2024
  • Webb AJS, Birks J, Feakins KA, Lawson A, Dawson J, Rothman AMK, Werring JD, Llwyd O, Stewart C, Thomas J. Cerebrovascular Effects of Sildenafil in Small Vessel Disease: The OxHARP Trial. Circulation Research 2024 Publication ahead of print.
    • 2023
  • Kopczak A, Stringer MS, van den Brink H, Kerkhofs D, Blair GW, van Dinther M, Reyes CA, Garcia DJ, Onkenhout L, Wartolowska KA, Thrippleton MJ, Kampaite A, Duering M, Staals J, Lesnik-Oberstein S, Muir KW, Middeke M, Norrving B, Bousser MG, Mansmann U, Rothwell PM, Doubal FN, van Oostenbrugge R, Biessels GJ, Webb AJS, Wardlaw JM, Dichgans M; TREAT-SVDs collaborators. Effect of blood pressure-lowering agents on microvascular function in people with small vessel diseases (TREAT-SVDs): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, crossover trial. Lancet Neurology 2023;22:991-1004.
  • Kopczak A, Stringer M, van den Brink H, Kerkhofs D, Blair GW, van Dinther M, Onkenhout L, Wartolowska KA, Thrippleton MJ, Duering M, Staals J, Middeke M, Andre E, Norrving B, Bousser M-G, Mansmann U, Rothwell PM, Doubal FN, van Oostenbrugge R, Biessels GJ, Webb AJS, Wardlaw JM, Dichgans M, on behalf of the SVDs@target consortium. The EffecTs of Amlodipine and other Blood PREssure Lowering Agents on Microvascular FuncTion in Small Vessel Diseases (TREAT-SVDs) trial: Study protocol for a randomised crossover trial. European Stroke Journal 2023;8:387-397.
  • Webb AJS, Wartolowska KA, Li L, Mazzucco S, Rothwell PM. Consistencies and differences in intermediate physiological phenotypes of vascular ageing between ischaemic stroke aetiologies. Cerebrovascular Diseases 2023;52:194-201.
  • Hohenschurz-Schmidt D, Vase L, Scott W, Annoni M, Ajayi OK, Barth J, Bennell K, Berna C, Bialosky J, Braithwaite F, Finnerup NB, Williams ACC, Carlino E, Cerritelli F, Chaibi A, Cherkin D, Colloca L, Cote P, Darnall BD, Evans R, Fabre L, Faria V, French S, Gerger H, Hauser W, Hinman RS, Ho D, Janssens T, Jensen K, Johnston C, Juhl Lunde S, Keefe F, Kerns RD, Koechlin H, Kongsted A, Michener LA, Moerman DE, Musial F, Newell D, Nicholas M, Palermo TM, Palermo S, Peerdeman KJ, Pogatzki-Zahn EM, Puhl AA, Roberts L, Rossettini G, Tomczak Matthiesen S, Underwood M, Vaucher P, Vollert J, Wartolowska KA, Weimer K, Werner CP, Rice ASC, Draper-Rodi J. Recommendations for the development, implementation, and reporting of control interventions in efficacy and mechanistic trials of physical, psychological, and self-management therapies: the CoPPS Statement. BMJ 2023;381:e072108.
  • Wartolowska KA, Hohenschurz-Schmidt D, Vase L, Aronson JK. The importance of using placebo controls in non-pharmacological randomised trials (invited topical review). PAIN 2023;164:921-925.
  • Wartolowska KA, Colloca, L, Amanzio M. Editorial: The nocebo effect and its consequences for clinical trials and clinical practice. Frontiers in Psychology 2023;13:1111324.
  • Wartolowska KA, Jenkinson M, Andersson J, Wordsworth BP, Tracey I. Imaging the effects of tumour necrosis factor inhibition on pain processing in severe rheumatoid arthritis. medRxiv 2023 Preprint.
    • 2022
  • Webb AJS, Wartolowska KA, Li L, Rothwell PM. Low heart rate is associated with cerebral pulsatility after TIA or minor stroke. Annals of Neurology 2022;92:909-920.
  • Webb AJS, Lawson A, Wartolowska KA, Mazzucco S, Rothwell PM. Aortic stiffness, pulse pressure and cerebral pulsatility progress despite best medical management: the OxVASC cohort. Stroke 2022;53:1310–1317.
  • Sweeney OJ, Parepalli SA, Mirtorabi N, Loo Yong Kee K, Feakins BG, Aronson JK, Wartolowska KA. Placebo's invisible brother: a restricted scoping review of the biomedical literature on the nocebo effect. PAIN 2022. Epub ahead of print.
  • Bernstein MH, Rosenfield MN, Blease C, Magill M, Terek RM, Savulescu J, Beaudoin FL, Rich JD, Wartolowska KA. How do US orthopaedic surgeons view placebo-controlled surgical trials? A pilot online survey study. Journal of Medical Ethics 2022;medethics-2022-108221.
  • Kluzek S, Dean B, Wartolowska KA. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) as proof of treatment efficacy. BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine 2022;27:153-155.
