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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling more than $150 million to support new patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER)…

Colon Cancer Screening for Older Adults For adults ages 45 to 75, it is recommended to do routine screening for colorectal cancer — also called colon cancer — or for…

PCORI’s mandate is to improve the quality and relevance of evidence that can help patients, caregivers, clinicians and others make better-informed health or healthcare decisions. Our Evidence Updates are one…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting proposals for new studies and projects through 10 funding opportunities. Five of these PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) are…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $80.5 million to support four new, ambitious patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies focused on…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling $225 million, which include $207 million to support 20 new patient-centered comparative clinical…

WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $208 million to support 17 new comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, including four trials of…

WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today began inviting proposals for new studies and implementation projects through nine funding opportunities. These PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) include four…

WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $123 million to support 15 new research studies. These studies aim to fill evidence gaps, enhance…

WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has opened the application periods for nine funding opportunities that offer up to $308.5 million in total funding. The latest PCORI…

WASHINGTON, DC — The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $96 million to support 18 new research studies. These studies aim to fill evidence gaps and…

Our efforts to engage patients and stakeholders across the healthcare community, and focus on outcomes of interest to patients and those who care for them, are how we conduct Research…

One of the goals PCORI set in its strategic plan is to influence research to become more patient-centered. Engaging patients and healthcare stakeholders in the research process is central to…

A Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award project’s location plays a distinct role in its planning and implementation. For example, rural populations and people living in low-income and historically underserved areas…

WASHINGTON, DC—The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved an award slate with $32.7 million for a large, multi-phase comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) study to compare…

It is devastating for anyone to lose somebody, especially when that person is a child. When my young, twin daughter received the diagnosis of stage IV neuroblastoma, a cancer of…

As Americans’ use of cell phones and the internet have increased rapidly, clinicians and researchers have realized that telehealth may help people better manage their health. Telehealth, which involves clinicians…

At its core, screening for breast cancer aims to save lives. The idea is intuitively attractive: Find a tumor early, before the disease becomes more serious, and some combination of…

Adults with cancer who took a newer oral blood thinner to prevent recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE), or blood clots, fared just as well as those who took an older injectable…

PCORI's Online System will open on May 7, 2024, for the submission of Letters of Intent (LOI) for several research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFA), which will fund proposals for high-quality…

PCORI will be hosting several virtual applicant town halls for prospective applicants to learn more about the new Research PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs) that open on May 7. Attendees will…

For older adults, guidelines recommend clinicians and patients work together to make decisions about colorectal cancer screening (CRC). However, these conversations must consider several factors and can be challenging. The…

On May 7, 2024, PCORI will begin accepting Letter of Intent (LOI) submissions for the Broad Pragmatic Studies PCORI Funding Announcement (BPS PFA) under Cycle 2 2024. This PFA seeks…

Patients with advanced cancer who used telehealth to regularly report symptoms improved their overall well-being, compared with those who were seen less frequently via in-person clinical visits, according to results…

Some patients who receive chemotherapy develop a serious health problem called febrile neutropenia (FN), which involves having a fever and a low number of a type of white blood cells…