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Project Status
Project Type

Comparing Two Approaches to Care Coordination for Patients with Multiple Health Needs

HealthPartners Institute
| Minnesota
Leif I. Solberg, MD
Project Status:
In progress; 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; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Medicines for Treating Type 2 Diabetes among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
| New York
Alvin Mushlin, MD, ScM
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®

Comparing Two Ways to Help Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Their Care Partners Choose among Treatment Options -- The DART Study

Tufts University
| Massachusetts
Keren Ladin, PhD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research

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

New York University School of Medicine
| New York
Corita R. Grudzen MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
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 Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
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

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

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
| Massachusetts
James R. Rodrigue, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Providing at-Home Kidney Disease Care for Native Americans in New Mexico

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
| New Mexico
Vallabh O. Shah, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Benefits and Harms of Five Different Medicines for Long-Term Treatment of Blood Clots -- The DARE Warfarin Study

Brigham and Women's Hospital
| Massachusetts
Katsiaryna Bykov, PharmD, ScD
Project Status:
In progress; Data collected
Project Type:
Research

Comparing the Benefits and Harms of Medicines for Long-Term Treatment of Blood Clots -- The ALTERNATIVE Study

University of California, San Francisco
| California
Margaret Fang, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
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 Posted
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Motivational Text Messaging, Health Coaching, and Enhanced Usual Care for African Americans with Diabetes—the Management of Diabetes in Everyday Life, or MODEL, Study

University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
| Tennessee
James Bailey, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Ways to Improve Dialysis Session Stability

University of Michigan
| Michigan
Tiffany Veinot, MLIS, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Oral and Injectable Blood Thinners to Prevent and Treat Blood Clots in Patients with Cancer -- The CANVAS Trial

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation
| Illinois
Deborah Schrag, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Ways to Reduce High Blood Pressure in People from Different Backgrounds -- The RICH LIFE Study

Johns Hopkins University
| Maryland
Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Awarded; In progress
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 progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research

Can a Patient-Centered Approach to Preparing Patients for Kidney Failure Improve Patient Outcomes? -- The PREPARE NOW Study

Duke University
| North Carolina
Leigh E. Boulware, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Designing and Testing a Visit Planner to Help Patients Address Their Top Concerns during Healthcare Visits

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
| California
Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Self-Management of Urinary Symptoms Using a Probiotic in People with Spinal Cord Injuries, Spina Bifida, and Multiple Sclerosis

MedStar Health Research Institute
| Maryland
Suzanne Groah, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Three Ways to Improve Quality of Life for Patients with Kidney Disease and Their Caregivers

Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center
| Pennsylvania
Nasrollah Ghahramani, MD, MS
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

Developing Software for Using Bayesian Regression to Evaluate Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects in Data from Randomized Controlled Trials

Johns Hopkins University
| Maryland
Ravi Varadhan, PhD
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

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