Minutes for the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme South East and Central Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss Stage 2 applications to Competition 50 and Stage 1 applications to Competition 51.
Date and Location
Tuesday 26 September 2023 at Prospero House, London
In attendance
Dr Christina Jones (Chair)
Professor Elizabeth Barley
Ms Corina Cheeks
Dr Lyn Ellett
Professor Chris Farmer
Dr Margaret Glogowska
Dr Rob Hallifax
Mr Gurdeep Mannu
Dr Samuel Nyman
Mr William Payne
Dr Euan Sadler
Professor David Scott
Mrs Ketta Shimmin
Dr David Stephensen
Dr Joanna Thorn
Associate Professor Malcolm West
Secretariat
Dr Elisabeth Kugelberg (NIHRCC)
Dr Jennie Hejdenberg (NIHRCC)
Ms Sarah Deria (NIHRCC)
Ms Elena Sundle (NIHRCC)
Competition 50 Stage 2 applications considered
NIHR206167: Improving the care people with learning disabilities receive in hospital: an ethnographic study examining the experiences of people with learning disabilities and the organisation and delivery of their care
Conflicts: Dr Euan Sadler
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR206149: A brief online emotion-based intervention to provide early support for adult patients with binge eating disorders awaiting NHS treatment: intervention acceptability, early feasibility and optimisation.
Conflicts: Dr Samuel Nyman, Dr Joanna Thorn and Dr Beverly Shirkey
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR206134: Exploring the EXPeriences of Accessing services and understanding Neurodevelopmental Disorders for ethnic minorities in England (EXPAND)
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional support
NIHR206238: Improving Breastmilk feeding, Nutrition and Growth Beyond Hospital Discharge in Premature Infants through the Use of Breast Milk Fortifier at Home: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial with a nested Qualitative Study and Health Economic Component
Conflicts: Dr Rob Hallifax, Dr Euan Sadler, Dr David Stephensen, Dr Joanna Thorn and Associate Professor Malcolm West
Final outcome: Reject
NIHR206216: Assessing the quality and content of informed consent, a randomised controlled trial of Paper VERsus Digital Informed consent (P-VERDI)
Conflicts: Associate Professor Malcolm West
Final outcome: Reject
Competition 51 Stage 1 applications considered
NIHR206635: Building a safe space: optimising maternity care for survivors of modern slavery by co-creating supporting resources for women and professionals
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206617: Designing and pilot testing an anticholinergic medication index clinical decision support system (ACMI-CDSS) for use in hospitals to support safer prescribing for older people at risk of medication-related harm.
Conflicts: Professor David Scott
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206585: INTEGRATE: Addition of a mindful-breathing intervention for psychological distress to optimise symptom management for patients living with advanced disease: a feasibility study.
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206626: Testing the feasibility of monitoring for post intensive care syndrome using eHealth
Conflicts: Professor Chris Farmer and Dr David Stephensen
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206670: Circulatory Status In Neonates- a mixed methods study
Conflicts: Dr Christina Jones
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206677: Diagnostic accuracy and acceptability of optical sensors to determine ankle brachial pressure index and toe brachial index and diagnose peripheral artery disease
Conflicts: Dr Christina Jones, Professor Elizabeth Barley and Dr Lyn Ellett
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206710: PrehabilitatiOn for patients waiting Long times for total Knee Arthroplasty (POLKA): feasibility randomised controlled trial.
Conflicts: Ms Corina Cheeks, Dr Rob Hallifax and Dr Beverly Shirkey
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206573: Ensuring equity for ethnically diverse and minoritised unpaid and family carers: cultural adaptation and feasibility testing of the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Invite to Stage 2
NIHR206644: SPECTRUM: Senolytics and Performance Enhancement in Transplant Non-Eligible Multiple Myeloma
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206650: Evaluating the risk of cancer with the use of menopause hormonal therapy: Evidence synthesis, primary data analysis, and health economic assessment.
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206708: Adapting a goal-orientated cognitive rehabilitation intervention for people living with HIV: a feasibility randomised control trial
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Reject
NIHR206738: Red light to improve fatigue and physical activity in young people and adults with devastating mitochondrial diseases: a randomised feasibility trial.Acronym: REaLMS Red Light in Mitochondrial disease Study
Conflicts: Ms Corina Cheeks, Dr Rob Hallifax and Dr Beverly Shirkey
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
|
Score |
Number of Applications Funded |
Number of Applications Rejected |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0-6.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4.0-4.9 | 2 | 0 |
| 3.0-3.9 | 0 | 1 |
| 2.0-2.9 | 0 | 1 |
| 1.0-1.9 | 0 | 0 |
Stage 1
|
Score |
Number of Applications Invited |
Number of Applications Rejected |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0-6.0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4.0-4.9 | 1 | 0 |
| 3.0-3.9 | 3 | 3 |
| 2.0-2.9 | 0 | 4 |
| 1.0-1.9 | 0 | 0 |