📣 We have results! In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Andrea Cheville and @DrJonTilburt of @MayoClinic will present “Boosting Peri-Operative Pain Care: Mixed Results (and Myriad Implications) From the NOHARM Pragmatic Trial.” Join us! #pctgr

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The study design paper for TAICHIKNEE, an NIH Collaboratory Trial, has been published in @BMJ_Open. Learn more about this pragmatic clinical trial of web-based tai chi for people with knee osteoarthritis pain. duke.is/pctnews20261102

📣 The second episode of our 4-part podcast series on pragmatic trial design is available now! Listen in as Greg Simon of @KPWaResearch and Sebastian Tong of @UWMedicine consider the value of pilot testing and assessing feasibility.

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📣 We have results! In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Margaret Kuklinski of @UW and Stacy Sterling of @KPDOR will present successes, challenges, and lessons learned from the Guiding Good Choices for Health (GGC4H) trial. Join us! #pctgr

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📣 Don’t miss the new 4-part educational podcast series demystifying embedded pragmatic trial design from @Collaboratory1.

Episode 1 sets the stage with NCCIH Director Wendy Weber and NIH Collaboratory investigators Adrian Hernandez and Leslie Curtis.

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📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, @DanielYazdi of UpDoc and @CedarsSinai will present “Agentic AI in Cardiovascular Care Delivery: UpDoc’s Approach to ARPA-H ADVOCATE.” Join us! #pctgr

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🎙️ NOW AVAILABLE: Episode 1 of our 4-part podcast series. Drawing on experience from the NIH Collaboratory Trials, experts share the latest wisdom in designing pragmatic trials that are feasible and capable of producing actionable evidence.

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📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, @texhern of @DCRINews and @DukeMedSchool will present “Catalyzing Change: How First-in-Patient Trials Can Fix U.S. Clinical Trials.” Join us! #pctgr

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An analysis of data from the GRACE trial found a mediating role of pain catastrophizing between depression and pain outcomes in adults with sickle cell disease and chronic pain. #nihHEALinitiative

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“EHR-enabled strategies that emphasize patient-centered decision-making and education may reduce opioid exposure while maintaining patient-centered outcomes, reinforcing the ongoing need for patient education to address opioid-related harms,” said Dr. Andrea Cheville.

In the OPTIMUM study, patients' prior experience with virtual doctor visits influenced their willingness to participate in a telehealth-delivered mindfulness program for chronic low back pain.

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📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Christoph Hornik of @DCRINews and Moulik Shah of @MaxisAIInc will present “An End-to-End Agentic AI Platform to Automate Clinical Trials: A Proof-of-Concept and Evaluation Study.” Join us! #pctgr

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In an article in Frontiers in Pain Research, the APA-SM team describes their approach to engaging patients, clinicians, and healthcare system administrators in codesigning a feasible, culturally relevant pain management program in rural settings. duke.is/pctnews20261006

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Diana Higgins and Alicia Heapy of @YaleMed will present “Self-Directed Versus Clinician-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain: Results From the COPES ExTRA Pragmatic Trial.” Join us! #pctgr

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Join experienced investigators from the NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory to learn essentials of dissemination and implementation in #pragmatictrials in our full-day workshop at @AcademyHealth's 19th Annual D&I Conference. #DIScience26

Register today! duke.is/pctnews20260929

In the NOHARM trial, published online in @JAMANetworkOpen, a strategy to promote nondrug pain management after surgery reduced exposure to opioids without worsening pain interference, physical function, and other patient-reported outcomes.

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📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Corey Bills of @CUMedicalSchool will discuss the PACT-ARROW study, which uses a master protocol for trials of prevention and treatment of infected traumatic wounds in hospitalized patients in Ukraine. Join us! #pctGR

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📣 Don’t miss the new 4-part educational podcast series demystifying embedded pragmatic trial design from @Collaboratory1. Episode 1 sets the stage with NCCIH Director Wendy Weber and NIH Collaboratory co-PIs @texhern and Lesley Curtis.

🔗 Listen now: duke.is/pctpod

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Corey Bills of @CUMedicalSchool will discuss the PACT-ARROW study, which uses a master protocol for trials of prevention and treatment of infected traumatic wounds in hospitalized patients in Ukraine. Join us! #pctGR

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The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory, a program advancing pragmatic trials of interventions for people living with #dementia, is seeking applicants for its 2027 Health Care Systems Scholars Program.

9/25: Info webinar 🧑🏽‍💻
11/5: Letter of intent 📩

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