Name

Professor Chris Peach

Job title

Consultant

Location

Manchester University Foundation Trust

Contact

Email: chris.peach@mft.nhs.uk

Specialities and research

Speciality

• Trauma and orthopaedic surgery

Sub-speciality

• Shoulder and elbow surgery

Research interests

• Clinical trials
• Arthroplasty implant design
• Reabsorbable implant technology
• Finite element analysis

Type of research

• Clinical trials
• Audit
• Device study

Clinical trial experience

Chief investigator

• RAISE – A prospective, multi-center, randomized controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ARCR augmented with REGENETEN bioinductive implant system in full-thickness tears (large or massive) repair versus ARCR alone. Global RCT comparing standard of care in a specific group of patients associated with poor outcome vs repair and augmentation with a bovine collagen implant. 300 patients.
• S-START – shoulder surgery traditional vs accelerated rehabilitation trial. This is a randomised controlled trial involving patients who have a double-row arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Null hypothesis: There is no difference in outcome between standard rehabilitation and accelerated rehabilitation after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. Following surgery, they will be randomised to one of two groups: standard rehabilitation, with enforced sling use for 6 weeks and a structured exercise programme, and accelerated rehabilitation with no requirement to use a sling and a structured exercise programme. The primary outcome measure will be the Oxford Shoulder Score at 6 months. We will also collect data on postoperative pain, range of shoulder movement and other subjective outcome measures. All patients will have MRI scans at 6 months postoperatively to assess the integrity of the repair, allowing comparison of failure rates between groups.

Principal investigator

• CSAW – Placebo surgical trial on shoulder arthroscopic subacromial decompression.
• UKFROST – Manipulation vs arthrolysis for frozen shoulder treatment.
• DRAFFT2 – MUA vs MUA and K wire fixation of distal radius fracture.
• White 8 COPAL – High dose antibiotics cement vs standard of care in hip fracture hemiarthroplasty.
• White 11 FRUITI – Hemiarthroplasty or fixation for minimally displaced hip fractures.

Postgraduate supervision

Chris is currently a PhD/MD supervisor.

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