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Richard McManus
MA PhD MBBS FRCGP FRCP
Professor of Primary Care
- General Practitioner
- Governing Body Fellow, Green Templeton College
Richard McManus held four consecutive NHS/NIHR National Research Fellowships (DRF-Professorship, 2001-18) and was awarded an NIHR Senior Investigator Award in 2019 (renewed 2023). His main research interests are in the prevention of cardiovascular disease including following hypertensive pregnancy, in the context of multiple long term conditions and when deprescribing may be appropriate.
He is Chief Investigator on an NIHR Programme Grant around Postnatal Self-Management of Blood Pressure following Pregnancy Hypertension and leads the self-management theme of the Oxford Thames Valley ARC. He is joint Chief Investigator of the OPTIMISE2 study assessing deprescribing antihypertensives in the over 75s. He is recognised internationally for his work on self-monitoring and self-management of hypertension and leads a consortium curating 25 datasets which form an individual patient data meta-analysis of self-monitoring of hypertension.
He chairs the Blood Pressure Monitoring Working Party of the British Hypertension Society and has provided expert advice to NICE (2011 & 2019 Hypertension Guideline) and the European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Hypertension (2018 & 2024 European Hypertension Guidelines). He leads Oxford’s input into the School for Primary Care Research and chairs the NIHR Research Professors Selection Panel. He is chair of the PROMPPT programme steering committee and a member of several TSC/DMCs.
Key publications
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Effect of Self-Monitoring of Blood Pressure on Diagnosis of Hypertension During Higher-Risk Pregnancy: The BUMP 1 Randomized Clinical Trial
Journal article
Tucker KL. et al, (2022), Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 77, 637 - 639
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Effect of Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure on Blood Pressure Control in Pregnant Individuals with Chronic or Gestational Hypertension: The BUMP 2 Randomized Clinical Trial
Journal article
Chappell LC. et al, (2022), JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 327, 1666 - 1678
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Home and Online Management and Evaluation of Blood Pressure (HOME BP) using a digital intervention in poorly controlled hypertension: randomised controlled trial.
Journal article
McManus RJ. et al, (2021), BMJ, 372
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Efficacy of self-monitored blood pressure, with or without telemonitoring, for titration of antihypertensive medication (TASMINH4): an unmasked randomised controlled trial
Journal article
McManus RJ. et al, (2018), The Lancet, 391, 949 - 959
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Effect of Antihypertensive Medication Reduction vs Usual Care on Short-term Blood Pressure Control in Patients with Hypertension Aged 80 Years and Older: The OPTIMISE Randomized Clinical Trial
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Sheppard JP. et al, (2020), JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 323, 2039 - 2051
Recent publications
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A treatment strategy with nifedipine versus labetalol for women with pregnancy hypertension: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (Giant PANDA)
Journal article
Ashworth D. et al, (2023), Trials, 24
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Clinical guidelines for the management of weight during pregnancy: a qualitative evidence synthesis of practice recommendations across NHS Trusts in England
Journal article
Goddard L. et al, (2023), BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23
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Informed consent in randomised controlled trials: further development and evaluation of the participatory and informed consent (PIC) measure
Journal article
Wade J. et al, (2023), Trials, 24