Research for Patient Benefit Programme- East of England Competition 51 Stage 1 Competition 50 Stage 2 Minutes

Minutes for the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme East of England Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss Stage 2 applications to Competition 50 and Stage 1 applications to Competition 51.

Date and Location

Friday 22 September 2023 Virtual Meeting

In attendance

Committee members

Dr Tracey Sach (Chair)
Dr Melanie Boyce
Dr Jo Brett
Professor Tim Dalgleish
Professor Morag Farquhar
Dr Naoko Kishita
Dr Wendy Kneissl 
Dr Jose Leal
Dr Eleanor Mishra
Dr Jacqueline Mitton
Mrs Tracy Pellatt-Higgins
Professor Gavin Pettigrew
Professor Carl Philpott
Mr Ben Waldmann
Dr Krystal Warmoth
Professor Ian Wilkinson

Secretariat

Mr Simon Goodwin (NIHRCC)
Dr Jennie Hejdenberg (NIHRCC)
Dr Heather Ford (NIHRCC)
Mr Ethan Coyle (NIHRCC)
Ms Michal Wagman (NIHRCC)
Professor Kevin J Munro (Programme Director)

Competition 50 Stage 2 applications considered

NIHR206172: Co-designing digital health interventions with patients, carers, the public, and practitioners: evidence syntheses and online toolkit (COLLATE)
Conflicts: None

Final outcome: Conditional support

NIHR206157: Optimising general practice support for autistic adults: A realist review.
Conflicts: None

Final outcome: Conditional support

NIHR206118: Understanding the offer and uptake of support for lifestyle behaviour change following breast cancer treatment
Conflicts: None

Final outcome: Conditional support

NIHR206240: Predicting remission of type 2 diabetes following bariatric surgery: external validation of existing models and model update within the UK primary care electronic health records
Conflicts: None

Final outcome: Conditional support

NIHR206209: Evaluating the follow-up chest x-ray to detect lung cancer in patients with pneumonia
Conflicts: Professor Eleanor Mishra

Final outcome: Conditional support

NIHR206790: Exploring systemic therapy as post-diagnostic support for people living with dementia and their families
Conflicts: None

Final outcome: Conditional support

NIHR206789: Precision Medicine Using a Risk Stratification in the Management of ANCA Vasculitis, the PRISMA Feasibility Study in the North-West of England
Conflicts: None

Final outcome: Invite to resubmit at Stage 2

NIHR206199: A randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of treatments for iron deficiency anaemia in pregnancy.
Conflicts: None

Final outcome: Reject

Competition 51 Stage 1 applications considered

NIHR206732: Improving anxiety assessment in Stroke and Acquired Brain injury: the validation of the Anxiety Intensity Scale Circles (AISCs), the Yale-anxiety, and Natural Language Processing (NLP) models
Conflicts: Dr Naoko Kishita, Professor Carl Philpott and Professor Tracey Sach

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206724: Narrative Exposure Therapy in Early Intervention in Psychosis: A feasibility Randomised Control Trial (RCT) study
Conflicts: Professor Tracey Sach

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206611: Serum Calprotectin in Acute anterior uveitis and Axial Spondyloarthritis
Conflicts: None

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206671: Smart iNsoles and APp (SNAP) a Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU) prevention study
Conflicts: Professor Eleanor Mishra

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206678:  Co-designing a hybrid psychoeducation resource for non-custodial grandparents of young people seeking, waiting for, or accessing mental health services (LINEAGE)
Conflicts: Dr Naoko Kishita and Professor Morag Farquhar

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206709: Revisualising the Frozen Shoulder Pathway with Motion Capture (MoCap) Technology in the Community:
Conflicts: None

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206647: Enhancing functional outcome measures: towards improved assessment and targeted therapy after stroke
Conflicts: Dr Naoko Kishita, Professor Carl Philpott and Professor Morag Farquhar

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206673 : A study to describe the burden of mental ill health in inflammatory bowel disease patients using advanced therapies, and to identify any associations between mental ill health and the efficacy of such treatments
Conflicts: None

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206618: PeER support for young people with Mental health difficUlTies in primary carE: PERMUTE study
Conflicts: Dr Naoko Kishita, Professor Carl Philpott and Professor Morag Farquhar

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206712: VXP: A new streamlined clinical pathway for patients identified with a vertebral fracture in CT to Fracture Liaison Services to improve diagnosis and reduce delays in treatment.
Conflicts: None

Outcome: Reject

Outcomes Table

The tables below display the mean scores for each application that was assessed in the regional assessment committee meeting. They exclude applications that were rejected during the scrutiny and triage processes. 

Stage 2

Stage 1