Driving Tomorrow’s Outcomes Through Clinical Research in Real-World Settings: Essentials of Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials: AcademyHealth (June 2023)

June 23-24, 2023: This workshop introduced concepts in the design, conduct, and implementation of embedded pragmatic clinical trials, with a focus on methods relevant to health services researchers, while providing firsthand experiences and case studies from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory Trials.

Agenda and Slides

Day 1: June 23

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Kevin Weinfurt, PhD

Session 1: What are Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials (ePCTs)?
Wendy Weber, ND, PhD, MPH

Session 2: Engaging Stakeholders and Aligning With Health System Partners
Emily O’Brien, PhD

Session 3: Objectives and Trial Design: An Overview of Hybrid Designs
Hayden Bosworth, PhD

Session 4: Measuring Outcomes
Emily O’Brien, PhD

Session 5: ePCT Design
Patrick Heagerty, PhD

Session 6: ePCT Analysis
Patrick Heagerty, PhD

Session 7: ePCTs in Context: Small Group Work Followed by Panel Discussion with NIH Collaboratory Trial PIs
Moderator: Kevin Weinfurt, PhD
Panel: Margaret Kuklinski, PhD; Angelo Volandes, MD; Michael Parchman, MD

Closing Remarks

Kevin Weinfurt, PhD