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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

Improving In-Hospital Sleep Hygiene to Prevent and Curtail Delirium Among Older Adults

The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
| Texas
Farhaan Vahidy, Ph.D.
Project Status:
Awarded; Contract pending
Project Type:
Research

Improving Heterogeneous Effect Estimation by Integration of Experimental and Observational Studies

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
| Tennessee
Amir Asiaeetaheri, Ph.D.
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

The Dose Trial: Dose Intensity for Behavioral Interventions for Childhood Obesity

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
| Tennessee
William Heerman, M.D., MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Pragmatic Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Ketamine versus Etomidate for Intubation

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
| Tennessee
Matthew Semler, M.D., M.S.
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Improving Maternal Postpartum Access to Care Through Telemedicine

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
| Texas
Elaine Duryea, M.D.
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research

The Missing Pieces Trial: A Multi-Site Pragmatic Comparative Effectiveness Trial of Interventions to Support Parents After Their Child's Unexpected or Traumatic Death

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
| Illinois
Kelly Michelson, M.D., MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Pacing Treatments for Patients with Heart Failure

Baylor College of Medicine
| Texas
Mihail G. Chelu, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Treat Mild Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy in Infants -- The COOLPRIME Study

UT Southwestern Medical Center
| Texas
Lina Chalak, MD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Developing Methods for Analyzing Clustered Observational Data When Death is a Semi-Competing Risk

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
| Texas
Hong Zhu, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Support Parents in Breastfeeding -- The FEEDS Study

NorthShore University HealthSystem
| Illinois
Ann Borders, MD, MPH, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Does a Black Midwifery Program Improve Maternity Care for Black Women?

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
| Illinois
Kylea Liese, PhD, CNM
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Improve Mental Health among Youth with Disabilities -- The BEST Study

University of Illinois at Chicago
| Illinois
Benjamin Van Voorhees, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Treatments for Children with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
| Illinois
Sandi Lam, MD, MBA
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Two Ways to Manage Diabetes among African-American Women in the Southeast

Meharry Medical College
| Tennessee
Stephania Miller-Hughes, PhD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Care in the CCP Program versus Care in the C4P Program versus Care in Traditional Care Coordinator Program

The University of Chicago
| Illinois
David O. Meltzer, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Treat Anxiety Disorders among Children and Adolescents

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
| Illinois
John T. Walkup, MD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Three Ways to Obtain Hearing Aids for People with Age-Related Hearing Loss

Northwestern University
| Illinois
Sumitrajit Dhar, PhD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Using PCORnet to Track Patient-Reported Symptoms of Heart Failure

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
| Tennessee
Justin Bachmann, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Comparing Two Ways to Promote Healthy Weight Gain and Prevent Obesity in Early Childhood

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
| Tennessee
William J. Heerman, MD, MPH^
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

A New Natural Language Processing Method to Study Whether Patients Take Medicine as Directed

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
| Texas
Kirk Roberts, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Two Ways for Hospitals to Help Patients Recover During and After Stroke

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
| Tennessee
Kenneth Gaines, MD, MBA
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Two Depression Prevention Programs for Teens -- The Path 2 Purpose Study

University of Illinois at Chicago
| Illinois
Benjamin Van Voorhees, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

A New Statistical Method for Designing Stepped-Wedge Cluster Trials

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
| Texas
Song Zhang, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

New Methods to Improve Data Accuracy in Studies Using Electronic Health Record Data

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
| Tennessee
Bryan E. Shepherd, PhD; Pamela A. Shaw, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Surgery to Physical Therapy Alone for Treating Rotator Cuff Tears -- The ARC Trial

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
| Texas
Nitin Jain, MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

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