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Joint funding with the National Institute for Health Research

The BHF co-funds clinical trials with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) through the Health Technology Assessment Board and the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme (a partnership between the MRC and the NIHR).

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Board

  • 2017/18: Dr Hugh Gallagher, Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust, SP/17/14/33355. Aspirin To Target Arterial events in Chronic Kidney disease – the ATTACK trial. BHF awarded £750,000 over 7.5 years towards a total award of £3,937,638.

Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme

  • 2016/17: Dr Peter Henriksen, University of Edinburgh, CS/17/2/32836. Multicentre prospective randomised open-label blinded end-point controlled trial of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I-guided combination angiotensin receptor blockade and beta blocker therapy to prevent cardiac toxicity in breast cancer and lymphoma patients receiving anthracycline adjuvant therapy. BHF awarded £399,973 over 4 years towards a total grant of £965,614.
  • 2010/11: Professor Derek Hausenloy, University College London, SP/10/8/28715. Joint award with MRC-EME: Effect of Remote Ischaemic preConditioning on Clinical outcomes in patients undergoing Coronary Artery bypass graft surgery (ERICCA study): a multicentre double-blind randomised controlled clinical trial. BHF awarded £340,502 over 4 years towards a total grant of £1,511,605. 
  • 2003/04: Professor David Taggart, University of Oxford, SP/03/001/14539. A randomised trial to compare survival following bilateral versus single internal mammary (IMA) grafting in coronary revascularisation. BHF awarded £969,535 over 10 years towards a total grant of £3.4m.