
- Effective interventions to increase representation of under-served groups in randomised trials in UK and Ireland: a scoping literature review. NIHR Open Research, 4(12). View this article in WRRO
- Exploring the barriers to, and importance of, participant diversity in early-phase clinical trials: an interview-based qualitative study of professionals and patient and public representatives. BMJ Open, 14(3). View this article in WRRO
- Implementation successes and lessons learnt from a randomised controlled trial of a complex school-based intervention. Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences. View this article in WRRO
- The MAGIC trial: a pragmatic, multicentre, parallel, noninferiority, randomised trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children attending for elective surgery under general anaesthesia. British Journal of Anaesthesia. View this article in WRRO
- Play brick therapy to aid the social skills of children and young people with autism spectrum disorder: the I-SOCIALISE cluster RCT. Public Health Research, 11(12). View this article in WRRO
- Appropriate design and reporting of superiority, equivalence and non-inferiority clinical trials incorporating a benefit–risk assessment: the BRAINS study including expert workshop. Health Technology Assessment, 27(20). View this article in WRRO
- O08 Mesenchymal stromal cells infusions in children with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (MissionEB): a randomized controlled trial. British Journal of Dermatology, 189(3), e42-e43.
- The alleviating specific phobias in children trial: challenges and solutions to implementing a randomized controlled trial in clinical services. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1. View this article in WRRO
- What is the purpose of clinical trial monitoring?. Trials, 23(1). View this article in WRRO
- One-session treatment compared with multisession CBT in children aged 7–16 years with specific phobias: the ASPECT non-inferiority RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 26(42).
- One-session treatment for specific phobias: barriers, facilitators and acceptability as perceived by children & young people, parents, and clinicians. PLOS ONE, 17(9), e0274424-e0274424. View this article in WRRO
- Pre-hospital prediction of adverse outcomes in patients with suspected COVID-19 : development, application and comparison of machine learning and deep learning methods. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 151, Part A. View this article in WRRO
- Trial Forge Guidance 3 : randomised trials and how to recruit and retain individuals from ethnic minority groups—practical guidance to support better practice. Trials, 23(1). View this article in WRRO
- Practical guidance for planning resources required to support publicly-funded adaptive clinical trials. BMC Medicine, 20(1). View this article in WRRO
- One session treatment (OST) is equivalent to multi‐session cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in children with specific phobias (ASPECT) : results from a national non‐inferiority randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. View this article in WRRO
- Accuracy of emergency medical service telephone triage of need for an ambulance response in suspected COVID-19 : an observational cohort study. BMJ Open, 12(5). View this article in WRRO
- A mixed methods evaluation of the acceptability of therapy using LEGO® bricks (LEGO® based therapy) in mainstream primary and secondary education. Autism Research. View this article in WRRO
- Accuracy of telephone triage for predicting adverse outcomes in suspected COVID-19: an observational cohort study. BMJ Quality and Safety. View this article in WRRO
- Prognostic accuracy of triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19 in a prehospital setting : an observational cohort study. Emergency Medicine Journal. View this article in WRRO
- Cost-utility analysis of LEGO based therapy for school children and young people with autism spectrum disorder: results from a randomised controlled trial.. BMJ Open, 12(1). View this article in WRRO
- Costs and staffing resource requirements for adaptive clinical trials: quantitative and qualitative results from the Costing Adaptive Trials project. BMC Medicine, 19(1). View this article in WRRO
- Prognostic accuracy of triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19 in a pre-hospital setting: an observational cohort study. View this article in WRRO
- Derivation and validation of a clinical severity score for acutely ill adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study. PLoS ONE, 16(1). View this article in WRRO
- Utilising benefit-risk assessments within clinical trials—a protocol for the BRAINS project. Trials, 22. View this article in WRRO
- Post-exertion oxygen saturation as a prognostic factor for adverse outcome in patients attending the emergency department with suspected COVID-19: a substudy of the PRIEST observational cohort study. Emergency Medicine Journal. View this article in WRRO
- Characterisation of 22445 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection : observational cohort study. PLoS ONE, 15(11), ---. View this article in WRRO
- Characterisation of 22446 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection: Observational cohort study. View this article in WRRO
- What Is the health and well-being burden for parents living with a child with ADHD in the United Kingdom?. Journal of Attention Disorders. View this article in WRRO
- The adaptive designs CONSORT extension (ACE) statement: a checklist with explanation and elaboration guideline for reporting randomised trials that use an adaptive design. Trials, 21(1). View this article in WRRO
- The Adaptive designs CONSORT Extension (ACE) statement: a checklist with explanation and elaboration guideline for reporting randomised trials that use an adaptive design. BMJ, 369. View this article in WRRO
- Challenges in the design, planning and implementation of trials evaluating group interventions. Trials, 21. View this article in WRRO
