Critical Questions for Pragmatic Clinical Trialists: Insights From the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory’s First Decade: NIH-Hosted Workshop (June 2022)

June 15-16, 2022: This workshop is an opportunity to glean the most salient lessons learned from an experienced group of pragmatic trial investigators who will openly share the challenges they have encountered, solutions they have developed, and thoughts for the future. 

Agenda and Slides

Day 1: June 15, 2022

Welcome and Introduction

Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MPH
Helene Langevin, MD

Keynote: Pragmatic Clinical Trials: The Role of Nursing Science

Shannon N. Zenk, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

Session 1: Can We Squeeze More Value Out of Electronic Health Records?

Moderator: Keith Marsolo, PhD

Panel:

  • ICD-Pieces™: Improving Chronic Disease Management with Pieces (Miguel Vazquez, MD)
  • LIRE: Lumbar Imaging with Reporting of Epidemiology (Jeffrey (Jerry) Jarvik, MD, MPH)
  • NOHARM: Nonpharmacologic Options in Postoperative Hospital-based and Rehabilitation Pain Management (Andrea Cheville, MD)
  • SPOT: Suicide Prevention Outreach Trial (Greg Simon, MD, MPH)

Session 2: Should We Be Considering a Different Study Design?

Moderator: Patrick Heagerty, PhD

Panel:

Summary and Concluding Remarks

Lesley Curtis, PhD
Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MPH
Keith Marsolo, PhD
Patrick Heagerty, PhD

Day 2: June 16, 2022

Welcome and Introduction

Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MPH
Helene Langevin, MD

Session 3: What Is the Most Effective Use of the 1-Year Planning Phase?

Moderator: Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MPH

Panel:

Session 4: How Do We Implement Interventions in Complex Health Care Systems?

Moderator: Steven George, PT, PhD

Panel:

  • STOP CRC: Strategies and Opportunities to Stop Colorectal Cancer in Priority Populations (Gloria Coronado, PhD)
  • ICD-Pieces™: Improving Chronic Disease Management with Pieces (Miguel Vazquez, MD)
  • GGC4H: Guiding Good Choices for Health: Testing Feasibility and Effectiveness of Universal Parent-Focused Prevention in Three Healthcare Systems (Margaret Kuklinski, PhD)
  • GRACE: Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of Guided Relaxation and Acupuncture for Chronic Sickle Cell Disease Pain (Miriam Ezenwa, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, FAAN)

Summary and Concluding Remarks

Lesley Curtis, PhD
Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MPH
Steven George, PT, PhD