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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

Comparing Two Ways to Reduce Flare-Ups among People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- The QUOTIENT Study

University of California San Diego
| California
Siddharth Singh, MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Surgery and Medical Management for Treating Diverticulitis -- The COSMID Study

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

Comparing Two Programs to Treat Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Behavioral Health Conditions

UPMC Center for High ValueHealth Care
| Pennsylvania
Eva Szigethy, MD, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Treatments to Help Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Address Problems with Swallowing

University Health Network (Canada)
| N/A
Rosemary Martino, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Identify Sleep Apnea in People with Traumatic Brain Injury during Inpatient Rehabilitation

Tampa VA Research and Education Foundation
| Florida
Risa Nakase-Richardson, PhD, FACRM, FNAN
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Antibiotics and Surgery to Treat Appendicitis in Children

The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital
| Ohio
Peter C. Minneci, MD, MHSc
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Effects of Different Surgical Treatments on Quality of Life for Patients with Obesity

Massachusetts General Hospital
| Massachusetts
Matthew Hutter, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Antibiotics versus Surgery for Treating Appendicitis -- The CODA Study

University of Washington
| Washington
David Reed Flum, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing the Safety and Effectiveness of Medicines to Treat Crohn’s Disease in Children and Adolescents -- The COMBINE Trial

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®
Has Results

Do People with Obesity Lose Weight When Offered a Choice of Research-Based Weight-Loss Treatment by Their Doctors?

Denver Health and Hospital Authority
| Colorado
Daniel Bessesen, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Does a Coordinated-Care Management Approach Improve Care and Health for Patients with a Sleep Disorder? -- SMART DOCS

Stanford University School of Medicine
| California
Clete Kushida, MD, MS, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research

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