- Design, planning and implementation lessons learnt from a surgical multi-centre randomised controlled trial. Trials, 20(1). View this article in WRRO
- Investigating SOcial Competence and Isolation in children with Autism taking part in LEGO-based therapy clubs In School Environments (I-SOCIALISE) : study protocol. BMJ Open, 9(5). View this article in WRRO
- Development process of a consensus-driven CONSORT extension for randomised trials using an adaptive design. BMC Medicine, 16. View this article in WRRO
- Clinical and cost-effectiveness of one-session treatment (OST) versus multisession cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for specific phobias in children: Protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8(8). View this article in WRRO
- Cost-Effectiveness of Haemorrhoidal Artery Ligation versus Rubber Band Ligation for the Treatment of Grade II–III Haemorrhoids: Analysis Using Evidence from the HubBLe Trial. PharmacoEconomics Open. View this article in WRRO
- The HubBle trial: Haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) versus rubber band ligation (RBL) for symptomatic second- and third-degree haemorrhoids: A multicentre randomized controlled trial and health-economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, 20(88), 1-180. View this article in WRRO
- The impact of ADHD on the health and well-being of ADHD children and their siblings. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 25(11), 1217-1231. View this article in WRRO
- Haemorrhoidal artery ligation versus rubber band ligation for the management of symptomatic second-degree and third-degree haemorrhoids (HubBLe): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 388(10042), 356-364. View this article in WRRO
- Transition of care for adolescents from paediatric services to adult health services. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016(4). View this article in WRRO
- Use of home visits increases data completion and retention in studies involving family members. Trials, 16(S2).
- The HubBLe trial: haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) versus rubber band ligation (RBL) for haemorrhoids. BMC Gastroenterology, 12(1). View this article in WRRO
- I-SOCIALISE: Results from a cluster randomised controlled trial investigating the social competence and isolation of children with autism taking part in LEGO® based therapy (‘Play Brick Therapy’) clubs in school environments. Autism. View this article in WRRO
- Cost and effectiveness of one session treatment (OST) for children and young people with specific phobias compared to multi-session cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT): results from a randomised controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1). View this article in WRRO
- Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19: the PRIEST observational cohort study. Emergency Medicine Journal.
- The feasibility of early pulmonary rehabilitation and activity after COPD exacerbations: external pilot randomised controlled trial, qualitative case study and exploratory economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, 22(11), 1-204. View this article in WRRO
Chapters
- Transition of Care for Adolescents from Child to Adult Health Services: A Systematic Review, Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Services for Adolescents and Young Adults with Long-term Conditions (pp. 147-169). Springer International Publishing
Other
- Adding to the transitional care evidence base for future national guidance. BMJ, i3710-i3710.
All publications
Journal articles
- Time to STEP UP: methods and findings from the development of guidance to help researchers design inclusive clinical trials. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 24(1), 227.
- A methodological review of randomised n-of-1 trials. Trials, 25(1). View this article in WRRO
- Effective interventions to increase representation of under-served groups in randomised trials in UK and Ireland: a scoping literature review. NIHR Open Research, 4(12). View this article in WRRO
- Exploring the barriers to, and importance of, participant diversity in early-phase clinical trials: an interview-based qualitative study of professionals and patient and public representatives. BMJ Open, 14(3). View this article in WRRO
- Implementation successes and lessons learnt from a randomised controlled trial of a complex school-based intervention. Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences. View this article in WRRO
- The MAGIC trial: a pragmatic, multicentre, parallel, noninferiority, randomised trial of melatonin versus midazolam in the premedication of anxious children attending for elective surgery under general anaesthesia. British Journal of Anaesthesia. View this article in WRRO
- Play brick therapy to aid the social skills of children and young people with autism spectrum disorder: the I-SOCIALISE cluster RCT. Public Health Research, 11(12). View this article in WRRO
- Appropriate design and reporting of superiority, equivalence and non-inferiority clinical trials incorporating a benefit–risk assessment: the BRAINS study including expert workshop. Health Technology Assessment, 27(20). View this article in WRRO
- O08 Mesenchymal stromal cells infusions in children with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (MissionEB): a randomized controlled trial. British Journal of Dermatology, 189(3), e42-e43.
- The alleviating specific phobias in children trial: challenges and solutions to implementing a randomized controlled trial in clinical services. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1. View this article in WRRO
- What is the purpose of clinical trial monitoring?. Trials, 23(1). View this article in WRRO
- One-session treatment compared with multisession CBT in children aged 7–16 years with specific phobias: the ASPECT non-inferiority RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 26(42).
