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Project Title
Project Status
Project Type

CBT via Telehealth + Amitriptyline Compared to CBT via Telehealth: Pediatric Migraine Prevention

Cincinnati Children's Hospital
| Ohio
Scott Powers, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparative Effectiveness of Online Cognitive Behavioral Therapy vs. An Online Single-Session Pain Relief Skills Class for Chronic Pain

Stanford University
| California
Beth Darnall, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Testing the I-COACH Telehealth Program to Deliver Health Care for Older Adults with Chronic Heart Failure

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
| Arkansas
Judy Weber
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
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

Comparing Two Ways to Help Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Manage Pain -- The CaRISMA Study

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Charles Jonassaint, PhD, MHS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Two State Insurer Strategies to Prevent Unsafe Opioid Prescribing

University of Washington
| Washington
Gary Franklin, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Treatments for Chronic Low Back Pain

University of Utah
| Utah
Julie Fritz, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
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)

Comparing Two Ways to Help Patients Manage Long-Term Non-Cancer Pain

RTI International
| North Carolina
Lauren A. McCormack, PhD, MSPH
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Peer-Led Support Groups for Patients with Chronic Pain Who Want to Reduce Opioid Use -- The EMPOWER Study

Stanford University School of Medicine
| California
Beth Darnall, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Testing One State's Effort to Prevent Unsafe Treatments for Patients with Back Pain -- Back on Track

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, a Division of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
| Washington
Lynn DeBar, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Effect of Adding Acupuncture and Pain Counseling to Usual Care on Reducing Pain among Patients with Cancer -- The PRACXIS Study

University of California, San Francisco
| California
Maria Chao, DrPH, MPA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Approaches to Help Patients and Doctors Talk about Chronic Pain Treatments -- Voices in Pain Care

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
| California
Brennan Spiegel, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

Managing Long-Term Low Back Pain to Improve Health and Reduce Reliance on Opioid Medicines: Comparing Mindfulness Meditation and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy -- Strategies To Assist with Management of Pain (STAMP)

University of Wisconsin-Madison
| Wisconsin
Bruce Barrett
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Ways to Help Veterans Manage Pain and Reduce Use of Prescription Opioid Medicines -- The VOICE Study

University of Minnesota Twin Cities
| Minnesota
Erin Krebs, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways of Combining Behavioral Health Care and Primary Care for Adults

University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
| Vermont
Benjamin Littenberg, MD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
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

Testing a Program to Increase Patient Activation among Patients Prescribed Opioid Medicine for Chronic Pain

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
| California
Cynthia Campbell, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Developing Measures of Pain Appraisal and Pain-Related Self-Efficacy for People Living with Chronic Pain

University of Washington
| Washington
Dagmar Amtmann, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Using Surveys to Assess Patient-Centered Factors that May Affect Responses to Chronic Pain Treatment

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Carol Greco, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Group and Individual Acupuncture Therapy for Treating Chronic Pain among Ethnically Diverse Patients with Low Incomes -- AADDOPT-2

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
| New York
Diane Melissa McKee, MD, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing Tablet-Based Software to Help Reduce Hospice Patients' Pain

University of Illinois at Chicago
| Illinois
Robert E. Molokie, MD^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Evaluating a Program to Lower Prescription Opioid Doses for Patients with Chronic Pain

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington^
| Washington
Michael Von Korff, ScD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

Helping Patients with Chronic Pain Get Non-medicine Treatments

Inflexxion, Inc.
| Massachusetts
Traci C. Green, PhD, MS
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Does a Collaborative Care Program for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Reduce Pain and Depression? -- MS-CARE

University of Washington
| Washington
Dawn Marie Ehde, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

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