RfPB Competition 27 North East Meeting 30 September 2015
Research for Patient Benefit Programme
North East Regional Advisory Committee
Minutes of the Competition 27 Committee Meeting held on 30 September
2015 at Radisson Blu Hotel Durham, Frankland Lane, Durham DH1 5TA
In Attendance:
Professor Scott Wilkes (Chair)
Professor Nicola Adams
Professor Greg Atkinson
Professor Alan Batterham
Ms Sarah Bittlestone
Dr Tina Cook
Dr Fay Crawford
Dr Monique Lhussier
Professor Denis Martin
Professor Helen McConachie
Dr Gerry Richardson
Mr David Scott
Dr Helen Stain
Dr Jennie Hejdenberg (NIHR CCF)
Miss Emily Toon (NIHR CCF)
Miss Frederica Longfoot (NIHR CCF)
Professor David Armstrong (Programme Director)
Dr Poonam Malik (Observer – NIHR RDS NW)
Dr Mal Palin (Observer – NIHR TCC)
Apologies:
Dr Julie Cox
Dr Justin Durham
Mrs Julia Kinnear
Dr Elizabeth Mitchell (observer from
NIHR RDS YH
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Final report summary and discussion
1.1
PB-PG-0808-17269: Is there a pathway to recovery through care coordination?
Emancipatory action research with mental health service users, carers, and
professionals within Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
Conflicts: Tina Cook, Fay Crawford and Monique Lhussier (left the room)
Tina Cook, Fay Crawford and Monique Lhussier returned.
1.2
PB-PG-1010-23251: Observer blind randomised controlled pilot study comparing
localised hand PUVA with localised hand narrowband UVB for the treatment of
hand eczema
Conflicts: None
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Applications considered
2.1
PB-PG-0215-36057: The co-production of a framework and training package to
promote recovery from first episode of psychosis
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
2.2
PB-PG-0215-36065: Low-intensity intervention for people with personality
disorder: Development of a practice-based protocol and feasibility study
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional support
2.3
PB-PG-0215-36066: An external feasibility mixed methods study to inform the
development of a randomised control trial comparing bracing versus surgical
fixation for humeral shaft fractures
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
2.4
PB-PG-0215-36074: A feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial to
evaluate the effectiveness of Home Check After oral surgery Procedures (HoCaP
trial)
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
2.5
PB-PG-0215-36081: Validation of a virtual clinic for choroidal nevomelanocytic
lesions: Safety, patient acceptability and health economics analysis
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional support
2.6
PB-PG-0215-36097: Minimal intervention to improve medication adherence
among older people with multimorbidity (MINIMA 2): A randomized controlled trial
of a brief psychological intervention
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Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
2.7
PB-PG-0215-36100: Utilising community pharmacy practice to improve the
delivery of health care to children and their carers
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
2.8
PB-PG-0215-36101: Helping patients make an informed treatment CHOICE for
non-verbal therapies (CHOICE)
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
2.9
PB-PG-0215-36104: Assessing the feasibility of an integrated approach to the
prevention of unplanned hospital attendances and care home placement in
people with Parkinson’s disease and cognitive impairment
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
2.10
PB-PG-0215-36123: ObeSity-related Colorectal Adenoma Risk (OSCAR) study
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
2.11
PB-PG-0215-36130: Methods to Detect Caries in Children and Adults: A
systematic review of the evidence
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
2.12
PB-PG-0215-36132: A feasibility study of CBT for clients with psychosis with
childhood/ adult trauma as vulnerability or trigger
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Reject
2.13
PB-PG-0215-36133: HYPATIA: A prospective randomised controlled trial of
HYdroxychloroquine versus placebo during Pregnancy in women with
AnTIphospholipid Antibodies
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional support
2.14
PB-PG-0215-36145: Investigating the long-term outcomes of adult patients who
underwent Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Primary Immunodeficiency
during childhood
Conflicts: None
Final outcome: Conditional support
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