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Search a repository of PCORI-funded comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies, as well as projects that seek to encourage engagement in research, disseminate and implement PCORI-funded research findings, and improve the nation's capacity to conduct patient-centered CER, among others. Learn more about the Portfolio

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Project Title
Project Status
Project Type

Comparing Two Ways for Parents of Youth with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to Build Their Advocacy Skills

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| North Carolina
Kathleen Thomas, MPH, PHD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

A Rapid Review of Racial Health Equity and Social Needs Interventions

RTI International
| North Carolina
Meera Viswanathan, PhD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Other Evidence Products

Comparing Two Ways to Prevent Suicide among Autistic Youth

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| North Carolina
Brenna Maddox, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Control Blood Pressure after Stroke

Wake Forest University Health Sciences
| North Carolina
Cheryl Bushnell, MD
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Four Ways to Reduce Pregnancy Complications among Black Mothers -- The ACURE4Moms Study

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
| North Carolina
Jennifer Tang, MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

A Rapid Review of Video-Teleconferencing for Disease Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment

RTI International
| North Carolina
Karen Crotty, PhD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Other Evidence Products

Testing Two Ways to Increase Receipt of Early Kidney Transplants among Patients with Kidney Failure

Duke University
| North Carolina
Leigh Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, FACP
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Learning How to Optimize Preconception Knowledge and Self Efficacy in Women with Chronic Conditions

UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health
| North Carolina
Sarah Verbiest, DPH, MPH, MSW
Project Status:
Completed; With Final Summary Report
Project Type:
Engagement Award Conference

Race and COVID 19: Outcomes that Matter to the Black Community

Duke University
| North Carolina
Nadine J. Barrett, PhD, MS, MA
Project Status:
Completed; With Final Summary Report
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project

At the Heart of the Matter: Building a Framework for Collective Action

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
| North Carolina
Alan Richmond, MSW
Project Status:
Completed; With Final Summary Report
Project Type:
Engagement Award Conference

A Scoping Review and Evidence Map of Social Needs Interventions to Improve Health Outcomes

RTI International and MDB, Inc.
| North Carolina
Meera Viswanathan, PhD, and Maureen Avakian
Project Status:
Ongoing
Project Type:
Other Evidence Products
Has Results

The HERO Research Program -- A PCORnet® Project to Support Studies on COVID-19

Duke University
| North Carolina
Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS; Emily O'Brien, PhD (HERO registry); Susanna Naggie, MD (HERO-HCQ trial)
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Are Two Hearing Aids Better Than One for Age-Related Hearing Loss?

Duke University
| North Carolina
Sherri L. Smith, AuD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

East Carolina Partnership to Address Health Disparities through Engagement Research Training

East Carolina University
| North Carolina
Nancy Winterbauer, MS, PhD
Project Status:
Awarded; In progress
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project
Has Results

New Methods to Analyze Data from Cluster Randomized Trials when Clusters Differ after Treatment Assignment

Duke University
| North Carolina
Fan Li, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing Methods for Planning and Analyzing Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trials

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| North Carolina
John S. Preisser, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research

SAR 2019: Acupuncture Research, Health Care Policy and Community Health: Closing the Loop

Society for Acupuncture Research
| North Carolina
Remy Coeytaux, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Conference

Improving Assessment of Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care

RTI International
| North Carolina
Katherine Treiman, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project, Dissemination Project
Has Results

Developing and Testing New Methods for Comparing Outcomes Across Groups of Patients in Observational Studies

Duke University
| North Carolina
Laine E. Thomas, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research

Pilot Evidence Maps: Treatments for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer

RTI
| North Carolina
Meera Viswanathan, PhD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Other Evidence Products

Re-Think the Strip: Stopping Glucose Monitoring for Non-Insulin Treated Type 2 Diabetes

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| North Carolina
Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Implementation Project (Limited Competition D&I PFA)

Primer on Organizational Readiness for PCOR Uptake for Community Organizations Providing Behavioral Health Services to Latinos

El Futuro Inc.
| North Carolina
David Smith, MD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project, Dissemination Project
Has Results

Applying Results from Randomized Controlled Trials to Patients in Clinical Practice Using Hybrid Study Methods

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| North Carolina
Jennifer L. Lund, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Abatacept to Usual Care for Preventing Disease Worsening in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Duke University
| North Carolina
Laura Schanberg, MD
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Comparing Medicines to Treat Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease When Anti-TNF Medicines Don't Work

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill^
| North Carolina
Michael D. Kappelman, MD, MPH^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

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