- One-session treatment for specific phobias: barriers, facilitators and acceptability as perceived by children & young people, parents, and clinicians. PLOS ONE, 17(9), e0274424-e0274424. View this article in WRRO
- Pre-hospital prediction of adverse outcomes in patients with suspected COVID-19 : development, application and comparison of machine learning and deep learning methods. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 151, Part A. View this article in WRRO
- Trial Forge Guidance 3 : randomised trials and how to recruit and retain individuals from ethnic minority groups—practical guidance to support better practice. Trials, 23(1). View this article in WRRO
- Practical guidance for planning resources required to support publicly-funded adaptive clinical trials. BMC Medicine, 20(1). View this article in WRRO
- One session treatment (OST) is equivalent to multi‐session cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in children with specific phobias (ASPECT) : results from a national non‐inferiority randomized controlled trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. View this article in WRRO
- Accuracy of emergency medical service telephone triage of need for an ambulance response in suspected COVID-19 : an observational cohort study. BMJ Open, 12(5). View this article in WRRO
- A mixed methods evaluation of the acceptability of therapy using LEGO® bricks (LEGO® based therapy) in mainstream primary and secondary education. Autism Research. View this article in WRRO
- Accuracy of telephone triage for predicting adverse outcomes in suspected COVID-19: an observational cohort study. BMJ Quality and Safety. View this article in WRRO
- Prognostic accuracy of triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19 in a prehospital setting : an observational cohort study. Emergency Medicine Journal. View this article in WRRO
- Cost-utility analysis of LEGO based therapy for school children and young people with autism spectrum disorder: results from a randomised controlled trial.. BMJ Open, 12(1). View this article in WRRO
- Costs and staffing resource requirements for adaptive clinical trials: quantitative and qualitative results from the Costing Adaptive Trials project. BMC Medicine, 19(1). View this article in WRRO
- Prognostic accuracy of triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19 in a pre-hospital setting: an observational cohort study. View this article in WRRO
- Derivation and validation of a clinical severity score for acutely ill adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study. PLoS ONE, 16(1). View this article in WRRO
- Utilising benefit-risk assessments within clinical trials—a protocol for the BRAINS project. Trials, 22. View this article in WRRO
- Post-exertion oxygen saturation as a prognostic factor for adverse outcome in patients attending the emergency department with suspected COVID-19: a substudy of the PRIEST observational cohort study. Emergency Medicine Journal. View this article in WRRO
- Characterisation of 22445 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection : observational cohort study. PLoS ONE, 15(11), ---. View this article in WRRO
- Characterisation of 22446 patients attending UK emergency departments with suspected COVID-19 infection: Observational cohort study. View this article in WRRO
- What Is the health and well-being burden for parents living with a child with ADHD in the United Kingdom?. Journal of Attention Disorders. View this article in WRRO
- The adaptive designs CONSORT extension (ACE) statement: a checklist with explanation and elaboration guideline for reporting randomised trials that use an adaptive design. Trials, 21(1). View this article in WRRO
- The Adaptive designs CONSORT Extension (ACE) statement: a checklist with explanation and elaboration guideline for reporting randomised trials that use an adaptive design. BMJ, 369. View this article in WRRO
- Challenges in the design, planning and implementation of trials evaluating group interventions. Trials, 21. View this article in WRRO
- Design, planning and implementation lessons learnt from a surgical multi-centre randomised controlled trial. Trials, 20(1). View this article in WRRO
- Investigating SOcial Competence and Isolation in children with Autism taking part in LEGO-based therapy clubs In School Environments (I-SOCIALISE) : study protocol. BMJ Open, 9(5). View this article in WRRO
- Development process of a consensus-driven CONSORT extension for randomised trials using an adaptive design. BMC Medicine, 16. View this article in WRRO
- Clinical and cost-effectiveness of one-session treatment (OST) versus multisession cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) for specific phobias in children: Protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 8(8). View this article in WRRO
- Cost-Effectiveness of Haemorrhoidal Artery Ligation versus Rubber Band Ligation for the Treatment of Grade II–III Haemorrhoids: Analysis Using Evidence from the HubBLe Trial. PharmacoEconomics Open. View this article in WRRO
- The HubBle trial: Haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) versus rubber band ligation (RBL) for symptomatic second- and third-degree haemorrhoids: A multicentre randomized controlled trial and health-economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, 20(88), 1-180. View this article in WRRO
- The impact of ADHD on the health and well-being of ADHD children and their siblings. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 25(11), 1217-1231. View this article in WRRO
- Haemorrhoidal artery ligation versus rubber band ligation for the management of symptomatic second-degree and third-degree haemorrhoids (HubBLe): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet, 388(10042), 356-364. View this article in WRRO
- Transition of care for adolescents from paediatric services to adult health services. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016(4). View this article in WRRO
- Use of home visits increases data completion and retention in studies involving family members. Trials, 16(S2).
