Studies

Comparative Effectiveness of Available Treatments for Sinus and Ear Infections in Children: Which Children Benefit from Which Treatment? (MEASURE Trial)

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Page last updated June 06, 2026

Study Design: Intervention Trial
PCORnet Infrastructure: Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement, Clinical Research Collaboration Agreement
Principal Investigator: Nader Shaikh
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
PCORnet® Network Partner: PaTH
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); (Project webpage)
Funding Date: 2025
Study Duration: 2026 - 2032
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: GPC, PaTH, PEDSnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Infectious Disease
Status: Not yet recruiting

Research Question(s): Which children benefit from which treatment for sinus and ear infections?

Teaming Researchers Up with Stakeholders to Test Trustworthy Engagement and Measure: TRUST TEAM

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Page last updated June 06, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov#: NCT07358559
Study Design: Other
PCORnet Infrastructure: Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement
Principal Investigator: Virginia A. Brown
Institution: The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); (Project webpage)
Funding Date: 2024
Study Duration: 2025 - 2028
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: ADVANCE, GPC, INSIGHT, PaTH, REACHnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Engagement Methods
Status: Recruiting

Research Question(s): Do individuals' beliefs about the trustworthiness of a university and other research organizations (e.g., academic medical centers) correlate to how much they trust researchers they partner with on research projects?

Oregon Medicaid Policy, Social Services, and Health (RESOLVE)

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Page last updated June 06, 2026

Study Design: Other
PCORnet Infrastructure: Common Data Model (CDM), Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement
Principal Investigator: Caroline Fichtenberg and Danielle Hessler Jones
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
PCORnet® Network Partner: REACHnet
Funder: Federal (NIH)
Funding Date: 2024
Study Duration: 2024 – 2029
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: ADVANCE, REACHnet
Therapeutic Area: Healthcare Delivery, Cardiovascular, Endocrinology, Healthcare Delivery, Health Disparities, Mental and Behavioral Health, Other
Status: Active, not recruiting

Research Question(s):

Oregon implemented new Medicaid policies intended to increase referrals to connect patients endorsing specific social risks with local non-medical services.

  1. How do Oregon's new Medicaid policies impact rates of screening, referrals, and receipt of services for
    social needs?
  2. Do these policies decrease the difference in rates of screening, referrals, and receipt of services between various demographic groups?
  3. How do screening, referrals, and receipt of services for social needs impact chronic disease outcome and
    healthcare utilization? Is the impact different for various demographic groups?

AR² – Autism Replication, Validation, and Reproducibility Center

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Page last updated May 11, 2026

Study Design: Retrospective Observational Trial
PCORnet Infrastructure: Common Data Model (CDM), Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement
Principal Investigator: Judy Zhong
Institution: Weill Cornell Medicine
PCORnet® Network Partner: INSIGHT
Funder: Federal (NIH)
Funding Date: 2025
Study Duration: 2025 – 2028
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: ADVANCE, GPC, INSIGHT, PEDSnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDDs); Data Science
Status: Active, not recruiting

Research Question(s):

The study focuses on making autism research more reliable and widely applicable. We are creating the Autism Replication, Validation, and Reproducibility (AR²) Center to ensure that findings from autism data science projects can be independently verified and reproduced by providing complete, transparent packages, including data, code, and documentation.

By using diverse datasets from across the U.S., we aim to confirm that research results hold true for different populations and settings. This effort will promote best practices, share resources openly, and help translate autism research into real-world clinical care and policy.

Comparing Two Durations of Antibiotic Treatment for Children Hospitalized with Common Infections

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Page last updated March 12, 2026

Study Design: Intervention Trial
PCORnet Infrastructure: Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement
Principal Investigator: Sunitha Kaiser and Katherine Auger
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
PCORnet® Network Partner: REACHnet
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); (Project webpage)
Funding Date: 2025
Study Duration: 2025 – 2032
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: GPC, OneFlorida+, PaTH, PEDSnet, REACHnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Infectious Disease
Status: Enrolling by invitation

Research Question(s):
For children hospitalized with pneumonia, skin infections, or urinary infections, do they recover better and have fewer side effects with a 5-day course of antibiotics, or a 10-day course of antibiotics?

