Minutes for the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme East Midlands Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss Stage 2 applications to competition 38 and Stage 1 applications to competition 39.
Date and location
Wednesday 18 September 2019 at Imago at Loughborough Ltd, Holywell Park, Loughborough University, off Ashby Road, West Park, Leicestershire LE11 3TD
In attendance
Funding committee members
Dr Paul Leighton (Acting Chair)
Dr Nicholas Selby (Acting Chair)
Professor Jon Arcelus
Mrs Cassandra Brookes
Dr Clare Gillies
Dr Adam Gordon
Dr Matthew Grainge
Mr Trevor Jones
Dr Nicola Mackintosh
Professor Richard Morriss
Ms Pamela Rees
Dr Adam Wagner
Mr David Ward
RfPB secretariat
Mr Francesco Sciammarella (NIHR CCF)
Mr Matthew Bolton (NIHR CCF)
Dr Samantha Gan (NIHR CCF)
Mr Georgios Gkountouras 1 (Observer – NIHR RDS North West)
Laura Flight (Observer – NIHR RDS Yorkshire and The Humber)
Apologies
Apologies were received from Mr Chris Bainbridge, Professor Roshan das Nair, Professor Helen Spiby and Dr Nicola Wright.
Competition 38 Stage 2 applications considered
NIHR200720: Children with OCD: Identifying Acceptable Support Strategies for Parents (CO-ASSIST)
Conflicts: Mrs Cassandra Brookes retracted her COI
Final outcome: Conditional Support
NIHR200787: A qualitative investigation into aftercare planning for those remitted to prison from secure services: an exploratory study
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional Support
NIHR200780: Multimodal prehabilitation prior to upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery – a feasibility randomised controlled trial
Conflicts: Dr Adam Wagner left the room
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR200713: Comparing approaches to identify frail older adults in England
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
Competition 39 Stage 1 applications considered
NIHR201018: Randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled multi-centre study to assess the efficacy, tolerability and safety of Enterosgel in the treatment of faecal incontinence and diarrhoea
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201062: EQUity of Atrial FibriLlation Screening (EQUALS) study
Conflicts: Dr Clare Gillies and Dr Adam Wagner left the room.
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201119: PROFESS (PRedicting Outcomes Following Emergency SectionS)
Conflicts: Dr Nicola Mackintosh left the room
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201064: Early Self-Management Support for painful Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD): a co-production study (EaSE TMD study)
Conflicts: Dr Nicola Mackintosh left the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201029: Investigating all-cause mortality in the substance misuse treatment population
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201075: Assessing outcomes of deprescribing medication in people with life limiting illness: a systematic review
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201091: Measuring and improving the health and quality of healthcare for people on probation: Developing data collection and quality indicators
Conflicts: Dr Paul Leighton left the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201113: Perinatal mental health in late pre-term fetal growth restriction. A nested cohort study in the TRUFFLE 2 randomised study
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201026: Development of a patient-centred chest pain assessment smartphone application for stable coronary artery disease
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201143: Digital and community-based, personally tailored activity support among people living with and beyond cancer: a feasibility study
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201116: Coping with Unusual ExperienceS: A feasibility study of a transdiagnostic group intervention for 12-16 year olds in Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CUES-groups)
Conflicts: Dr Matthew Grainge left the room.
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201118: Feasibility study comparing once-daily fluticasone furoate/vilanterol vs.twice-daily fluticasone propionate/salmeterol in adolescents with poorly controlled asthma
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201146: Does knowledge of liver fibrosis affect high risk drinking behaviour (KLIFAD)?
Conflicts: Professor Jon Arcelus and Dr Paul Leighton left the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201065: Development of a Framework for Healthy Diet within Mental Health In-Patient Units
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
Outcomes tables
Funding Committees score applications on a range of 1-10. These tables display the number of applications awarded each score in the committee meeting. The tables exclude applications that were rejected during the scrutiny and triage processes, and no ranking within columns should be inferred.
RfPB will fund applications that score in the range of 6-10, although a score of 6-10 does not guarantee funding. In exceptional circumstances and with approval from the Programme Director, applications may be invited/funded that fall below the fundable range (scoring 1-5).
Competition 38 Stage 2
| Score | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fundable | 0 |
| 9 | Fundable | 0 |
| 8 | Fundable | 1 |
| 7 | Fundable | 0 |
| 6 | Fundable | 1 |
| 5 | Rejected | 0 |
| 4 | Rejected | 1 |
| 3 | Rejected | 1 |
| 2 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1 | Rejected | 0 |
Competition 39 Stage 1
| Score | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fundable | 0 |
| 9 | Fundable | 0 |
| 8 | Fundable | 0 |
| 7 | Fundable | 3 |
| 6 | Fundable | 4 |
| 5 | Rejected | 2 |
| 4 | Rejected | 1 |
| 3 | Rejected | 4 |
| 2 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1 | Rejected | 0 |