- The HubBLe trial: haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HAL) versus rubber band ligation (RBL) for haemorrhoids. BMC Gastroenterology, 12(1). View this article in WRRO
- I-SOCIALISE: Results from a cluster randomised controlled trial investigating the social competence and isolation of children with autism taking part in LEGO® based therapy (‘Play Brick Therapy’) clubs in school environments. Autism. View this article in WRRO
- Correction: Trial Forge Guidance 3: randomised trials and how to recruit and retain individuals from ethnic minority groups—practical guidance to support better practice. Trials, 23(1).
- Cost and effectiveness of one session treatment (OST) for children and young people with specific phobias compared to multi-session cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT): results from a randomised controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1). View this article in WRRO
- Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19: the PRIEST observational cohort study. Emergency Medicine Journal.
- The feasibility of early pulmonary rehabilitation and activity after COPD exacerbations: external pilot randomised controlled trial, qualitative case study and exploratory economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, 22(11), 1-204. View this article in WRRO
Chapters
- Transition of Care for Adolescents from Child to Adult Health Services: A Systematic Review, Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Services for Adolescents and Young Adults with Long-term Conditions (pp. 147-169). Springer International Publishing
Conference proceedings papers
- Introducing the adaptive designs CONSORT extension (ACE) statement to improve reporting of randomised trials that use an adaptive design. Trials, Vol. 20(Supplement 1) (pp 2-3). Brighton, UK, 6 October 2019 - 9 October 2019. View this article in WRRO
Posters
- View this article in WRRO Challenges in the design, planning and implementation of trials evaluating group interventions.
- View this article in WRRO Lessons learnt from a multi-centre Type 3 surgical trial.
- The PRACTICE trial: Pulmonary Rehabilitation and ACTIvity after COPD Exacerbations. COPD10.
Other
- Adding to the transitional care evidence base for future national guidance. BMJ, i3710-i3710.
Preprints
- A Methodological Review of Randomised n-of-1 Trials., Research Square Platform LLC.
- What is the purpose of Clinical Trial Monitoring?, Research Square Platform LLC.
- Trial Forge Guidance 3: Randomised trials and how to recruit and retain individuals from ethnic minority groups– practical guidance to support better practice, Center for Open Science.
- Accuracy of emergency medical service telephone triage of need for an ambulance response in suspected COVID-19: An observational cohort study, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Accuracy of telephone triage for predicting adverse outcome in suspected COVID-19: An observational cohort study, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Utilising Benefit-Risk Assessments within Clinical Trials – A Protocol for the BRAINS project, Research Square Platform LLC.
- Derivation and validation of a clinical severity score for acutely ill adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- The Adaptive designs CONSORT Extension (ACE) Statement: A checklist with explanation and elaboration guideline for reporting randomised trials that use an adaptive design, Research Square.
- Pre-Hospital Prediction of Adverse Outcomes in Patients with Suspected COVID-19: Development, Application and Comparison of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods. View this article in WRRO
- Utilising Benefit-Risk Assessments within Clinical Trials – A Protocol for the BRAINS project, Research Square Platform LLC.
- Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for adults with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Prognostic accuracy of emergency department triage tools for children with suspected COVID-19: The PRIEST observational cohort study, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Utilising Benefit-Risk Assessments within Clinical Trials – A Protocol for the BRAINS project, Research Square Platform LLC.
- Research group
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CTRU, DTS
- Grants
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StratCare Trial 2 (NIHR153364): Evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of AI-driven stratified care for depression (Co-applicant)
NIHR Pre-doctoral fellowship – training and development award, focussed on inclusivity in trials of complex interventions (Lead applicant).
TRICEPS (NIHR133169): Transcutaneous limb recovery post-stroke. An efficacy and mechanism evaluation of transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation for upper limb recovery post-stroke – a randomised, controlled, multi-arm, multi-stage, adaptive design trial (Co-applicant).
ACCESS (CTU efficiency funding, via NIHR CTU funding): A collaborative study between CTUs and other researchers to identify the activities needed to improve representation of under-served groups in trials and understand their implementation (Lead applicant).
PRIEST (HTA – 11/46/07): Pandemic Respiratory Infection Emergency System Triage (formally PAINTED, a hibernating influenza pandemic study, amended for the COVID pandemic).
ASPECT (HTA – 15/38/04): Alleviating Specific Phobias Experienced by Children Trial (Co-applicant).
I-SOCIALISE (PHR – 15/49/32): Investigating SOcial Competence and Isolation in children with Autism taking part in LEGO-based therapy clubs In School Environments (Co-applicant).
CAT: Costing Adaptive Trials led by Newcastle University (qualitative lead).
- Teaching interests
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I am interested in supervising dissertations related to trial conduct and inclusion in research and healthcare.
- Teaching activities
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I currently co-lead HAR6116 (Randomised Controlled Trials to Support Reimbursement Decision Making) and teach the ‘Effective recruitment for trials’ lecture on HAR674 (Randomised Controlled Trials).