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Project Status
Project Type

Comparing Ways to Reduce Unplanned Return Visits to the Hospital after a Hospital Stay among African-American and Hispanic/Latino Older Adults

University of South Florida
| Florida
Kyaien O. Conner, PhD, MPH, LSW
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 Standard and Family Diabetes Self-Management Education for Improving Diabetes Outcomes

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
| Arkansas
Pearl A. McElfish, PhD, MBA
Project Status:
In progress; Not yet recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Ways to Promote Quitting Smoking for People Referred for Lung Cancer Screenings

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Scott Halpern, MD, PhD
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; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Treatment Options for Recurrent Bladder Cancer

University of Washington Office of Sponsored Programs, Department of Urology
| Washington
John Gore, MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Health-System-Based and Community-Based Dementia Care for Patients and Caregivers -- D-CARE: The Dementia Care Study

Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
| California
David Reuben, MD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Antiseptic Skin Solutions to Prevent Infection in Patients Having Surgery to Treat Fractures -- The PREPARE Study

University of Maryland Baltimore
| Maryland
Gerard Slobogean, MD, MPH
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)
Rosemary Martino, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Ways to Provide Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer

Massachusetts General Hospital
| Massachusetts
Jennifer S. Temel, MD
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

Comparing Two Ways to Decrease Medicine Use for Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

University of Pittsburgh^
| Pennsylvania
Natalie E. Leland, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Surgery to Physical Therapy Alone for Treating Rotator Cuff Tears -- The ARC Trial

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
| Texas
Nitin Jain, MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy versus Yoga for Helping Older Adults Address High Levels of Worry

Wake Forest University Health Sciences
| North Carolina
Gretchen A. Brenes, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Treatment for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) with or without Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

Yale University
| Connecticut
Shiyi Wang, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report 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
Has Results

Comparing Three Types of Weight Loss Surgery -- The PCORnet® Bariatric Study

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute^
| Washington
David Arterburn, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
Project Type:
Research, Research Conducted Using PCORnet®
Has Results

Comparing Two Approaches to Provide Complex Mental Health Care for Patients in Rural Areas -- The SPIRIT Study

University of Washington
| Washington
John C. Fortney, PhD
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Surgery versus Antibiotics to Treat Appendicitis -- The CODA Study

University of Washington
| Washington
David Reed Flum, MD, MPH
Project Status:
In PCORI Peer-Review Process
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Ways to Treat Arm Weakness Due to Stroke

The Ohio State University
| Ohio
Deborah Larsen, PhD, FAPTA, FASAHP^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
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

Comparing Bladder Management Strategies for People with Spinal Cord Injuries

University of Utah
| Utah
Jeremy Myers, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts, and Final Research Report Posted
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

Comparing How Two Types of Anesthesia Affect Recovery from Hip Fracture Surgery -- The REGAIN Trial

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Mark D. Neuman, MD, MS
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Two Ways to Schedule Breast Cancer Screenings -- The WISDOM Study

University of California, San Francisco
| California
Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research

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