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- MedWeight Study Uses PCORnet® to Assess Medication-Induced Weight Gain October 5, 2020Medication-induced weight gain is a common challenge and often triggers concerns among patients who want to know if and how much weight they might gain if they take certain drugs. MedWeight, a PCORnet® Study, was launched to provide evidence that will help determine which medications contribute to weight gain and how much. Providing this evidence will help patients make better-informed ...
- Is There a Connection Between COVID-19 and Popular Hypertension Medications? August 12, 2020
PCORnet® Study Comparing Blood Pressure Control Strategies Seeks Answers
During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are using PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, to support several efforts to rapidly inform the nation’s response to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The PCORnet Study, “Using PCORnet to Compare Blood Pressure Control Strategies,” is leveraging a broad cohort of hypertensive patients to ...
- PCORnet® Gives Reason to Celebrate Connection and Community this Clinical Trials Day May 20, 2020As COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, keeping many across the world at home and disconnected from their communities, PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, is rallying to build coalitions and deliver hope. May 20 is Clinical Trials Day, a time to remember that clinical research has always been about bringing together people to build a healthier world—and in the ...
- PCORnet® COVID-19 Common Data Model Launched, Enabling Rapid Capture of Insights on Patients Infected with the Novel Coronavirus May 15, 2020COVID-19 has upended life globally, and the need for patient-centered insights and answers has never been more pronounced. Leadership of PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, is responding with bold action by creating a COVID-19-specific Common Data Model (CDM). The new CDM will allow researchers to use information gathered from patients across PCORnet’s vast network to better define and ...
- PCORnet®-Enabled HERO Registry Launched, Unites Frontline Healthcare Workers to Fight COVID-19 April 13, 2020
The Healthcare Worker Exposure Response & Outcomes (HERO) Registry launched today, marking the first major milestone in a rapid-response effort to answer important questions about protecting healthcare workers from COVID-19. The HERO program is funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) coordinated by the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) and enabled by PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network.
“The HERO Registry will leverage ...
- PCORnet® Tapped to Deliver Fast Answers in New Research Evaluating the Health and Outcomes of Healthcare Workers on the Front Lines of COVID-19 April 1, 2020As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic intensifies across the United States, the need for fast, reliable answers to support national health and safety has never been more important. This is exactly the type of environment PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, was developed to navigate. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced up to $50 million in funding ...
- Patient Reps Power PCORnet’s Steering Committee Part 2: A Q&A with Neely Williams March 23, 2020Even on a tough day, it’s hard not to smile while chatting with patient representative Neely Williams. Maybe it’s the passion she brings to patient-centered research as a community partner consultant at the National Institutes of Health and the patient co-principal investigator for the PCORnet Bariatric Study. Maybe it’s her knack for talking about research in a frank, down-to-earth manner ...
- JAMA Cardiology Paper Details Design Elements of ADAPTABLE, First Pragmatic Trial to Use PCORnet® March 18, 2020A recent JAMA Cardiology paper describes several design elements that make ADAPTABLE, a demonstration study of PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, a novel pragmatic clinical trial. The manuscript’s authors detailed these trial elements with an aim to inspire efficiency and patient-centricity in future trials.
“A strong need has arisen to develop and execute more streamlined, pragmatic trials leveraging real-world ...
- Real-world evidence empowers personalized decisions about weight-loss surgery March 4, 2020PCORnet Bariatric Study publishes latest clinical findings based on data from tens of thousands of bariatric surgery recipients
With its latest findings in JAMA Surgery on how many adults see their Type 2 diabetes go away and come back following weight-loss surgery, the PCORnet Bariatric Study now provides patients and their doctors with a more complete picture about the comparative benefits ...
- PCORnet® Study ADAPTABLE Inspires New Tools to Rapidly Compare Data from EHRs and Patient-Reported Data February 18, 2020The ADAPTABLE study broke ground as the first major randomized comparative effectiveness trial conducted using the infrastructure of PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. Now, a team of researchers building on the learnings of ADAPTABLE is raising the research bar with the development of a new menu-driven query (MDQ) that enables rapid comparison between electronic health record (EHR) data ...
Medication-induced weight gain is a common challenge and often triggers concerns among patients who want to know if and how much weight they might gain if they take certain drugs. MedWeight, a PCORnet® Study, was launched to provide evidence that will help determine which medications contribute to weight gain and how much. Providing this evidence will help patients make better-informed ...
PCORnet® Study Comparing Blood Pressure Control Strategies Seeks Answers
During the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are using PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, to support several efforts to rapidly inform the nation’s response to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The PCORnet Study, “Using PCORnet to Compare Blood Pressure Control Strategies,” is leveraging a broad cohort of hypertensive patients to ...
As COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, keeping many across the world at home and disconnected from their communities, PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, is rallying to build coalitions and deliver hope. May 20 is Clinical Trials Day, a time to remember that clinical research has always been about bringing together people to build a healthier world—and in the ...
COVID-19 has upended life globally, and the need for patient-centered insights and answers has never been more pronounced. Leadership of PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, is responding with bold action by creating a COVID-19-specific Common Data Model (CDM). The new CDM will allow researchers to use information gathered from patients across PCORnet’s vast network to better define and ...
The Healthcare Worker Exposure Response & Outcomes (HERO) Registry launched today, marking the first major milestone in a rapid-response effort to answer important questions about protecting healthcare workers from COVID-19. The HERO program is funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) coordinated by the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) and enabled by PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network.
“The HERO Registry will leverage ...
As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic intensifies across the United States, the need for fast, reliable answers to support national health and safety has never been more important. This is exactly the type of environment PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, was developed to navigate. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced up to $50 million in funding ...
Even on a tough day, it’s hard not to smile while chatting with patient representative Neely Williams. Maybe it’s the passion she brings to patient-centered research as a community partner consultant at the National Institutes of Health and the patient co-principal investigator for the PCORnet Bariatric Study. Maybe it’s her knack for talking about research in a frank, down-to-earth manner ...
A recent JAMA Cardiology paper describes several design elements that make ADAPTABLE, a demonstration study of PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, a novel pragmatic clinical trial. The manuscript’s authors detailed these trial elements with an aim to inspire efficiency and patient-centricity in future trials.
“A strong need has arisen to develop and execute more streamlined, pragmatic trials leveraging real-world ...
PCORnet Bariatric Study publishes latest clinical findings based on data from tens of thousands of bariatric surgery recipients
With its latest findings in JAMA Surgery on how many adults see their Type 2 diabetes go away and come back following weight-loss surgery, the PCORnet Bariatric Study now provides patients and their doctors with a more complete picture about the comparative benefits ...
The ADAPTABLE study broke ground as the first major randomized comparative effectiveness trial conducted using the infrastructure of PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. Now, a team of researchers building on the learnings of ADAPTABLE is raising the research bar with the development of a new menu-driven query (MDQ) that enables rapid comparison between electronic health record (EHR) data ...
