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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 Status
Project Type

Text-Messaging Telehealth and Contingency Management for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Engagement

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Mucio Delgado, MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Manage Lymphedema among Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Jie Deng, PhD, MSN, RN
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing the Effectiveness of Behavioral Health Supports for Publicly Insured Perinatal Women

UPMC Center for High ValueHealth Care
| Pennsylvania
Ellen Beckjord, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
Awarded; Contract not executed
Project Type:
Research

Path Towards a Learning Health System (PaTH) Clinical Research Network

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Kathleen McTigue, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Clinical Research Network (CRN) 2020

Comparing Ways to Monitor Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions after They Return Home from the Hospital for an Infection -- The ACCOMPLISH Study

UPMC Center for High ValueHealth Care
| Pennsylvania
Dr. Kalpana Char, MD*
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Improving Antibiotic Prescribing in Children with Ear, Sinus, and Throat Infections

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
| Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Gerber, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
Implementation Project (Open Competition PFA: Implementation of Findings from PCORI’s Research Investments)

Capacity Building in Nurse-Led Health Centers to Address Substance Use Disorder

National Nurse-Led Care Consortium
| Pennsylvania
Kristine Gonnella, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project

The STRETCH Project: To Build Capacity Advancing Patient-centered Research in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center
| Pennsylvania
Jane Schubart, PhD, MBA, MS
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Engagement Award Project
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Promote Quitting Smoking for People Referred for Lung Cancer Screenings

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Scott Halpern, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Programs to Treat Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Behavioral Health Conditions

UPMC Center for High ValueHealth Care
| Pennsylvania
Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Helping Pain Clinics Use Surveys to Understand Patient-Centered Factors That Affect Treatment

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
| Pennsylvania
Carol Greco, PhD
Project Status:
Completed
Project Type:
Implementation Project (Limited Competition D&I PFA)

Comparing Three Ways to Help Patients Manage Multiple Chronic Conditions

UPMC Center for High ValueHealth Care
| Pennsylvania
Dan Swayze
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Ways to Decrease Medicine Use for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

University of Pittsburgh^
| Pennsylvania
Natalie E. Leland, PhD
Project Status:
PCORI Peer-Review Process Complete
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Assessing the Effects of Intensive Behavioral Therapy on Weight Loss among Patients with or at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
| Pennsylvania
Jennifer Kraschnewski, 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 Programs to Support Patients with Substance Use Disorders after They Leave the Hospital

Public Health Management Corporation
| Pennsylvania
Adam Brooks, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing Whether Home Visits by Community Health Workers Help African-American and Hispanic Patients with Low Incomes Better Manage Asthma

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Andrea J. Apter, MD, MA, MSc
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Using Wellness Coaches and Extra Support to Improve the Health and Wellness of Adults with Serious Mental Illness

UPMC Center for High ValueHealth Care
| Pennsylvania
James M. Schuster, MD, MBA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

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