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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 Ways to Improve Dialysis Session Stability

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

Patient-Centered Hepatitis C Virus Care for People Who Inject Drugs -- The HERO Study

Clemson University^
| South Carolina
Alain Litwin, MD, MPH, MS
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Surgery with and without Duraplasty for Youth with Chiari Malformation Type I and Syringomyelia

Washington University School of Medicine
| Missouri
David Limbrick, MD, MS, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts 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

In-Home versus Phone-Based Care for Older Adults with Dementia, Depression, or Delirium

University of Connecticut School of Medicine
| Connecticut
Richard Fortinsky, PhD
Project Status:
In progress; Enrollment complete
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Stopping or Continuing Use of Disease Modifying Therapies in Older Adults with Multiple Sclerosis -- The DISCOMS Trial

University of Colorado Denver
| Colorado
John R. Corboy, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Comparing Approaches That Clinics Can Use to Help Control High Blood Pressure among Black Patients

The University of Alabama at Birmingham
| Alabama
Andrea L. Cherrington, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research

Comparing Medicines to Prevent Blood Clots in Patients Who Have Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery -- The PEPPER Study

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic^
| New Hampshire
Vincent Domenic Pellegrini, MD
Project Status:
In progress; Recruiting
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Testing a Program to Improve the Integration of Behavioral Health Care into Primary Care Settings

University of Vermont and State Agriculture College
| Vermont
Benjamin Littenberg, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
Research
Has Results

Rare Epilepsy Network

Epilepsy Foundation
| Maryland
Brandy Fureman, PhD^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

Community and Patient Partnered Research Network (CPPRN)

University of California, Los Angeles
| California
Kenneth Wells, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

The COPD Patient-Powered Research Network

COPD Foundation, Inc.
| Florida
Barbara Yawn, MD^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

Community Engaged Network for All (CENA)

Genetic Alliance, Inc.
| District of Columbia
Sharon Terry, MA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

American BRCA Outcomes and Utilization of Testing: A Participant-Powered Research Network

University of South Florida
| Florida
Rebecca Sutphen, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

Primary Immunodeficiency Connect (PI CONNECT)

Immune Deficiency Foundation
| Maryland
Kathleen Sullivan, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

National Alzheimer's & Dementia Patient- & Caregiver-Powered Research Network

Mayo Clinic
| Minnesota
Ronald Petersen, MD, PhD^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

Patients, Advocates, and Rheumatology Teams for Research and Service (PARTNERS)

Duke University
| North Carolina
Laura Schanberg, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

The Health eHeart Alliance

University of California, San Francisco
| California
Mark Pletcher, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

DuchenneConnect Network

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
| New Jersey
Abby Bronson, MBA^
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Data Network (PMS_DN)

Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation
| Florida
Megan O'Boyle, BA
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

MoodNetwork

Massachusetts General Hospital (The General Hospital Corp.)
| Massachusetts
Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

The Vasculitis Patient-Powered Research Network

University of Pennsylvania
| Pennsylvania
Peter Merkel, MD, MPH
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

iConquerMS: A Participant-Powered Research Network

Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis
| Massachusetts
Robert McBurney, BSc, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

PCORnet Patient-Powered Research Network Phase ll: ImproveCareNow Network

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
| Ohio
Peter Margolis, MD, PhD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II
Has Results

PRIDEnet: A Participant-Powered Research Network of Sexual and Gender Minorities

University of California, San Francisco
| California
Mitchell R. Lunn, MD
Project Status:
Completed; PCORI Public and Professional Abstracts Posted
Project Type:
PCORnet®: Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRN) Phase II

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