Research for Patient Benefit Programme- West Midlands Competition 51 Stage 1 and Competition 50 Stage 2 Minutes

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

Date and Location

Thursday 28 September 2023 Virtual Meeting

In attendance

Committee members

Professor Rebecca Kearney (Chair)
Dr Srikanth Bellary
Dr Milica Blagojevic-Bucknall
Dr Claire Burton
Dr Keith Couper
Dr Sarah Damery 
Mrs Caroline Dean
Dr Francis Gilchrist
Ms Sadia Haqnawaz
Dr Sue Hunter
Dr Rebecca Knibb
Dr Damilola Olajide 
Ms Louise Rowan
Dr Jason Schaub
Dr Dean Thompson
Ms Helen Weatherly
Dr Simon White

Secretariat

Dr Scott Thomson (NIHRCC)
Dr Ianina Conte (NIHRCC)
Ms Rebecca Purvis (NIHRCC)
Ms Lavpeet Ranjit (NIHRCC)
Professor Kevin J Munro (Programme Director)
Mr Edmund Stubbs - Schools

Competition 50 Stage 2 applications considered

NIHR206203: Developing a patient-led goal-directed algorithm for nutrition after pancreatoduodenectomy
Conflicts: Dr Srikanth Bellary

Final outcome: Reject

NIHR206181: HIgh blood pressure in pregnancy and risk of heart Disease DEevelopiNg in later life (HIDDEN)
Conflicts: Dr Simon White, Dr Francis Gilchrist, Dr Susan Hunter, and Dr Milica Blagojevic-Bucknall

Final outcome: Conditional support

NIHR206785: Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Compared to Spinal Root Nerve Block (sham procedure) for the Treatment of Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures in Hospitalised Older Patients: A randomised controlled trial. (The AVERT II study).
Conflicts: None

Final outcome: Rejected

NIHR206786: Group mindfulness therapy for persecutory delusions: A definitive randomised controlled trial.
Conflicts: None

Final outcome: Conditional support

Competition 51 Stage 1 applications considered

NIHR206632: Optimising cancer care pathways for patients with lower-risk symptoms of bladder and kidney cancer (UroCare study)
Conflicts: None

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206591: A Randomised Multiple Centre Trial of Conservative versus Liberal Fluid administration for Children Receiving a Kidney Transplant (LIMITS)
Conflicts: None

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206744: Improving the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer through system wide identification and root cause analysis of missed pancreatic cancer diagnoses on abdominal imaging
Conflicts: Dr Srikanth Bellary

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206581: Compassionate Communities: reducing compound pressures using citizen-led models of end of life care to benefit people, providers and communities
Conflicts: Dr Dean Thompson

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206660: Developing an intervention to increase vaccination uptake amongst pregnant women using a person based approach
Conflicts: Professor Rebecca Kearney, Dr Keith Couper, Dr Sarah Damery and Dr Dean Thompson

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206655: World Hip Trauma Evaluation - DELPHIC: Delirium Prevention in Hip Fracture with Corticosteroids.
Conflicts: Dr Damilola Olajide

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206733: Establishing The Effectiveness, Safety And Acceptability Of Treatments To Preserve Beta Cell Function In People With Type 1 Diabetes
Conflicts: Dr Sarah Damery, Dr Dean Thompson and Dr Srikanth Bellary

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206745: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor for Protection against Contrast Associated Acute Kidney Injury after Coronary Angiography (HIPPOCRATIC): A Feasibility Study
Conflicts: None

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206702: Improving Participation in Type 1 Diabetes Research in Children and Young People from Disadvantaged Communities (ImPacT)
Conflicts: Dr Sarah Damery, Dr Dean Thompson, Dr Srikanth Bellary and Ms Sadia Haqnawaz

Outcome: Invite to Stage 2

NIHR206698: C-STICH2-TWINS: Emergency cervical cerclage to prevent miscarriage and preterm birth in twins - a randomised controlled trial
Conflicts: Dr Dean Thompson and Ms Sadia Haqnawaz

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206599: A clinical screening tool for predicting time to pain recovery following traumatic injuries
Conflicts: Dr Dean Thompson

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206623: Comparative ergonomic study of clinical gastroenterologists using standard and robotic endoscopic instruments
Conflicts: None

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206648: A randomised clinical study of the impact of a clinic-administered clinical dashboard-based "Vitals" assessment in Parkinson's disease: the Dash-Park study
Conflicts: None

Outcome: Reject

NIHR206636: Single arm feasibility study of a digital health app to support adults with managing a PEG feeding tube after insertion
Conflicts: Dr Dean Thompson

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