Minutes of the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme South East and Central Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss applications to Competition 37 Stage 2.
Date and location
Meeting held on Wednesday 15 May 2019 at ETC Venues, Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1 6NX.
In attendance
Funding committee
Professor Carrie Llewellyn (Chair)
Mrs Wendy Blunden
Dr Stephen Bremner
Professor Michael Calnan
Professor Daniel Freeman (Deputy Chair)
Ms Rosemary Greenwood
Dr Mark Hayward
Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox
Dr Christina Jones
Dr Louise Linsell
Miss Alison Provins
Professor Najib M Rahman
Professor Simon Skene
Dr James Sheppard
Professor Ian Swaine
Mrs Ann-Marie Towers
Mr Keith Wyncoll
Secretariat
Dr Laura Tornatore (NIHR CCF)
Dr Jennie Hejdenberg (NIHR CCF)
Miss Lilian Tomlinson (NIHR CCF)
Professor Sue Ziebland, Programme Director
Observers
Dr Sebastian Hinde (NIHR RDS Yorkshire and The Humber)
Dr Louise Marsland, Research Advisor (NIHR RDS East of England)
Professor Guiqing Lily Yao (NIHR RDS East Midlands)
Apologies
Apologies were received from Mr David Turner, Dr Dawn-Marie Walker, Dr Peter Worsely and Professor Simon Coulton
Stage 2 applications considered
NIHR200458: WISE (Wrist Injury Strengthening Exercise): a randomised multicentre feasibility study of resistance exercise versus usual care for optimising function after distal radius fracture in adults aged 50 years or over
Conflicts: Professor Daniel Freeman.
Outcome: Conditional support
NIHR200512: PlasmaLyte Usage and assessment of kidney Transplant Outcomes in children: the PLUTO trial. A randomised controlled open-label trial comparing PlasmaLyte to standard intravenous fluid in paediatric kidney transplant recipients
Conflicts: Dr Louise Marsland
Outcome: Conditional support
NIHR200557: Sutureless valves versus sutured valves in older patients undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement surgery: a prospective, multi-centre, randomised feasibility trial
Conflicts: None
Outcome: Rejected