NIH Collaboratory Expands Its Portfolio of Pragmatic Clinical Trials | NCCIH

NIH Collaboratory Expands Its Portfolio of Pragmatic Clinical Trials | NCCIH

NIH Collaboratory Expands Its Portfolio of Pragmatic Clinical Trials Catherine Meyers, M.D. July 23, 2018 I am pleased to announce five new Pragmatic Clinical Trial Demonstration Projects that have been funded within the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory. The Collaboratory is an NIH Common Fund program, which aims to strengthen the Nation’s capacity to implement cost-effective, large-scale studies that engage health care delivery organizations as research partners. The Collaboratory has launched nine full-scale trials thus far, and its projects have studied a variety of health problems in real-world settings where patients are already receiving care. This approach strengthens the relevance of research results to health practice.   NCCIH and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) have been leading Collaboratory efforts since the program was initiated in 2012, and I have previously blogged on its accomplishments since then. The Collaboratory’s major activities include the design and rapid execution of PCT Demonstration Projects. A Collaboratory Coordinating Center at Duke University also maintains a website dissemination of tools and resources to the research community, such as a Knowledge Repository and a Living Textbook.

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