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Brian Cuthbertson

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ProfessorDepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineUniversity of Toronto

Brian Cuthbertson

Professor

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (9 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

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Critical Care Clinical Trial Randomized Controlled Trial Morbidity Mortality Pediatric Sedation Antibiotic Resistance

Latest papers

Establishing core outcomes and minimal clinically important differences for childhood steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome clinical trials: results from a Delphi consensus process.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026
Sedating with volatile anaesthetics for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure patients in ICU (SAVE-ICU): protocol for a randomised clinical trial.
BMJ open · 2025 · senior author
Using Bayesian pre-trial simulations to optimize the design of adaptive clinical trials in childhood nephrotic syndrome.
Contemporary clinical trials · 2025

All 15 publications

Latest funding

The PLATform for INnovative Multicentre trials for comorbid chronic Pain and Depressive disorders (PLATINuM-PD)
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$730,576
From Best Evidence to Best Practice: Advancing ICU Sedation Through SAVE-ICU Knowledge Translation
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$25,000
The Randomized Embedded Multifactorial Adaptive Platform Trial in Community-Acquired Pneumonia (REMAP-CAP): Enshrining a Global Pandemic Research Response to COVID-19 and Beyond
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$883,029

All 28 grants and awards

15 publications.

Establishing core outcomes and minimal clinically important differences for childhood steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome clinical trials: results from a Delphi consensus process.

Robinson CH, Carter S, Aman N, Bruno V, Chan S, Cuthbertson B, Garner M, Fan E, Licht C, McKay AM, Radhakrishnan S, Rowley V, Teoh CW, Vasilevska-Ristovska JZ, Heath A, Parekh RS

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-025-06960-6 PMID: 41087595

Sedating with volatile anaesthetics for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure patients in ICU (SAVE-ICU): protocol for a randomised clinical trial.

Jerath A, Slessarev M, Martin C, D'Aragon F, Carrier FM, Senaratne J, Meggison H, Hooper J, Alexandros Cavayas Y, Goligher EC, Couture EJ, Randall I, Hatzakorzian R, Jacka M, Wiener-Kronish J, Xie Z, Pinto RL, Cuthbertson B, SAVE-ICU Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

BMJ open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108441 PMID: 41083292

Using Bayesian pre-trial simulations to optimize the design of adaptive clinical trials in childhood nephrotic syndrome.

Robinson CH, Parekh RS, Cuthbertson B, Fan E, Ouyang Y, Heath A

Contemporary clinical trials2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2025.107918 PMID: 40246194

High-flow nasal Oxygen with or without alternating helmet Non-invasive ventilation for Oxygenation sUpport in acute Respiratory failure (HONOUR): a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

Angriman F, Ferreyro BL, Rochwerg B, Sklar M, Adhikari N, Bagshaw SM, Brochard L, Cuthbertson B, Del Sorbo L, Fowler R

BMJ Open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111526

Beyond borders: the impact of international fellowships on professional and personal development.

von Düring S, Ratano D, Cuthbertson B

Intensive care medicine2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07684-1 PMID: 39441356

Short-duration selective decontamination of the digestive tract infection control does not contribute to increased antimicrobial resistance burden in a pilot cluster randomised trial (the ARCTIC Study).

Kean IRL, Clark JA, Zhang Z, Daubney E, White D, Ferrando-Vivas P, Milla G, Cuthbertson B, Pappachan J, Klein N, Mouncey P, Rowan K, Myburgh J, Gouliouris T, Baker S, Parkhill J, Pathan N, Arctic Research Team

Gut2024

DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-330851 PMID: 38253478

Research priorities for the study of atrial fibrillation during acute and critical illness: recommendations from the Symposium on Atrial Fibrillation in Acute and Critical Care

Sibley S, Atzema C, Balik M, Bedford J, Conen D, Garside T, Johnston B, Kanji S, Landry C, McIntyre W

BMC Proceedings20247 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12919-024-00309-x

De-adoption of chlorhexidine oral care and ICU mortality. Authors' reply.

Dale C, Cuthbertson B

Intensive care medicine2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00134-022-06649-6 PMID: 35174399

Long-term mortality following complications after elective surgery: a secondary analysis of pooled data from two prospective cohort studies.

Fowler AJ, Wan YI, Prowle JR, Chew M, Campbell D, Cuthbertson B, Wijeysundera DN, Pearse R, Abbott T

British journal of anaesthesia2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.06.019 PMID: 35989114

Use of selective gut decontamination in critically ill children: protocol for the Paediatric Intensive Care and Infection Control (PICnIC) pilot study.

Brown A, Ferrando P, Popa M, de la Fuente GM, Pappachan J, Cuthbertson B, Drikite L, Feltbower R, Gouliouris T, Sale I, Shulman R, Tume LN, Myburgh J, Woolfall K, Harrison DA, Mouncey PR, Rowan KM, Pathan N

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061838 PMID: 35277414

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Critical Care Dear Professor Cuthbertson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Establishing core outcomes and minimal clinically important differences for childhood steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome clinical trials: results from a Delphi consensus process." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Advancing Brain Outcomes in pediatric critically ill patients sedated with Volatile AnEsthestic Agents: A pilot multicentre randomized controlled trial (ABOVE Trial)." (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Brian Cuthbertson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Establishing core outcomes and minimal clinically important differences for childhood steroid sensitive nephrotic syndrome clinical trials: results from a Delphi consensus process.

Sedating with volatile anaesthetics for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure patients in ICU (SAVE-ICU): protocol for a randomised clinical trial.

Using Bayesian pre-trial simulations to optimize the design of adaptive clinical trials in childhood nephrotic syndrome.

High-flow nasal Oxygen with or without alternating helmet Non-invasive ventilation for Oxygenation sUpport in acute Respiratory failure (HONOUR): a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial

Beyond borders: the impact of international fellowships on professional and personal development.

Short-duration selective decontamination of the digestive tract infection control does not contribute to increased antimicrobial resistance burden in a pilot cluster randomised trial (the ARCTIC Study).

Research priorities for the study of atrial fibrillation during acute and critical illness: recommendations from the Symposium on Atrial Fibrillation in Acute and Critical Care

De-adoption of chlorhexidine oral care and ICU mortality. Authors' reply.

Long-term mortality following complications after elective surgery: a secondary analysis of pooled data from two prospective cohort studies.

Use of selective gut decontamination in critically ill children: protocol for the Paediatric Intensive Care and Infection Control (PICnIC) pilot study.

Frequent collaborators

Angela Jerath

Anna Heath

John Muscedere

Anna Heath

Marat Slessarev

Eddy Fan

Robert Fowler

Laurent Brochard

Srinivas Murthy

Ken Parhar

Frederick D'Aragon

Salmaan Kanji

Lorenzo Del Sorbo

Sangeeta Mehta

Laveena Munshi

Stephanie Sibley

Michael Sklar

Ian Randall

Yongdong Ouyang

Neill Adhikari

Craig Dale

Jennifer Tsang

Bram Rochwerg

Michael Ke Wang

David Conen

William McIntyre

Karen Burns

Michael Wang

Clare Atzema

Louise Rose

Deborah Cook

Claudio Martin