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Including All Populations in Pragmatic Clinical Trials

Posted on by Elizabeth Mccamic

Including All Populations in Pragmatic Clinical Trials

Description

While ePCTs have the potential to expand people's opportunity to participate in knowledge generation, gaps in access to healthcare mean some populations are still being left out. In this interview, Drs. Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, Rachel Gold, and Karen Khel discuss challenges and solutions for investigators as they strive to improve representativeness in research.

Speakers

Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor, Duke University School of Nursing
Community Health Improvement Core Co-chair

Rachel Gold, PhD, MPH
Kaiser Permanante Center for Health Research

Karen Kehl, PhD, RN, FPCN
National Institute of Nursing Research

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Keynote: Broadening Clinical Trial Populations: Why It’s Important and How Can We Improve

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Keynote: Broadening Clinical Trial Populations: Why It’s Important and How Can We Improve

Description

In this Keynote Presentation, Dr. Clyde Yancy offers ways to ensure all populations have access to pragmatic clinical trials. The path forward includes expanding recruitment and training of coordinator and investigator research teams, incorporating novel information technology strategies, revision of the informed consent process to match literacy levels, and education at the societal level to advance overall "research IQ."

Speaker

Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACC, FAHA, MACP, FHFSA
Vice Dean, Diversity and Inclusion, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

 

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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: Approaches for Patient and Community Engagement

Posted on by Damon Seils

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: Approaches for Patient and Community Engagement

Description

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Institute (PCORI) is an independent, non-profit research organization dedicated to funding real-world questions that will inform patients and other health care stakeholders. In this video, Dr. Anne Trontell, Associate Director of PCORI, shares the importance of early and continuous investment in engaging patients, stakeholders, and communities.

Speaker

Anne Trontell, MD, MPH
Associate Director in the Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science Program
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

 

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Reaching Rural Populations: BeatPain Utah

Posted on by Damon Seils

Reaching Rural Populations: BeatPain Utah

Description

Long-term solutions to disparities in health will involve focused partnerships and community engagement. In this video, the BeatPain Utah team shares their strategies for reaching and enrolling rural and frontier populations. Key characteristics of good partnerships are shared goals, mutual respect of expertise, and shared resources and data.

Speakers

Julie Fritz, PhD, PTHeadshot of Dr. Julie Fritz
Associate Dean for Research College of Health, School of Medicine, University of Utah
BeatPain Utah NIH Collaboratory Trial PI

David Wetter, PhD
Interim Chief, Division of Health System Innovation & Research, University of Utah

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Community-Based Participatory Research Practices in the GRACE Trial

Posted on by Damon Seils

Community-Based Participatory Research Practices in the GRACE Trial

Description

Building trust in communities is critical for long-term partnerships between patients and researchers. In this video, Dr. Judith Schlaeger, Co-PI of the GRACE Trial, describes her team's efforts to engage patients and community-based organizations.

Biography

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Judith Schlaeger, PhD, CNM, LAc, FACNM, FAAN
Associate Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
GRACE NIH Collaboratory Trial co-PI

 

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Ensuring Participant Representativeness: STOP CRC

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Ensuring Participant Representativeness: STOP CRC

Description

The STOP CRC trial investigators deployed many strategies to ensure the inclusion of all populations in their trial, including piloting the trial, refining the materials based on patient feedback, assembling an advisory board, and conducting plan-do-study-act cycles at the sites. This video describes their experiences with building partnerships throughout this process.

Biography

Amanda Petrik, PhD
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research

Gloria Coronado, PhD
Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research
STOP CRC NIH Collaboratory Trial co-PI

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Developing a Pipeline of Investigators: An Investigator Perspective

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Developing a Pipeline of Investigators: An Investigator Perspective

Description

In this video, Dr. Natalia Morone, PI of the OPTIMUM trial, describes her experience with developing a pipeline of faculty for research. She also describes the Career Education and Enhancement for Health Care Research program, designed for post-docs and early career faculty in health-related sciences.

Biography

Natalia Morone, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University
OPTIMUM NIH Collaboratory Trial PI

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Developing a Pipeline of Investigators and Leaders in Pragmatic Clinical Trials

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Developing a Pipeline of Investigators and Leaders in Pragmatic Clinical Trials

Description

In this video, Dr. George Manesh, Director of the Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science at NHLBI, shares how to increase the number of investigators and leaders in pragmatic clinical trials. He offers 5 key takeaways: start as early as possible, nurture a large pool of trainees, use funding mechanisms such as supplements, create mentor/mentee dyads, and use NIH clinical trial funding announcements that offer career development.

Speaker

George Mensah, MD, FACC
Director of The Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

 

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