    • 2021
  • Webb AJS, Lawson A, Wartolowska KA, Mazzucco S, Rothwell PM. Progression of beat-to-beat blood pressure variability despite best medical management. Hypertension 2021;77:193-201.
  • Bernstein MH, Rosenfield MR, Fuchs N, Magill M, Blease CR, Beaudoin FL, Rich JD, Wartolowska KA, Terek RM How orthopedic surgeons view open label placebo pills – a pilot study: ethical and effective, but opposed to personal use. Journal of Psychosomatic Research2021;151:110638.
  • Wartolowska KA, Webb AJS. Big cohort studies offer insights into preventable risk factors. European Heart Journal 2021;42:4280–4281.
    • 2020
  • Lewis GN, Wartolowska K, Parker RS, Sharma S, Rice DA, Kluger M, McNair PJ. A higher grey matter density in the amygdala and midbrain is associated with persistent pain following total knee arthroplasty. Pain Medicine 2020; 21(12): 3393–3400
  • Kjær SW, Rice ASC, Wartolowska K, Vase L. Neuromodulation: more than a placebo effect? Pain 2020;161(3):491-495
    • 2019
  • Vase L, Wartolowska K. Pain, placebo, and test of treatment efficacy: a narrative review. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2019;123:e254–e262
    • 2018
  • Wartolowska K, Bulte D, Chappell M, Jenkinson M, Okell T, Webster M, Carr A. Using arterial spin labelling to investigate spontaneous and evoked ongoing musculoskeletal pain. bioRxiv 2018
  • Wanigasekera V, Wartolowska K, Huggins JP, Duff EP, Vennart W, Whitlock M, Massat N, Pauer L, Rogers P, Hoggart B, Tracey I. Disambiguating pharmacological mechanisms from placebo in neuropathic pain using functional neuroimaging. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2018;120:299-307
  • Wartolowska K, Beard DJ, Carr AJ. The use of placebos in controlled trials of surgical interventions: a brief history. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2018;111:177-182
  • Beard DJ, Rees JL, Cook JA, Rombach I, Cooper C, Merritt N, Shirkey BA, Donovan JL, Gwilym S, Savulescu J, Moser J, Gray A, Jepson M, Tracey I, Judge A, Wartolowska K, Carr AJ. CSAW Study Group. Arthroscopic subacromial decompression for subacromial shoulder pain (CSAW): a multicentre, pragmatic, parallel group, placebo-controlled, three-group, randomised surgical trial. Lancet 2018;391:329-338
    • 2017
  • Wartolowska K, Beard D, Carr A. Blinding in trials of interventional procedures is possible and worthwhile. F1000Research 2017;6:1663 [revised Jan 2018]
  • Wartolowska K, Gerry S, Feakins BG, Collins GS, Cook J, Judge A, Carr AJ. A meta-analysis of temporal changes of response in the placebo arm of surgical randomized controlled trials: an update Trials 2017;18:323
  • Davies BM, Smith J, Rikabi S, Wartolowska K, Morrey M, French A, MacLaren R, Williams D, Bure K, Pinedo-Villanueva R, Mathur A, Birchall M, Snyder E, Atala A, Reeve B, Brindley D. A quantitative, multi-national and multi-stakeholder assessment of barriers to the adoption of cell therapies. Journal of Tissue Engineering 2017;11:2041731417724413
  • Bulte D, Wartolowska K Monitoring cardiac and respiratory physiology during FMRI. Neuroimage 2017;154:81-91.
    • 2016
  • Wartolowska K, Feakins BG, Collins GS, Cook J, Judge A, Rombach I, Dean BJF, Smith JA, Carr AJ. The magnitude and temporal changes of response in the placebo arm of surgical randomized controlled trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Trials 2016;17:589
  • Savulescu J, Wartolowska K (joint first author), Carr AJ. Randomised placebo-controlled trials of surgery: ethical analysis and guidelines. Journal of Medical Ethics 2016; 42:776-783
  • Wartolowska K , Collins GS, Hopewell S, Judge A, Dean BJ, Rombach I, Beard DJ, Carr AJ. Feasibility of surgical randomised controlled trials with a placebo arm: a systematic review. BMJ Open 2016;6:e010194
  • George AJT, Collett C, Carr AJ, Holm S, Bale C, Burton S, Campbell M, Coles A, Gottlieb G, Muir K, Parroy S, Price J, Rice ASC, Sinden J, Stephenson C, Wartolowska K , Whittall H. When should placebo surgery as a control in clinical trials be carried out? Bulletin of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 2016;98:75-79
  • Baldwin MJ, Wartolowska K (joint first author), Carr AJ. A survey on beliefs and attitudes of trainee surgeons towards placebo. BMC Surgery 2016;16:27
  • Hopewell S, Boutron I, Altman DG, Barbour G, Moher D, Montori V, Schriger D, Cook J, Gerry S, Omar O, Dutton P, Roberts C, Frangou E, Clifton L, Chiocchia V, Rombach I, Wartolowska K, Ravaud P. Impact of a web-based tool (WebCONSORT) to improve the reporting of randomised trials: results of a randomised controlled trial. BMC Medicine 2016;14(1):199
    • 2015
  • Beard D, Rees J, Rombach I, Cooper C, Cook J, Merritt N, Gray A, Gwilym S, Judge A, Savulescu J, Moser J, Donovan J, Jepson M, Wilson C, Tracey I, Wartolowska K, Dean B, Carr A; CSAW Study Group. The CSAW Study (Can Shoulder Arthroscopy Work?) - a placebo-controlled surgical intervention trial assessing the clinical and cost effectiveness of arthroscopic subacromial decompression for shoulder pain: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 2015;16:210
  • Duff EP, Vennart W, Wise RG, Howard MA, Harris RE, Lee M, Wartolowska K, Wanigasekera V, Wilson FJ, Whitlock M, Tracey I, Woolrich MW, Smith SM. Learning to identify CNS drug action and efficacy using multistudy fMRI data. Science Translational Medicine 2015;7:274ra16.
