Meeting
NIHR Clinical Trials Unit Standing Advisory Committee
Date and time
Thursday 27 June 2019, 10:30 – 16:30
Members present
Professor Steve Goodacre (SG), University of Sheffield (Chair)
Professor Cindy Cooper (CC), University of Sheffield
Professor Jane Daniels (JD), University of Nottingham
Professor Monica Busse (MB), University of Cardiff Professor
Professor Ann Marie Swart (AMS), University of East Anglia
Professor Jonathan Mant (JM), University of Cambridge
Professor John Norrie (JN), University of Edinburgh
NETSCC
Ms Helen Buxton, Research Manager (minutes)
Ms Kate Fenton, Senior Research Manager
Ms Sally Hickman, Assistant Research Manager
Apologies
Professor Sandra Eldridge, Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry
Professor Sue Pavitt, University of Leeds
Mr Mike Batley, Department of Health and Social Care
Ms Lynn Kerridge, NETSCC
| Item 5 |
Funding opportunity to support efficient / innovative delivery of NIHR research – Variable Funding 2019 |
|---|---|
| Application 1 |
Birmingham CTU: Development of Guidance for Statistical Analysis Plans for Early Phase Clinical Trials Recommendation: Fund |
| Application 2 |
Cambridge CTU: Patient Involvement through a Novel Patient Led Research Initiative Recommendation: Declined |
| Application 3 |
Keele CTU: Supporting Effective and Efficient Initiation and Delivery of Individual Participant Data Meta-analyses (SEED: IPD Meta-analysis) Recommendation: Fund |
| Application 4 |
Leicester CTU: In silico trials of surgical interventions: Methods for using routinely collected data to model trial feasibility and design efficient in vivo RCTs Recommendation: Declined |
| Application 5 |
Liverpool CTC (1): Implementing CDSIC standards into CTUs to increase efficiency and allow for improvements for data sharing Recommendation: Fund |
| Application 6 |
Liverpool CTC (2): Trial Activity Attributions and costs in Clinical Trials Units Recommendation: fund |
| Application 7 |
LSHTM CTU: Enabling greater efficiencies for clinical trials by appropriately designed, conducted, analysed and reported factorial trials: development of CONSORT guidance for factorial trials Recommendation: The project is not suitable for funding - decline. |
| Application 8 |
Manchester CTU: REDCap Cloud adoption and implementation toolkit Recommendation: The project is suitable for funding - fund. |
| Application 9 |
Newcastle CTU: Costing Adaptive Trials (CAT): developing best practice costing guidance for CTUs supporting adaptive trials Recommendation: The project is suitable for funding - fund. |
| Application 10 |
Nottingham CTU: Improving the design, conduct and management of test evaluation trials. Recommendation: The project is not suitable for funding - decline. |
| Application 11 |
OCTRU: Reducing missing data in trials (ReMIT) Recommendation: The project is not suitable for funding - decline. |
| Application 12 |
Sheffield CTRU: Value-based Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs for Efficient Delivery of NIHR Research Recommendation: The project is suitable for funding - fund. |
| Application 13 |
Southampton CTU: Presenting the evidence about digital tools for improving RCT recruitment and retention in online training packages to increase their uptake and the evidence base Recommendation: The project is suitable for funding - fund. |
| Application 14 |
Warwick CTU (1): Developing efficient and risk adapted approaches to clinical trial closedown processes Recommendation: The project is not suitable for funding - decline. |
| Application 15 |
Warwick CTU (2): On-line training to prepare Patients and the Public for Working with Research Teams in Clinical Trials Recommendation: The project is not suitable for funding - decline. |
| Application 16 |
Warwick CTU (3): Case Report Form (CRF) standardisation project Recommendation: The project is not suitable for funding - decline. |