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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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Measuring How Well Patients with Colorectal Cancer and Their Doctors Communicate

RTI International
| North Carolina
Lauren A. McCormack, PhD, MSPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Understanding Caregiver Preferences for Treating Children with Intellectual and Cognitive Disabilities and a Mental Illness

University of Maryland, Baltimore
| Maryland
Susan dosReis, BSPharm, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Methods for Improving Confounding Control in Comparative Effectiveness Research Using Electronic Healthcare Databases

Partners Healthcare Brigham and Women's Hospital
| Massachusetts
Sebastian Schneeweiss, MD, MS, ScD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing Software for Using Bayesian Regression to Evaluate Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Data from Randomized Controlled Trials

Johns Hopkins University
| Maryland
Ravi Varadhan, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing Software to Predict Patient Responses to Knee Osteoarthritis Treatments and to Identify Patients for Possible Enrollment in Randomized Controlled Trials

Tufts Medical Center
| Massachusetts
Harry P. Selker, MD, MSPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Adding Disease-Specific Concerns to Patient-Reported Outcome Measures

Dartmouth College
| New Hampshire
Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Statistical Methods for Reducing Bias in Comparative Effectiveness Research When Using Patient Data from Doctor Visits

University of California San Francisco
| California
Charles Elliott McCulloch, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Determining the Best Methods for Using Patient Registry Data in Clinical Research

Partners Healthcare Brigham and Women's Hospital
| Massachusetts
Daniel H. Solomon, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Statistical Methods for Handling Missing Data in Large Research Studies

Emory University
| Georgia
Qi Long, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Different Ways of Asking People with Type 2 Diabetes about Their Care Priorities and Preferences

Johns Hopkins University
| Maryland
John F.P. Bridges, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Can Value-of-Information Estimates Help Funding Organizations Prioritize which Cancer Studies to Fund?

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
| Washington
Scott D. Ramsey, PhD, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Integrating Analytical Methods to Improve Comparative Effectiveness Research

Tufts Medical Center
| Massachusetts
John B. Wong, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing Methods to Predict Health Outcomes in Trauma Patients

University of California Berkeley
| California
Alan Hubbard, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

New Methods and Software to Determine the Impact of Missing Data in Clinical Trials

Johns Hopkins University
| Maryland
Daniel O. Scharfstein, ScD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Sampling Methods to Engage Residents of Underrepresented Communities to Identify Research Priorities

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
| Texas
Barbara J. Turner, MD, MED, MA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Statistical Methods for Handling Missing Data in Long-Term Clinical Research

Stanford University
| California
Manisha Desai, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Effects of a Stroke Medicine in Older Adults with and without Chronic Kidney Disease

University of South Carolina^
| South Carolina
John Brooks, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

New Methods and Software for Designing Adaptive Clinical Trials of New Medical Treatments

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
| Maryland
Michael Rosenblum, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing an Interactive Online Guide to Support the Use of Causal Inference Methods in Comparative Effectiveness Research

Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute
| Maryland
Yi Zhang, PhD, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing Standards for Improving Measurement and Reporting of Data Quality in Health Research

University of Colorado Denver
| Colorado
Michael G. Kahn, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Describing How Studies Involve Patients and Healthcare Professionals in Developing Decision Aids and Health-Related Products

Université Laval (Canada)
| N/A
Holly Witteman, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing the Appreciative Inquiry and Boot Camp Translation Methods for Identifying and Sharing Local Solutions to Healthcare Issues

University of Colorado Denver
| Colorado
Donald Nease, MD^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

The Benefits and Challenges of Using Multiple Sources of Information about Clinical Trials

Johns Hopkins University
| Maryland
Kay Dickersin, PhD, MA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing and Testing Animated Computer Surveys for Measuring Young Children's Health

University of California, Irvine
| California
Sherrie H. Kaplan, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Guidance for Researchers on Optimal Methods for Conducting Comparative Effectiveness Research with Observational Data

University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Douglas Landsittel, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

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