HTA Programme - New Projects and Publications

Project: The measurement of patients' expectations for health care

Chief Investigator: Professor Ann Bowling, Professor of Health Services Research, Primary Care and Population Studies, University College London
Research Type: Methodology
ICD Chapters: Health status/service factors
Key Areas:
Research Type: Methodology
Expected publication date: Early 2011
HTA project ref: 07/58/01

Project: Cognitive behavioural therapy as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy for treatment resistant depression in primary care: a randomised controlled trial

Chief Investigator: Dr Nicola Wiles, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, Academic Unit of Psychiatry, University of Bristol
Research Type: Primary Research (e.g. trial)
ICD Chapters: Mental illness
Key Areas: Mental health
Interventions: Drug treatment, psychology
ICD Diseases: Depression etc
Research Type: Primary Research (e.g. trial)
Expected publication date: Early 2013
HTA project ref: 06/404/02

Publication: Volume 12, number 9 (Loveman). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of models for educating adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in diabetes self-management

Chief Investigator: Southampton Health Technology Assessment Centre (SHTAC), University of Southampton
Research Type: HTA Technology Assessment Report
ICD Chapters: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Key Areas: Diabetes
Interventions: Health promotion
ICD Diseases: Diabetes
Research Type: HTA Technology Assessment Report
Publication date: 16/04/2008
HTA project ref: 06/47/01

Publication: Volume 12, number 12 (Hockenhull). Study found that central venous catheters treated with anti-infective agents can be clinically effective and relatively inexpensive; however their effectiveness in comparison to recommended bundles of care is unclear.

Chief Investigator: Liverpool Reviews & Implementation Group (LRIG), University of Liverpool
Research Type: Secondary Research (e.g. systematic review)
ICD Chapters: Infectious diseases
Key Areas:
Interventions: Aids and appliances, intensive care and phys support
Research Type: Secondary Research (e.g. systematic review)
Publication date: 16/04/2008
HTA project ref: 05/38/01

Publication: Volume 12, number 10 (Raftery). Payment to healthcare professionals for patient recruitment to trials

Chief Investigator: Professor James Raftery, Director of WIHRD and Professor of HTA, HTA, University of Southampton
Research Type: Secondary/Primary Research
ICD Chapters: Methodology
Key Areas:
Research Type: Secondary/Primary Research
Publication date: 16/04/2008
HTA project ref: 03/66/01

Publication: Volume 12, number 11 (Chen). Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) selective inhibitors (etodolac, meloxicam, celecoxib, rofecoxib, etoricoxib, valdecoxib and lumiracoxib) for osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.

Chief Investigator: West Midlands Health Technology Assessment Collaboration (WMHTAC), University of Birmingham
Research Type: NICE Technology Assessment Report (TAR)
ICD Chapters: Bone and joint diseases
Key Areas: Improving the patient experience, older people
Interventions: Drug treatment
ICD Diseases: Osteoarthritis
Research Type: NICE Technology Assessment Report (TAR)
Publication date: 16/04/2008
HTA project ref: 03/34/01