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