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Research for Patient Benefit - Competition 38 Stage 1 Minutes, South West

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Published: 15 August 2019

Version: v1.0 - August 2019

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Minutes of the Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme South West Regional Advisory Committee meeting to discuss applications to Competition 38 Stage 1.

Date and location

Meeting held on Thursday 23 May 2019 at Sandy Park Conference Centre, Sandy Park Way Exeter EX2 7NN.

In attendance

Funding committee

Mrs Siobhan Creanor (Chair)
Professor David Abbott
Dr Rebecca Abbott
Dr Rebecca Barnes
Dr Matthew Booker
Associate Professor Edward Carlton
Mrs Lisa Dolley
Professor William Henley
Dr Elsa Marques
Dr Susie Pearce
Dr Isabel Reading
Mr Philip Ruthen
Ms Rosemary Whitehurst
Dr Vikki Wylde

Apologies

Apologies were received from Dr Natalie Blencowe, Dr Emma Dures, Professor Jane Powell and Professor Robert Hinchliffe.

Secretariat

Mr Simon Goodwin (NIHR CCF)
Dr Samantha Gan (NIHR CCF)
Ms Jazmin Hernandez (NIHR CCF)
Miss Scarlett Marshall (NIHR CCF)
Professor Sue Ziebland (Programme Director)

Observers

Dr Louise Hayes (NIHR RDS North East)

Stage 1 applications considered

NIHR200722: Long-Acting versus Short-Acting Anti-Cholinergic Bronchodilators at Hospitalised Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a feasibility study.

Conflicts: None

Outcome: Reject

NIHR200724: Evaluating a vocabulary intervention (Word Discovery) for adolescents with language disorder: a feasibility study

Conflicts: None

Outcome: Reject

NIHR200728: What aids long-term community rehabilitation and integration for individuals with acquired brain injury?

Conflicts: Mr Philip Ruthen

Outcome: Reject

NIHR200736: The South Asian Communities Enhanced Dementia pathway (SACED) - refining a package of intervention

Conflicts: None

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR200750: A randomised controlled trial to investigate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for depressed non-responders to Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) high-intensity therapies

Conflicts: Dr Rebecca Abbott, Mr Philip Ruthen and Professor William Henley

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR200760: Longitudinal mixed methods study to establish patient EXPerience of Recovery after HIP fracture (EXPeRt:HIP)

Conflicts: Dr Rebecca Abbott, Dr Elsa Marques and Professor William Henley

Outcome: Reject

NIHR200763: Person centred risk communications - what works best for people with epilepsy and their clinicians (a qualitative study)

Conflicts: Mrs Siobhan Creanor and Professor William Henley. Dr Isabel Reading assumed the Chair.

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR200766: Home-based Brainwave Entrainment Technology (hBET) for management of chronic pain. A feasibility study

Conflicts: None

Outcome: Reject

NIHR200771: Mixed-methods evaluation of a co-produced training intervention: Improving capability, opportunity and motivation in mental health workforce to support changes in physical health and improve quality of care for patients.

Conflicts: None

Outcome: Reject

NIHR200775: A Feasibility Study of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) to Reduce Cardiometabolic Disease Risks in Individuals with Acute Spinal Cord Injury

Conflicts: None

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2