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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

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

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Kathleen McTigue, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Clinical Research Network (CRN) 2020

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)

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

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
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

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

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)
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
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
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®

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)
Has Results

Testing a Standard Approach to Match Patients with Addiction to Treatment Based on Their Needs -- The PCAST Study

RTI International
| North Carolina
Tami L. Mark, PhD, MBA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

PCORnet Coordinating Center Phase II (Duke University)

Duke University
| North Carolina
Adrian F. Hernandez, MD, MHS and Richard Platt, MD, MSc
Project Status:
In progress; Recruitment not applicable
Project Type:
PCORnet® Coordinating Center Phase II
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

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

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