Minutes of the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme East Midlands Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss applications to Competition 37 Stage 2.
Date and location
Meeting held on Tuesday 14 May 2019 at Trent Vineyard, Easter Park, Lenton Lane, Nottingham NG7 2PX.
In attendance
Funding committee
Professor Neil Coulson (Chair)
Professor Jon Arcelus
Mr Chris Bainbridge
Mrs Cassandra Brookes
Dr Clare Gillies
Mr Trevor Jones
Dr Paul Leighton
Dr Nicola Mackintosh
Professor Richard Morriss
Ms Pamela Rees
Dr Nicholas Selby
Professor Helen Spiby
Dr Adam Wagner
Mr David Ward
Dr Nicola Wright
Apologies
Apologies were received from Dr Adam Gordon and Dr Veronika Van Der Wardt
Secretariat
Miss Elizabeth Pocklington (NIHR CCF)
Mr Mathew Bolton (NIHR CCF)
Dr Jennie Hejdenberg (NIHR CCF)
Observers
Dr Kim Cartledge (NIHR RDS East of England)
Miss Katie Stocking (NIHR RDS North West)
Stage 2 applications considered
NIHR200428: Management of Infected Knee Replacements-Obtaining Best Evidence-MIKROBE A feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial of one-stage or two-stage surgery for prosthetic knee infection
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Conditional support
NIHR200455: Organic disease masquerading as IBS: an RCT in primary care: The Lincolnshire Poacher Study (Promoting Optimal Assessment to Change Health and Engineer an Economic Revolution)
Conflicts: Professor Helen Spiby, Mrs Cassandra Brookes and Dr Paul Leighton
Outcome: Conditional support
NIHR200525: Optimising the long term care of people with coeliac disease in the NHS: What care is currently provided in the NHS for people with coeliac disease, what does it cost, what might the budget impact of implementing national guidance be and how could follow up care be provided in the future?
Conflicts: Mr Trevor Jones, Dr Nicola Wright, Professor Richard Morris and Dr Paul Leighton
Outcome: Reject
NIHR200571: Ultrasound scan to determine umbilical venous catheter position in newborn infants: a feasibility and pilot randomised controlled trial
Conflicts: Mrs Cassandra Brookes, Dr Paul Leighton and Dr Nicholas Selby
Outcome: Reject