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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 Ways to Improve Dialysis Session Stability

University of Michigan
| Michigan
Tiffany Veinot, MLIS, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Treatment Options for Urea Cycle Disorders

Children's Research Institute
| District of Columbia
Nicholas Ah Mew, MD^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing Methods to Account for Bias from Unmeasured Sources When Analyzing Time Until a Health Event

Dartmouth College
| New Hampshire
Alistair James O’Malley, BSc (Hons), MS, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Surgery with and without Duraplasty for Youth with Chiari Malformation Type I and Syringomyelia

Washington University School of Medicine
| Missouri
David Limbrick, MD, MS, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Treatment Approaches for Women with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) -- The PORTAL Study

Duke University
| North Carolina
E. Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Effects of Different Surgical Treatments on Quality of Life for Patients with Obesity

Massachusetts General Hospital
| Massachusetts
Matthew Hutter, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Adding a Teachable Moment Approach to a Team-Based Primary Care Ask-Advise-Connect Approach for Tobacco Cessation

Oregon Health & Science University^
| Oregon
Susan (Sue) Flocke, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Reduce High Blood Pressure in Patients from Different Racial and Ethnic Groups -- The RICH LIFE Study

Johns Hopkins University
| Maryland
Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Approaches That Clinics Can Use to Help Control High Blood Pressure among Black Patients

The University of Alabama at Birmingham
| Alabama
Andrea L. Cherrington, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Three Types of Weight Loss Surgery -- The PCORnet® Bariatric Study

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute^
| Washington
David Arterburn, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Comparing Two Telehealth Approaches for Treating Complex Psychiatric Disorders in Primary Care -- The SPIRIT Study

University of Washington
| Washington
John C. Fortney, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Antibiotics versus Surgery for Treating Appendicitis -- The CODA Study

University of Washington
| Washington
David Reed Flum, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Treat Arm Weakness Due to Stroke

The Ohio State University
| Ohio
Deborah Larsen, PhD, FAPTA, FASAHP^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

A Training Program on Pain Coping Skills for African Americans with Hip or Knee Arthritis

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| North Carolina
Kelli Allen, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Results of Three Treatments for Idiopathic Subglottic Stenosis

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
| Tennessee
Alexander Gelbard, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Surgeries for Women Who Have Both Cancer of the Uterus and Bladder Problems

Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
| Rhode Island
Katina Robison, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Helping People with Opioid Use Disorders Avoid Relapses after Leaving Jail

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
George Woody, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Bladder Management Strategies for People with Spinal Cord Injuries

University of Utah
| Utah
Jeremy Myers, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Examining Effects of State Policies to Monitor Mental Health Medicines for Children in Foster Care

Rutgers University–New Brunswick
| New Jersey
Stephen Crystal, PhD, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing a Program to Help Patients Prepare for Kidney Failure Treatment -- The PREPARE NOW Study

Duke University
| North Carolina
Leigh E. Boulware, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Types of Anesthesia for Hip Fracture Surgery -- The REGAIN Trial

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Mark D. Neuman, MD, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Safety and Effectiveness of Medicines to Treat Crohn’s Disease in Children and Adolescents -- The COMBINE Trial

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®
Has Results

Comparing Two Ways to Schedule Breast Cancer Screenings -- The WISDOM Study

University of California, San Francisco
| California
Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Treat Low Back Pain and Prevent Chronic Pain and Disability -- The TARGET Trial

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Anthony Delitto, PhD, PT, FAPTA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

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