E-COMPARED 2nd Executive Committee meeting
Date and time: 4/5/2014, 13:00-14:00 CET
Venue: telephone conference
Agenda
Chair: prof. dr. Heleen Riper
13:00 – 13:05
1. Welcome & Agenda
13:05 – 13:25
2. WP1, (WP3), WP4 and WP5 (5 min each):
• Update progress, actions and planning
• Main (scientific) issues that needs to be discussed
13:25 – 13:45
3. Trial protocol
• Key issues to discuss
• Next steps
13:45 – 13:50
4. Dissemination
• Website
• Next steps
13:50 – 13:55
5. Any other Businesses
13:55 – 14:00
6. Closure
• Next ExC meeting
Participants
Heleen Riper (Chair), Christiaan Vis (WP7), Pim Cuijpers (WP2), Annet Kleiboer (WP2), Cristina Botella (WP5),
Thomas Berger (WP6), Jan Smit (data sharing), Eirini Karyotaki (minutes).
Absent: Burkhardt Funk (WP4) Gerhard Andersson (WP1), Karine Chevreul (WP3)
Minutes
1. Welcome and Agenda
 Heleen opens the meeting at 13h.
 Main goal of the meeting: progress monitoring and discussion of the generic protocol
2. WP1, 3, 4 and 5
Status update and important issues
WP1
Progress is good, on track and in time:
 Keep open the survey until summer and include late stakeholder responses in the final deliverable.
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Start analysis with existing data to be able to report preliminary results that can be used for WP3,WP5,
WP6.
Some partners choose to selectively send specific stakeholders specific questions as it might be that
parts of the current questionnaire are not relevant for certain stakeholders.
WP3
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Progress is good; Next meeting will take place on 13th of May
WP4
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A subgroup meeting has been held
Will provide the input for EMA
Currently working on models development
WP5
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Are planning a scientific committee meeting
They are waiting for input from WP1
3. Trial protocol
Discussion points raised:
 Ask each participating country to decide the upper limit for age inclusion criterion according to their
practice
 Mobile phone as inclusion criterion: Distinction between countries that can provide EMA data by the
use of mobile phones (smart phones or regular phones), text messages can be developed and be
used as an alternative to EMA in the regular mobile phones.
 Both control and experimental groups should provide EMA data, the Solomon 4 group design was
proposed as a potential solution: half of the participants in the control group and half of the
participants in the experimental group will provide EMA data.
 Randomization should be done on individual level, however a cluster randomization will be
conducted in countries that the randomization on individual level is not feasible.
 Certificate therapists are preferred, but if it is not possible across all participating countries,
qualified and experienced trainees can be used under supervision.
 Individuals who receive medication for first time should be excluded as their condition is unstable
 We need to check whether the selected questionnaires are available and validated in each
participating country
 The Spanish an Swiss group have worked on an adaptation of the Working Alliance Inventory and
they will provide the partners with these adapted versions
 The partners will provide feedback for the protocol
 The protocol will be published
4. Dissemination
 Both the public and secure website are now completed and will be launched next week. Also
distribution lists are set-up and the consortium will be informed soon on how to use it.
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Generic dissemination package is ready. It is decided that if needed, partners will print hard copy
dissemination materials themselves as to prevent unused materials and save money.
5. Any other Businesses
None
6. Closure
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Next meeting is scheduled for Thursday 5th of June at 12 to 13h; a doodle will be send out to set the
dates for the next three meetings.
Heleen closes the meeting at 14:00 o’clock.
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