  • Brindley DA, French A, Suh J, Roberts M, Davies B, Pinedo-Villanueva R, Wartolowska K, Rooke K, Kramm A, Judge A, Morrey M, Chandra A, Hurley H, Grover L, Bingham I, Siegel B, Rattley MS, Buckler RL, McKeon D, Krumholz K, Hook L, May M, Rikabi S, Pigott R, Morys M, Sabokbar A, Titus E, Laabi Y, Lemaitre G, Zahkia R, Sipp D, Horne R, Bravery C, Williams D, Wall I, Snyder EY, Karp JM, Barker RW, Bure K, Carr AJ, Reeve B. The implementation of novel collaborative structures for the identification and resolution of barriers to pluripotent stem cell translation. Stem Cells and Development 2013; 22 Suppl 1:63-72
    • 2014
  • Wartolowska K , Judge A, Hopewell S, Collins GS, Dean BJ, Rombach I, Brindley D, Savulescu J, Beard DJ, Carr AJ. Use of placebo controls in the evaluation of surgery: systematic review. BMJ 2014;348:g3253.
  • Davies BM, Rikabi S, French A, Pinedo-Villanueva R, Morrey ME, Wartolowska K, Judge A, MacLaren RE, Mathur A, Williams DJ, Wall I, Birchall M, Reeve B, Atala A, Barker RW, Cui Z, Furniss D, Bure K, Snyder EY, Karp JM, Price A, Carr A, Brindley DA. Quantitative assessment of barriers to the clinical development and adoption of cellular therapies: A pilot study. Journal of Tissue Engineering 2014;5:2041731414551764.
    • 2012
  • Wartolowska K, Hough MG, Jenkinson M, Andersson J, Wordsworth BP, Tracey I. Structural changes of the brain in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism 2012;64:371-379
    • 2011
  • Wartolowska K. How neuroimaging can help to visualise and quantify pain? European Journal of Pain Supplements 2011;5:323-327
    • 2009
  • Wartolowska K, Tracey I. Neuroimaging as a tool for pain diagnosis and analgesic development. Neurotherapeutics 2009;6:755-760
  • Karaszewski B, Wardlaw JM, Marshall I, Cvoro V, Wartolowska K, Haga K, Armitage PA, Bastin ME, Dennis MS. Early brain temperature elevation and anaerobic metabolism in human acute ischaemic stroke. Brain 2009;32:955-964
  • Cvoro V, Wardlaw JM, Marshall I, Armitage PA, Rivers CS, Bastin ME, Carpenter TK, Wartolowska K, Farrall AJ, Dennis MS. Associations between diffusion and perfusion parameters, N-acetyl aspartate, and lactate in acute ischemic stroke. Stroke 2009;40:767-772
    • 2008
  • Schweinhardt P, Kalk N, Wartolowska K, Chessell I, Wordsworth P, Tracey I. Investigation into the neural correlates of emotional augmentation of clinical pain. NeuroImage 2008;40:759-766.
    • 2006
  • Karaszewski B, Wardlaw JM, Marshall I, Cvoro V, Wartolowska K, Haga K, Armitage PA, Bastin ME, Dennis MS. Measurement of brain temperature with magnetic resonance spectroscopy in acute ischemic stroke. Annals of Neurology 2006;60:438-446
  • Marshall I, Karaszewski B, Wardlaw JM, Cvoro V, Wartolowska K, Armitage PA, Carpenter T, Bastin ME, Farrall A, Haga K. Measurement of regional brain temperature using proton spectroscopic imaging: validation and application to acute ischemic stroke. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2006;24:699-706
  • Wardlaw JM, Chappell FM, Best JJ, Wartolowska K, Berry E. NHS Research and Development Health Technology Assessment Carotid Stenosis Imaging Group. Non-invasive imaging compared with intra-arterial angiography in the diagnosis of symptomatic carotid stenosis: a meta-analysis. Lancet 2006;367:1503-1512
    • 2004
  • Marshall I, Papathanasopoulou P, Wartolowska K. Carotid flow rates and flow division at the bifurcation in healthy volunteers. Physiological Measurement 2004;25:691-697