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Public Minutes HTA Programme Oversight Committee (commissioned workstream) February 2023

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Published: 29 March 2023

Version: 1.0 March

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Meeting

HTA Programme Oversight Committee

Date

Friday 10 February 2023

Email responses regarding the briefs were received from: 

  • Professor Andrew Farmer (Chair)
  • Professor Anthony de-Soyza
  • Professor Kamal Mahtani
  • Mr Richard Parnell (PPI member)
  • Professor Rupert  Pearse
  • Ms Gail Thornton (PPI member)

Email views were sought from devolved administration
observers:

  • Mr Michael Bowdery
  • Dr Janet Diffin
  • Dr Julie McCarroll
  • Dr Alan McNair

Apologies

  • Professor Julia Brown
  • Professor Olivia Wu
  • Professor Kamal Mahtani
  • Professor Rupert  Pearse

Research priority decisions

The HTA Programme Oversight Committee considered a total of 17 detailed briefing papers (research briefs). The outcomes are listed below:

Prioritisation Committee: Integrated community health and social care

Call number: Not re-advertising
Research type: Primary research
Title: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist therapy for patients with severe mental illness living with overweight or obesity

Call number: 23/30
Research type: Feasibility study
Title: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for depression in adolescents

Call number: 23/36
Research type: Primary research
Title: Oral corticosteroids, NSAIDs or colchicine for gout flares

Call number: 23/41
Research type: Broad brief
Title: Management of chronic plaque psoriasis

Call number: 23/44
Research type: Primary research
Title: Effectiveness of oral nutritional supplements in older adults with malnutrition

Prioritisation Committee: Hospital based care

Call number: 23/31
Research type: Primary research
Title: Prophylactic nebulised antibiotics for patients with a permanent tracheostomy or who have undergone a laryngectomy

Call number: Not re-advertising
Research type: Primary research
Title: Surgical management of successfully reduced incarcerated inguinal hernia in children

Call number: 23/32
Research type: Primary research
Title: Optimal management of perianal Crohn's disease

Call number: 23/33
Research type: Primary research
Title: The clinical and cost-effectiveness of colesevelam for the treatment of bile acid diarrhoea

Call number: 23/35
Research type: Primary research
Title: Extended duration tocilizumab for giant cell arteritis

Call number: 23/37
Research type: Primary research
Title: Higher-calorie refeeding compared with lower-calorie refeeding in malnourished adults with anorexia nervosa

Call number: 23/38
Research type: Primary research
Title: Nebulised therapy in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and disabling breathlessness

Call number: 23/42
Research type: Primary research
Title: Endoscopic modalities for detection of Barrett's oesophagus related neoplasia

Call number: 23/43
Research type: Primary research
Title: Management of severe acute asthma in children

Prioritisation Committee: Social Care

Call number: 23/39
Research type: Primary care
Title: Music based interventions and dementia care

Call number: 23/40
Research type: Evidence Synthesis
Title: Supporting the mental health of birth mothers at risk of recurrent care proceedings

National Screening Committee

Call number: 23/34
Research type: Primary research
Title: Screening for COPD during the targeted lung health check

Future HTA Programme Oversight Committee 2023 meetings: 2023 dates

Friday 16 June 2023
Friday 20 October 2023