Minutes for the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme East of England Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss Stage 2 applications to Competition 47 and Stage 1 applications to Competition 48.
Date and Location
Friday 23 September 2022 Virtual Meeting
In attendance
Committee members
Professor Tracey Sach (Chair)
Associate Professor Melanie Boyce
Mrs Abigail Dennington-Price
Professor Morag Farquhar
Professor Julia Jones
Dr Naoko Kishita
Dr Jacqueline Mitton
Mrs Tracy Pellatt-Higgins
Professor Gavin Pettigrew
Professor Carl Philpott
Dr Toby Smith
Dr Juliet Usher-Smith
Secretariat
Mr Simon Goodwin (NIHR)
Dr Ianina Conte (NIHR)
Ben Morgan (NIHR)
Ms Katie Prangle (NIHR)
Mr Andrea Yanez-Cunningham (NIHR)
Professor Marian Knight (Programme Director)
Observers
Dr Rebecca Barnes - RDS EM
Dr Oya Eddama - RDS SE
Miss Elli Bourmpaki - RDS LDN
Emily Burn - Schools
Competition 47 Stage 2 applications considered
NIHR204345: Using machine learning to support the diagnosis of hand osteoarthritis from digital photographs
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR204322: Improving access to cervical screening for physically Disabled people
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR204390: Individual-level prediction of stroke risk following risperidone treatment in dementia: a mixed methods study
Conflicts: Toby Smith
Final outcome: Conditional support
Competition 48 Stage 1 applications considered
NIHR204935: Evaluation of National Early Warning Score version 2 (NEWS2) in the initial assessment of adults attending the emergency department
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR204904: Linking clinical trial data to population-based cancer registries and routine datasets for long term
health and social outcomes research – an exemplar project in childhood kidney cancers
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR204928: MELODIC: co-developing a Music therapy intervention Embedded in the Life Of Dementia Inpatient psychiatric Care to reduce agitation and related physical assaults
Conflicts: Melanie Boyce
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR204892: Effectiveness of Dietary Therapies in Functional Dyspepsia: a multicentre randomised clinical trial
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR204949: Care of Pregnant Patients at Risk of Abnormal Placental Attachment: an observational study (CAPA)
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR204899: Developing and exploring the feasibility of a complex lifestyle intervention supporting people who wish to stop vaping (DEFINE study)
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR204890: Exploring and understanding the assessment of non-cognitive symptoms in people living with dementia.
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR204984: Describing the distribution of metagenomic sequencing results in elderly hospitalised patients with and without a urinary tract infection
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR204886: Carer involvement in the transfer of medicines-related care for patients moving from hospital to home: a realist review
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR204919: Co-production and feasibility testing of a prehabilitation programme to support patients undergoing treatment for prostate cancer
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
Outcomes Table
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.
Stage 2
| Score | Range | Number of applications |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0 - 10.0 | Fundable | 0 |
| 8.0 - 8.9 | Fundable | 0 |
| 7.0 - 7.9 | Fundable | 0 |
| 6.0 - 6.9 | Fundable | 2 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 1 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |
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 | 1 |
| 5.0 - 5.9 | Rejected | 3 |
| 4.0 - 4.9 | Rejected | 3 |
| 3.0 - 3.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 2.0 - 2.9 | Rejected | 0 |
| 1.0 - 1.9 | Rejected | 0 |