NIH Collaboratory Expands Its Portfolio of Pragmatic Clinical Trials | NCCIH

NIH Collaboratory Expands Its Portfolio of Pragmatic Clinical Trials | NCCIH

Catherine Meyers, M.D.

Director
Office of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
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NIH Collaboratory Expands Its Portfolio of Pragmatic Clinical Trials

Dr. Catherine Meyers

July 23, 2018

I am pleased to announce five new Pragmatic Clinical Trial (PCT) 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.