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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

Comparing Two Ways to Help Patients Control High Blood Pressure

Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
| North Carolina
Doyle Cummings, PharmD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Monitor Symptoms from Dialysis -- The SMaRRT-HD Trial

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
| North Carolina
Jennifer Flythe, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Does Treating Genital Herpes in Pregnancy Reduce Racial Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity? -- The PCORI SMM Study

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, a Division of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
| California
De-Kun Li, MD, MPH, PHD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Testing Two Ways to Increase Receipt of Early Kidney Transplants among Patients with Kidney Failure

Duke University
| North Carolina
Leigh Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH, FACP
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Teletherapy to Address Language Disparities in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children

The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
| California
Dylan Chan, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Are Two Hearing Aids Better Than One for Age-Related Hearing Loss?

Duke University
| North Carolina
Sherri L. Smith, AuD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Two Programs for Managing Hearing Loss among Older Adults in Assisted Living Facilities

University of Pittsburgh
| Pennsylvania
Catherine Palmer, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
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

Comparing Two Ways to Improve Asthma Symptoms in Children: Reducing Cockroaches vs. Reducing Multiple Triggers

Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
| Louisiana
Felicia A. Rabito, PhD, MPH
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
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 PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Ways to Encourage and Improve End-of-Life Care Planning

Duke University
| North Carolina
Kimberly Johnson, MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Identifying Barriers to Telehealth Home-Based Palliative Care for Patients with Serious Illness -- The HomePal Study

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, a Division of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
| California
Huong Q. Nguyen, PhD, RN
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Approaches to Improve Black Patients’ Chances of Getting Live Donor Kidney Transplants

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc
| Massachusetts
James R. Rodrigue, PhD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Identifying and Treating Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska -- The Hearing Norton Sound Study

Norton Sound Health Corporation
| Alaska
Samantha Kleindienst Robler, AuD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Restrictive Diets for Treating Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
| Ohio
Marc Rothenberg, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Two Treatments for Depression among Patients with Kidney Failure Receiving Hemodialysis -- The ASCEND Study

University of Washington
| Washington
Rajnish Mehrotra, MD, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Effect of End-of-Life Care Planning Discussions on Hospice Use among Patients Receiving Dialysis for Kidney Failure

Baystate Medical Center
| Massachusetts
Lewis Mitchel Cohen, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Evaluating a Patient-Centered Medical Home for Patients Receiving Dialysis for Kidney Disease

University of Illinois at Chicago
| Illinois
Denise Hynes, MPH, PhD, RN
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Improving Communication by Preparing Patients and Doctors for a Conversation about Care Goals for Serious Illness

University of Washington
| Washington
J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Effects of a Stroke Medicine in Older Adults with and without Chronic Kidney Disease

University of South Carolina^
| South Carolina
John Brooks, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Does an Online Decision Aid Help People with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Choose between Two Treatment Options?

Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
| Michigan
Lalita Subramanian, PhD, MPH^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

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