Minutes for the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme North West Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss Stage 2 applications to competition 45 and Stage 1 applications to competition 46.
Date and Location
Tuesday 25 January 2022 Virtual Meeting
In attendance
Committee members
Professor Kevin J Munro (Chair)
Professor Katherine Berry
Dr Helen Brooks
Professor Iain Bruce
Dr Lesley-Anne Carter
Professor Suresh Chhetri
Professor Deborah Fitzsimmons
Mrs Glenys Hunt
Professor Gregory Lip
Dr Adam Noble
Mr John Roberts
Mr Steve Telford
Dr Laura Ternent
Dr Mark Wilberforce
Dr Gillian Yeowell
Dr Maria Horne
Secretariat
Mx Charlie Delilkan (NIHR CCF)
Mr Ben Morgan (NIHR CCF)
Ms Lavpreet Ranjit (NIHR CCF)
Ms Harkerat Jandu (NIHR CCF)
Ms Sylvia McKelvie (NIHR CCF)
Professor Sue Ziebland (Programme Director)
Observers
Dr Jess Carlisle (Schools)
Professor Mark Gabbay (RDS - NW)
Apologies
Apologies were received from Dr Matthew Parkes
Competition 45 stage 2 applications considered
1.1 NIHR203570: Supporting Evidence-Based Treatment Decision Making for People with Seizures (SEBTeMPS)
Conflicts: Dr Adam Noble and Dr Gillian Yeowell not in attendance. Professor Gregory Lip left the room. Dr Mark Wilberforce chaired the discussion.
Final outcome: Reject
1.2 NIHR203568: Developing and evaluating a tool to protect patients from fabricated data in health systematic reviews
Conflicts: Dr Adam Noble and Dr Gillian Yeowell not in attendance. Dr Helen Brooks, Professor Iain Bruce and Dr Lesley-Anne Carter left the room. Dr Mark Wilberforce chaired the discussion
Final outcome: Conditional support
1.3 NIHR203591: Improving asthma diagnosis using a home based testing strategy - a feasibility study
Conflicts: Dr Adam Noble and Dr Gillian Yeowell not in attendance. Professor Iain Bruce remained out of the room. Dr Mark Wilberforce left the room. Professor Kevin Munro chaired the discussion.
Final outcome: Conditional support
1.4 NIHR203549: Interferon-gamma immunotherapy in chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: a feasibility study
Conflicts: Dr Adam Noble and Dr Gillian Yeowell not in attendance. Dr Helen Brooks and Dr Lesley-Anne Carter left the room. Dr Mark Wilberforce chaired the discussion
Final outcome: Conditional support
1.5 NIHR203510: UNBIASED: Understanding Inequalities and Barriers to Accessing Diabetes Technology in Children and Young People with Type 1 Diabetes
Conflicts: Dr Adam Noble and Dr Gillian Yeowell not in attendance. Dr Mark Wilberforce chaired the discussion
Final outcome: Reject
1.6 NIHR203618: Developing post-adoption support for adoptive families: a feasibility study. (PASAF)
Conflicts: Dr Adam Noble and Dr Gillian Yeowell not in attendance. Professor Kevin Munro, Dr Helen Brooks, Professor Iain Bruce, Professor Katherine Berry and Dr Lesley-Anne Carter left the room. Dr Mark Wilberforce chaired the discussion
Final outcome: Reject
1.7 NIHR203634: Cardiac Rehabilitation for Young People: A Single-Blind Randomised Acceptability and Feasibility Study of an Integrated Physical and Mental Health Approach
Conflicts: Dr Adam Noble and Dr Gillian Yeowell not in attendance. Professor Iain Bruce, Professor Katherine Berry and Dr Lesley-Anne Carter remained out of the room. Dr Mark Wilberforce chaired the discussion
Final outcome: Conditional support
1.8 NIHR203571: Cough control therapy for Interstitial Lung Disease related chronic cough: feasibility study
Conflicts: Dr Adam Noble and Dr Gillian Yeowell not in attendance. Professor Katherine Berry and Dr Lesley-Anne Carter remained out of the room. Professor Kevin Munro left the room. Dr Mark Wilberforce chaired the discussion
Competition 46 stage 1 applications considered
2.1 NIHR204146: Enabling Service Users with Severe Mental Illness to Learn about and Engage (SMILE) with Good Oral Health: Co-production, Feasibility and Acceptability of a Systems intervention
Conflicts: Dr Helen Brooks left the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
2.2 NIHR204110: Using routinely collected data to address the challenges of rising demand for mental health services and improve access to care for children and young people in Lancashire and South Cumbria
Conflicts: Professor Iain Bruce left the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
2.3 NIHR204090: Exploring systemic therapy as post-diagnostic support for people living with dementia and their families
Conflicts: Professor Suresh Chhetri left the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
2.4 NIHR204052: Developing an evidence based, co-designed, clinical intervention for Videofluoroscopy Swallow Study (VFSS) to improve patient safety and experience
Conflicts: Professor Gregory Lip left the room. Professor Suresh Chhetri remained out of the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
2.5 NIHR204107: Mental Health Medications in the Lives of People with Learning Disabilities
Conflicts: Dr Gillian Yeowell, Professor Katherine Berry and Dr Maria Horne left the room. Professor Suresh Chhetri remained out of the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
2.6 NIHR204040: Outdoor Mobility after Hip Fracture: a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
Conflicts: Dr Mark Wilberforce left the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
2.7 NIHR204078: Risk stratification and prediction in endovascular aneurysm repair
Conflicts: Professor Gregory Lip left the room
Outcome: Reject
2.8 NIHR204035: Exploring and understanding the assessment of non-cognitive symptoms in people living with dementia
Conflicts: Dr Helen Brooks, Dr Mark Wilberforce and Professor Suresh Chhetri left the room
Outcome: Reject
2.9 NIHR204100: KEEP MOVING: The feasibility of a community-based exercise programme for people with a lower limb amputation
Conflicts: Dr Mark Wilberforce remained out of the room
Outcome: Reject
2.10 NIHR204084: Preliminary test of a digital device to enhance self-management and clinical response to self-harm by young people in inpatient mental health settings (Tier 3 application)
Conflicts: Professor Suresh Chhetri left the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
2.11 NIHR204096: EPIC - Enabling more efficient Outpatient Health Care
Conflicts: Professor Gregory Lip left the room
Outcome: Reject
Outcomes tables
The tables below display the mean score for each application that was assessed in the regional assessment committee meeting, and excludes applications which were rejected during the scrutiny and triage processes. The number of applications receiving each mean score are listed. The RfPB fundable range is 6-10, although a score of 6-10 does not guarantee funding or an invitation to Stage 2. In exceptional circumstances and with approval from the Programme Director, applications may be invited/funded which fall below the fundable range.
In exceptional circumstances, applications which fall below the fundable range may be invited to Stage 2 or recommended for funding by the Committee. The Programme Director reviews in detail any applications recommended for funding with a score below 7.
Competition 46 stage 1
Score | Range | Number of applications |
---|---|---|
9.0 - 10.0 | Invited | 0 |
8.0 - 8.9 | Invited | 0 |
7.0 - 7.9 | Invited | 3 |
6.0 - 6.9 | Invited | 4 |
5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 3 |
4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 0 |
3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 1 |
2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |
Competition 45 stage 2
Score | Range | Number of applications |
---|---|---|
9.0 - 10.0 | Fundable | 0 |
8.0 - 8.9 | Fundable | 3 |
7.0 - 7.9 | Fundable | 1 |
6.0 - 6.9 | Fundable | 1 |
5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 2 |
4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 1 |
3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |