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Colonoscopy vs. Stool-Based Testing for Older Adults With a History of Colon Polyps

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic
| New Hampshire
Audrey Calderwood, MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Does Personalized Risk Information Help Patients and Doctors Make Informed Decisions about Colorectal Cancer Screening?

Trustees of Indiana University
| Indiana
Peter H. Schwartz, MD, PhD, MA
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Non-Medicine Pain Management Therapies for Adults with Advanced Cancer -- The IMPACT Trial

Memorial Sloan Kettering
| New York
Jun Mao, MD, MSCE
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Ways to Help Clinicians and Older Patients Make Colorectal Cancer Screening Decisions -- The PRIMED Study

Massachusetts General Hospital
| Massachusetts
Karen Sepucha, PhD, and Leigh Simmons, MD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Provide Palliative Care to Older Adults with Serious Illness

New York University School of Medicine
| New York
Keith S. Goldfeld, DrPH
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research

Does Adding Acupuncture and/or Pain Counseling to Pain Medicine Help Reduce Pain Among Hospitalized Patients with Cancer?

University of California, San Francisco
| California
Maria Chao, DrPH, MPA
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
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

Comparing Three Ways to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening

Indiana University
| Indiana
Susan Rawl, PhD, MS, BSN
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Evaluating a Telehealth Program for Ostomy Self-Care among Cancer Survivors

The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania^
| Pennsylvania
Robert S. Krouse, MD, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Three Ways to Help Cancer Survivors Plan for Follow-Up Care

Johns Hopkins University
| Maryland
Katherine Clegg Smith, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Improve Prescribing of Colony-Stimulating Factor in Cancer Treatment -- The TrACER Study

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

Using Numbers in a Decision Aid to Describe Risks and Benefits of Colorectal Cancer Screening Options

Indiana University
| Indiana
Peter H. Schwartz, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Training Doctors to Discuss Goals of Care with Patients Who Have Advanced Cancer

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
| New York
Nina Bickell, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

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

Improving Informed Consent for Palliative Chemotherapy

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
| Massachusetts
Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Evaluating Different Types of Cancer Survivorship Care

George Washington University
| District of Columbia
Holly Mead, BA, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Programs to Increase Cancer Screening for Women with Depression

Clinical Directors Network, Inc.
| New York
Jonathan Tobin, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Intensity of Follow-Up Tests after Surgery for Colorectal Cancer

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation
| Illinois
George J. Chang, MD, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Does Decision Support by Phone Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening in Hispanic Patients?

Thomas Jefferson University
| Pennsylvania
Ronald E. Myers, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Reducing Legal Barriers to Help Patients Receive Treatment for Breast and Lung Cancer -- The Project SUPPORT Study

Boston Medical Center
| Massachusetts
Tracy A. Battaglia, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Does Helping Patients with Cancer Manage Their Symptoms at Home Improve Their Quality of Life?

University of South Florida
| Florida
Susan McMillan, NP, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

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