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Renal Effects of Vancomycin Combined With Either Piperacillin/tazobactam or Meropenem

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Page last updated February 4, 2026

Study Design: Intervention Trial
PCORnet Infrastructure: Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement, Clinical Research Collaboration Agreement
Principal Investigator: Daniel Freilich
Institution: Other
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); (Project webpage)
Funding Date: 2025
Study Duration: 2026 – 2029
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: ADVANCE, GPC, INSIGHT, OneFlorida+, PaTH, REACHnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Infectious Disease; Nephrology
Status: Not yet recruiting

Research Question(s): 1) In hospitalized patients with severe infections, does the antibiotic combination workhorse, vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam (VPT), cause more kidney injury than another standard antibiotic combination, vancomycin and meropenem (VM), and 2) what is VPT's relative impact on other patient centric outcomes such as mortality, other kidney effects, hospital length of stay, readmissions, complications, and quality of life.

The Dose Trial: Dose Intensity of Behavioral Interventions for Childhood Obesity

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Page last updated July 9, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov#: NCT06654323
Study Design: Intervention Trial
PCORnet Infrastructure: Common Data Model (CDM), Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement, Clinical Research Collaboration Agreement
Principal Investigator: Bill Heerman
Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
PCORnet® Network Partner: STAR
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); (Project webpage)
Funding Date: 2024
Study Duration: 2024 – 2030
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: REACHnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Metabolic Disorders; Other, Pediatric Obesity
Status: Recruiting

Research Question(s):

Can children with obesity achieve meaningful improvements in their health with fewer hours of treatment than currently recommended? This study is testing whether shorter versions of a family-based lifestyle program, delivered through pediatric clinics, are just as effective as the full 26-hour version currently recommended by national guidelines. The goal is to find out if families can benefit from a lower-dose program that is easier to complete, while still helping children improve their weight, quality of life, and health behaviors.

Clinical Outcomes of Medications Post Anti-TNF: Researching Effectiveness in Pediatric IBD

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Page last updated July 09, 2026

Study Design: Prospective Observational Study
PCORnet Infrastructure: Common Data Model (CDM), Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement, Clinical Research Collaboration Agreement
Principal Investigator: Michael D. Kappelman
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PCORnet® Network Partner: STAR
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI); (Project webpage)
Funding Date: 2025
Study Duration: 2025 – 2031
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: GPC, INSIGHT, OneFlorida+, PEDSnet, PaTH, REACHnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Gastroenterology
Status: Recruiting

Research Question(s):

  1. Can we determine which medicine is the safest and most effective at treating kids with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis when the first medicine they take does not work for them?

Advancing Public Health Use of Electronic Health Record Data

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Page last updated May 11, 2026

Study Design: Other, Data Science
PCORnet Infrastructure: Common Data Model (CDM), Patient partners or engagement
Principal Investigators: Jason P. Block and Tom Carton
Institution: Other
Funder: Federal (CDC)
Funding Date: 2024
Study Duration: 2024 – 2026
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: ADVANCE, GPC, INSIGHT, OneFlorida+, PaTH, PEDSnet, REACHnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Infectious Disease
Condition: Other; Public health surveillance across COVID-19, influenza and select chronic diseases and other infectious diseases
Status: Active, not recruiting

Research Question(s):

How can we use nationally distributed healthcare data infrastructure to (1) improve the capacity of data and information systems to conduct monitoring and surveillance and (2) increase the capability to use data to inform public health decision-making and support evidence-based practices and policies?

Primary Publication(s):

Zhang, Y., Romieu-Hernandez, A., Boehmer, T.K. et al. Association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and select symptoms and conditions 31 to 150 days after testing among children and adults. BMC Infect Dis 24, 181 (2024). doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09076-8

Jackson SL, Lekiachvili A, Block JP, et al. Preventive Service Usage and New Chronic Disease Diagnoses: Using PCORnet Data to Identify Emerging Trends, United States, 2018-2022. Prev Chronic Dis. 2024 Jul 3;21:E49. doi: 10.5888/pcd21.230415

Ghildayal N, Nagavedu K, Wiltz JL, et al. Public Health Surveillance in Electronic Health Records: Lessons From PCORnet. Prev Chronic Dis. 2024 Jul 11;21:E51. doi: 10.5888/pcd21.230417

Improving Outcomes and Reducing Disparities for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Through Epidemiology and Enhanced Disease Management (PROMOTE IBD)

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Page last updated August 04, 2026

ClinicalTrials.gov#: NCT06424769
Study Design: Intervention Trial
PCORnet Infrastructure: Single IRB, Patient partners or engagement
Principal Investigator: Michael D. Kappelman
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PCORnet® Network Partner: STAR
Funder: Federal (CDC)
Funding Date: 2023
Study Duration: 2023 – 2028
Participating PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks: INSIGHT, PaTH, REACHnet, STAR
Therapeutic Area: Gastroenterology
Status: Enrolling by Invitation

Research Question(s):

  1. Does access to new, text messaging-based communications tools help teenagers and adults with IBD (Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis) feel better able to manage their condition?