Meeting
HTA Programme Oversight Committee
Date and time
Friday 11 June 2021, 10.00am – 1.00pm
Place
Virtual meeting
Present
- Professor Andrew Farmer (Chair)
- Professor Julia Brown
- Professor Lucy Chappell
- Professor Anthony de-Soyza
- Professor Marian Knight
- Mr Richard Parnell
- Ms Gail Thornton
NETSCC, HTA:
- Dr Tara Cheetham-Blake
- Dr Lisa Douet
- Miss Rosie Geale
- Ms Sharon Gray
- Dr Amy Halls
- Dr Neil Henderson
- Dr Claire Kidgell
- Mrs Carol Ozuak
- Ms Elke Streit
- Mrs Agnieszka Terry
Observers:
- Dr Cheryl Battersby
- Mr Michael Bowdery
- Dr Julie McCarroll
Research priority decisions
The HTA Programme Oversight Committee considered a total of 12 detailed briefing papers (research briefs). The outcomes are listed below:
Prioritisation Committee: Maternal, child and mental health care
| Call No | Research type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Not prioritised | Primary research | Surgery for endometrioma in women undergoing IVF |
Prioritisation Committee: Integrated community health and social care
| Call No | Research type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Advertise 21/532* | Primary research | Intensive Interaction for children and young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities |
| Advertise 21/540 | Broad brief | Pharmacological treatments for low back pain or sciatica |
| Advertise 21/541 | Secondary research | Medication support interventions and strategies for people with learning disabilities |
Prioritisation Committee: Hospital based care
| Call No | Research type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Advertise 21/534 | Primary research | Surgical management of successfully reduced incarcerated inguinal hernia in children |
| Advertise 21/535 | Primary research | Follow-up strategy after radical treatment for prostate cancer |
| Advertise 21/536 | Primary research | Sodium bicarbonate in neonatal care |
| Advertise (delayed advert) | Primary research | Metformin to prevent antipsychotic-induced weight gain |
| Advertise 21/537 | Primary research | Neuroendoscopic lavage for preterm babies with post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation |
| Advertise 21/542 | Primary research | Medication to manage sexual preoccupation in sex offenders |
| Advertise 21/538 | Primary research | Benefits and harms of reduced dose oral isotretinoin in the management of acne vulgaris |
| Advertise 21/539 | Primary research | Benefits and harms of maintenance therapy for refractory acne vulgaris or previous relapses by reduced dose isotretinoin regimens |
* This research priority is being re-advertised
Future HTA Programme Oversight Committee 2021 meetings: 2021 dates
• 15 October 2021