Meeting
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme Oversight Committee/ Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Strategy Advisory Committee Joint Meeting
Date
Friday 20 October 2023
Place
The Wesley Hotel and Conference Venue, Euston House,
81 – 103 Euston Street, Greater London, NW1 2EZ
Present: HTA Programme Oversight Committee
- Professor Andrew Farmer (Chair for HTA Programme Oversight Committee)
- Professor Peter Brindle
- Professor Julia Brown
- Professor Geraldine Macdonald
- Professor Rupert Pearse
- Pritpal Virk (PPI Member)
- Professor Olivia Wu
Observers
- Mark Townsend (Senior Research Manager)
Apologies
- Mr Michael Bowdery
- Professor Anthony De Soyza
- Dr Janet Diffin
- Dr Alan McNair
- Ms Gail Thornton
Present: EME Strategy Advisory Committee
- Mrs Hayley Hall (PPI Member)
- Professor Maya Buch
- Danny McAuley
- Professor Olga Ciccarelli
- Professor Patrick Chinnery
- Dr Malcolm Skingle
- Dr Florence Theberg
Observers
There are no observers.
Apologies
- Professor Diana Baralle
- Mr Mike Batley
- Mr Michael Bowdery
- Professor Ian Bruce
- Professor Paul Dark
- Dr Janet Diffin
- Dr Louise Jones
- Dr Alan McNair
- Professor John Norrie
- Professor Stuart Taylor
Present: HTA and EME representatives
- Professor Andrew Cook (Chair)
- Ms Sally Bailey
- Mrs Becky Barnett-Neve
- Mr Christian Cox
- Dr Lisa Douet
- Dr Rob Gray
- Ms Sharon Gray
- Dr Neil Henderson
- Dr Elizabeth Lemm
- Dr Cristina Lujan Barroso
- Dr Eve Pearce
- Dr Natalie Shearwood-Porter
- Mrs Karen Williams
- Dr Debbie Willis
Research Priority decisions
The HTA Programme Oversight Committee considered a total of 20 detailed briefing papers (research briefs).The outcomes are listed below:
Prioritisation Committee Joint or Transferred Research Briefs
Call number: Not for advert
Research type: Primary research
Title: Evaluating supplementary interventions and technologies intended to improve the effectiveness of fertility treatments.
Call number: 23/167
Research type: Primary research
Title: Optimising treatment duration with immunomodulators to reduce overtreatment.
Call number: 23/166
Research type: Primary research
Title: L-dopa for neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration? Can it reduce the need for anti-VEGF injections.
Prioritisation Committee Primary and Community Based Care
Call number: 23/30
Research type: Feasibility study
Title: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for depression in adolescents
Call number: Not for advert
Research type: Primary research
Title: Diagnostic accuracy of faecal calprotectin testing in liquid stools compared to formed stools
Call number: 23/159
Research type: Primary research
Title: Recovery check-ups following treatment for problem alcohol and drug use
Call number: 23/160
Research type: Primary research
Title: Management of metabolic morbidity in women and others with PCOS
Prioritisation Committee Hospital based care
Call number: 22/99
Research type: Primary research
Title: Clinical prediction models for early-onset neonatal infection
Call number: 22/89
Research type: Primary research
Title: Janus kinase inhibitors for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Call number: 22/133
Research type: Primary research
Title: Point of care Doppler ultrasound prior to emergency scrotal exploration – resubmission
Call number: 23/31
Research type: Primary research
Title: Prophylactic nebulised antibiotics for patients with a permanent tracheostomy or who have undergone a laryngectomy
Call number: Not for advert
Research type: Primary research
Title: Preoperative rehabilitation for hip and knee replacement
Call number: 23/161
Research type: Primary research
Title: Vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy
Call number: 23/157
Research type: Primary research
Title: Preoperative rehabilitation and early mobilisation for shoulder replacement
Call number: 23/158
Research type: Primary research
Title: Treatment of steroid-resistant ulcerative colitis with tofacitinib compared with infliximab
Call number: 23/163
Research type: Primary research
Title: Rituximab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Call number: 23/164
Research type: Primary research
Title: Adjunct corticosteroids for infant (under 3 months old) bacterial meningitis
Prioritisation Committee Social Care
Call number: 23/162
Research type: Primary/ and/or secondary research (broad brief)
Title: Therapies for women, children and others who experience domestic abuse
Call number: 23/165
Research type: Primary research
Title: What are the social and mental wellbeing benefits of intergenerational practises in care homes and schools
Commissioning briefs straight to Programme Oversight Committee
National Screening Committee
Call number: Not for advert - return to future POC
Research type: Primary research
Title: A screening blood test to detect a range of cancers (Galleri)
Future HTA Programme Oversight Committee 2024
meetings: 2024 dates
Friday 9 February 2024
Friday 14 June 2024
Friday 18 October 2024