Table 1 Summary data
From: Research to meet the needs of the NHS: a review of published NIHR HTA clinical trials
Description | No (%) |
|---|---|
Sources used to identify research suggestions: | |
Widespread consultation | 77 (68.8) |
Systematic review / DARE review | 25 (22.3) |
Horizon Scanning Centre | 3 (2.7) |
Reconsidered / recycled topics | 5 (4.5) |
No data available | 2 (1.8) |
Priority given by the programme to the research: | |
(up to and including publication date 1999) | |
Recommended for commissioning – must commission | 58 (51.8) |
Recommended for commissioning | 22 (19.6) |
Category unknown (FT and NSCAG) | 4 (3.6) |
(Post 1999) | |
Commissioning requested by PSG | 27 (24.1) |
Direct commissioning in priority area | 1 (0.9) |
Actual type of primary outcome reported in the monograph: | |
Patient important (including those with additional outcomes) | 84 (75.0) |
Surrogate | 7 (6.3) |
Physiological / laboratory | 1 (0.9) |
Other | 18 (16.1) |
No information available / unable to judge primary outcome | 2 (1.8) |