Minutes for the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme South West Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss Stage 2 applications to competition 45 and Stage 1 applications to competition 46.
Date and Location
Friday 28 January 2022
In attendance
Committee members
Professor Robert Hinchliffe
Dr Rebecca Abbott
Dr Matthew Booker
Ms Ailsa Cameron
Dr Ashwin Dhanda
Dr Sean Ewings
Professor Jenny Freeman (Stage 2 only)
Professor William Henley
Dr Elsa Marques
Dr Susie Pearce
Mr Philip Ruthen
Dr Jenny Scott
Secretariat
Mr Simon Goodwin (NIHR CCF)
Dr Jennie Hejdenberg (NIHR CCF)
Ms Sylvia McKelvie (NIHR CCF)
Ms Sadika Aktar (NIHR CCF)
Ms Nikolett Jozsika (NIHR CCF)
Professor Sue Ziebland (Programme Director)
Observers
Dr Annie Hawton (RDS - SW)
Dr Wendy Clyne (RDS - SW)
Dr Barbora Silarova (Schools)
Miss Kate Gridley (Schools)
Apologies
Apologies were received from Ms Rosemary Whitehurst, Associate Professor Edward Carlton, and Professor Antonieta Medina-Lara
Competition 45 stage 2 applications considered
1.1 NIHR203595: Primary Care Nurse Delivered Brief Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia – Feasibility Study
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
1.2 NIHR203632: Reducing SteatOsis Prior to Liver Resection (RESOLVE) - A feasibility multi-centre randomised controlled trial to test if a pre-operative two-week very low-calorie diet with dietitian education and support reduces intra-operative blood loss and improves post-operative outcomes following liver surgery, compared with a control group
Conflicts: Dr Ashwin Dhanda, Professor Jennifer Freeman left the room
Final outcome: Conditional support
1.3 NIHR203605: AIM2Change: Helping Adolescents to increase their Intrinsic Motivation to change weight
Conflicts: Dr Elsa Marques, Ms Ailsa Cameron, Dr Sean Ewings left the room
Final outcome: Conditional support
1.4 NIHR203637: Image guided laparoscopic liver resection: a feasibility randomised controlled trial
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional support
1.5 NIHR203603: Online cognitive training for people with cognitive impairment following SARS-CoV-2 infection: A randomised controlled clinical trial
Conflicts: Professor William Henley, Dr Rebecca Abbott left the room
Final outcome: Conditional Support
1.6 NIHR203555: Understanding the associations and early effects of Word Finding Difficulties in memory clinic patients on critical heath outcome measures (The DENOTE Study)
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
1.7 NIHR203536: Parenting course for parents of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) versus waitlist: a randomised controlled feasibility study of the SPECIFIC (Salford Parents and carers’ Education Course for Improvements in Fasd outcomes In Children) Programme
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional Support
Competition 46 stage 1 applications considered
2.1 NIHR204085: Investigating the experiences and management of individuals with failing kidney transplants: preparation for a randomised controlled trial
Conflicts: Dr Elsa Marques, Dr Matthew Booker left the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
2.2 NIHR204132: Uncontrolled Donation after Circulatory Death - a Tier 3 Development Study
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
2.3. NIHR204019: A tailored rehabilitation package to support return to work after knee replacement: intervention development
Conflicts: Professor Robert Hinchcliffe, Dr Elsa Marques, Dr Matthew Booker left the room
Outcome: Reject
2.4 NIHR204097: The ‘Group Education and Treatment with Enhanced Support and Technology’ intervention for patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) to improve adherence to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy: is the ‘GrEaTEST-OSA’ intervention acceptable to patients and feasible?
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
2.5 NIHR204111: Feasibility of running a Virtual Reality body image training (VR-BIT) study: Retraining the perceptual boundary for thin/fat bodies in women with eating disorders
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
2.6 NIHR204063: Improving equity of access to, and quality of, the discharge medicines service in community pharmacy (the EQQUAL study)
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
2.7 NIHR204066: Primary mental healthcare in Northern England: working towards equitable services for ethnically diverse populations
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
2.8 NIHR204046: Understanding the impact of, treatment, and support needs for open fracture trauma in children (5-18yrs)
Conflicts: Professor Robert Hinchcliffe, Dr Elsa Marques left the room. Dr Rebecca Abbott assumed the Chair
Outcome: Reject
2.9 NIHR204056: Feasibility of a clinical efficacy trial of a new intervention to restore movement after stroke: the Mollii suit
Conflicts: Dr Sean Ewings left the room
Outcome: Reject
2.10 NIHR204122: Development of a Patient-Centred Core Outcome Set for the Treatment of Hand Flexor Tendon Injuries (HaFTI-COS)
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
2.11 NIHR204064: Investigating proof-of-concept for the U-PED3 walking rehabilitation device in people with stroke: a prospective, longitudinal, repeated measures study
Conflicts: None
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 | 1 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Invited | 2 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 4 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 4 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 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 | 0 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Fundable | 5 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Fundable | 0 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 2 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |