Minutes for the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme South West Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss applications Stage 2 applications to competition 39 and Stage 1 applications to competition 40.
Date and location
Meeting held on Thursday 30 January 2020 at Sandy Park Conference Centre, Sandy Park Way, Exeter, EX2 7NN
In attendance
Committee members
Professor Siobhan Creanor
Professor David Abbott
Dr Rebecca Abbott
Dr Matthew Booker
Associate Professor Edward Carlton
Dr Sean Ewings
Professor Jenny Freeman
Professor William Henley
Dr Susie Pearce
Mr Philip Ruthen
Ms Rosemary Whitehurst
Apologies
Apologies were received from Dr Rebecca Barnes, Dr Natalie Blencowe, Mrs Lisa Dolley, Professor Robert Hinchliffe, Dr Elsa Marques, Professor Jane Powell, Dr Vikki Wylde
Secretriat
Mr Simon Goodwin (NIHR Cntral Commissioning Facility [CCF])
Mx Charlie Delilkan (NIHR CCF)
Dr Samantha Gan (NIHR CCF)
Dr Rifat Mahbub (NIHR CCF)
Professor Sue Ziebland (Programme Director)
Dr Christie Cabral (Research Design Service South West)
Dr Rohini Terry (Research Design Service South West)
Competition 39 Stage 2 applications considered
NIHR201080: Early Laser for Burn Scars (ELABS) - A prospective randomised, controlled trial (RCT) to study the effectiveness of the treatment of hypertrophic burn scars with Pulsed Dye Laser (PDL) and standard care compared to standard care alone
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional Support
NIHR201083: Developing clinical calculators to improve diagnosis of genetic types of diabetes
Conflicts: Professor William Henley left the room
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR201166: The clinical and cost effectiveness of intra-operative Laser Speckle Imaging of tissue blood flow to avoid post-operative complications following breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer: A feasibility study.
Conflicts: Dr Rebecca Abbott and Professor William Henley left the room
Final outcome: Conditional Support
NIHR201591: A Feasibility Study of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) to Reduce Cardiometabolic Disease Risks in Individuals with Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Conflicts: Associate Professor Edward Carlton left the room
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR201058: Understanding ethnic inequities in pathways to mental health services: A meta-ethnography of perceptions and experiences of people from ethnic minority groups
Conflicts: Dr Matthew Booker left the room
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR201125: Development of a novel family focused intervention to promote physical activity among young people with cystic fibrosis and their families.
Conflicts: Dr Rebecca Abbott and Professor William Henley left the room
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR201149: Developing and Evaluating Interventions to Benefit Patients with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, their Families and the NHS
Conflicts: Dr Matthew Booker left the room
Final outcome: Reject
Competition 40 Stage 1 applications considered
NIHR201483: Impact of feedback from Real-time, electronic symptom monitoring on post-discharge recOvery after Surgery for oEsophago-gastric cancer: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (the ROSE study)
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201539: Maintaining the benefits of Pulmonary Rehabilitation With Harmonies And Melodies via Singing for Lung Health. The WHAM randomised feasibility study.
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201485: Feasibility study: To assess whether reducing periodontal infection (gum disease) slows the progression of cognitive impairment associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201482: Motiv8: A randomized feasibility trial of a weight management intervention for adults on secure forensic mental health inpatient units
Conflicts: Associate Professor Carlton left the room
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201541: To investigate the outcomes of Pregnancies and Infants with Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR)
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201533: A double-blind multi-centre feasibility randomised controlled study of goal-directed haemodynamic therapy during renal transplantation.
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201506: Evaluating a vocabulary intervention (Word Discovery) for adolescents with language disorder in a clinical context: a feasibility study.
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR201479: How can we provide better support to patients newly prescribed opioids via the New Medicines Service? A feasibility study.
Conflicts: Associate Professor Edward Carlton and Professor William Henley left the room
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201579: An exemplar study of implementing self-administration of medication (SAM) policy in NHS hospital renal wards
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201563: Initial assessment of the performance of a new tool: using ultrasound measurements of the corpus callosum as a neurobiological marker to identify fetal alcohol exposure in newborn infants
Short title: Can brain ultrasound in the newborn period detect possible FASD
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201538: Measuring neurological and functional outcomes and quality of life 2 years following acute flaccid myelitis
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201565: How much resistant oligosaccharide is in our foods? Using a systematic review to complement UK food composition tables and provide information on fibres responsible for metabolic health benefits.
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR201548: SalV-Edge: Expanding the Boundaries of Clinical Blood Recycling.
Conflicts: Professor William Henley
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 for Competition 39 Stage 2 and Competition 40 Stage 1. 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 39 Stage 2
| Score | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fundable | 0 |
| 9 | Fundable | 0 |
| 8 | Fundable | 1 |
| 7 | Fundable | 1 |
| 6 | Fundable | 3 |
| 5 | Rejected | 0 |
| 4 | Rejected | 2 |
| 3 | Rejected | 0 |
| 2 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1 | Rejected | 0 |
Competition 40 Stage 1
| Score | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fundable | 0 |
| 9 | Fundable | 0 |
| 8 | Fundable | 0 |
| 7 | Fundable | 1 |
| 6 | Fundable | 1 |
| 5 | Rejected | 4 |
| 4 | Rejected | 6 |
| 3 | Rejected | 1 |
| 2 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1 | Rejected | 0 |