Date: 14 June 2024
Venue
Virtual meeting
Present members
Professor Andrew Farmer (Chair)
Professor Peter Brindle
Professor Anthony De-Soyza
Professor Catherine Hewitt
Professor Geraldine Macdonald
Professor Rupert Pearse
Ms Gail Thornton
Professor Olivia Wu
Member observers
Mr Michael Bowdery
Dr Janet Diffin
Secretariat
Ms Sally Bailey
Mrs Becky Barnett-Neve
Dr Ruchi Baxi
Dr Tara Cheetham-Blake
Dr Christian Cox
Dr Lisa Douet
Dr Elena Harden
Dr Neil Henderson
Dr Jason Horsley
Dr Elizabeth Lemm
Mrs Emma Munro
Dr Natalie Shearwood-Porter
Dr Eve Pearce
Mr Mark Townsend
Observers
Dr Sian Cousins
Dr Gail Marzetti
Apologies
Dr Alan McNair
Miss Sharon Gray
Dr James Morris
Research Priority Decisions
The HTA Programme Oversight Committee considered a total of 17 detailed briefing papers (research briefs). The outcomes are listed below:
Prioritisation Committee: Primary and Community Based Care
Call number: 24/65 (previously 23/168) – to be advertised at a later date
Research type: Primary research
Title: Higher-calorie refeeding compared with lower-calorie refeeding in malnourished adults with anorexia nervosa
Call number: 24/67
Research type: Primary research
Title: Discontinuing thickened fluids in adults with oropharyngeal dysphagia
Call number: 24/87
Research type: Primary research
Title: CBT adapted for autistic adults with a mental health problem
Prioritisation Committee: Hospital Based Care
Call number: 24/77 (previously 23/108)
Research type: Primary research
Title: Treatment attenuation in acute myeloid leukaemia
Call number: Not re-advertising
Research type: Primary research
Title: Janus kinase inhibitors for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Call number: Not re-advertising
Research type: Primary research
Title: Prophylactic nebulised antibiotics for patients with a permanent tracheostomy or who have undergone a laryngectomy
Call number: 24/68
Research type: Primary research
Title: Management of blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension and symptomatic postural hypotension
Call number: 24/69
Research type: Primary research
Title: Improving diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in older adults
Call number: 24/75
Research type: Primary research
Title: Alternate day caplacizumab for immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Call number: 24/70
Research type: Primary research
Title: Earlier stopping of NAC following paracetamol overdose
Call number: 24/73
Research type: Primary research
Title: Intravascular lithotripsy in peripheral arterial disease
Call number: 24/74
Research type: Primary research
Title: Hysteroscopy and polyp removal for the improvement of premenopausal abnormal uterine bleeding
Call number: 24/71
Research type: Primary research
Title: Bilateral versus unilateral cochlear implants in adults
Call number: 24/82
Research type: Feasibility
Title: Comparing surgery to conservative management for the treatment of tennis elbow with persistent symptoms
Prioritisation Committee: Social Care
Call number: 24/72
Research type: Primary care
Title: Increasing social support and parenting skills for parents with learning disabilities
Commissioning briefs straight to Programme Oversight Committee
Call number: 24/76
Research type: Broad Brief
Title: Studies seeking to improve the health and wellbeing of women
Call number: 24/88
Research type: Broad Brief
Title: Ambitious data enabled e-trials
Future HTA Programme Oversight Committee 2024 meetings dates
Friday 18 October 2024