NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory

This week, our friends at the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory will host @SMorain of the @bermaninstitute for a Grand Rounds presentation on ePCTs and health systems’ ethical obligations. Join us! 🔗 duke.is/ptcnews20260520

Last month, we held our 2026 Annual Steering Committee Meeting. We're glad to share highlights from the meeting, including this conversation with Coordinating Center co-PI Kevin Weinfurt and former FDA Commissioner Robert Califf. ➡️ duke.is/pctnews20260519.

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, @NeoAnup of the Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns will present “The Importance of Choosing the Right Outcomes: How to Improve Interpretability of Randomized Trials.” Join us! #pctgr 🔗 duke.is/pctnews20260513

A validation study from I CAN DO Surgical ACP, an NIH Collaboratory Trial, demonstrated the feasibility and acceptability of the trial's patient portal messaging intervention. Learn more ➡️ duke.is/pctnews20260512

The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory recently announced its 2026 ePCT Planning Grant Program. Learn more about this funding opportunity for planning #pragmatictrials in #dementia care embedded in healthcare systems. duke.is/pctnews20260511

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Charles Scales of @DCRINews and @DukeMedSchool will present “Prevention of Urinary Stones With Hydration: A Randomized Adherence Trial.” Join us! #pctgr 🔗 duke.is/pctnews20260506

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Sebastian Tong and Kushang Patel of @UW will present “Adapting & Implementing a Nurse Care Management Model to Care for Rural Patients With Chronic Pain: Lessons Learned From the Feasibility Phase.” Join us! #pctgr 🔗 duke.is/pctnews20260501

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Jennifer Kawi and Hulin Wu of @UTHealthHouston and Jane Bolin of @TAMU will present key insights from the APA-SM UG3 trial and the path forward for the UH3. Join us! #pctgr 🔗 duke.is/pctnews20260422

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Roy Perlis of @HarvardMed and @JAMAplusAI will present "Keeping a Human in the Loop: Scientific Publishing and AI." Join us! #pctgr 🔗 duke.is/pctnews20260415

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, @jlauffen of @HarvardMed will present "Impact of Behavioral Science-Based Electronic Health Record Tools on Deprescribing for Older Adults." Join us! #pctgr 🔗 duke.is/pctnews20260408

In FM-TIPS, an NIH Collaboratory Trial, adding TENS to routine physical therapy reduced pain for patients with #fibromyalgia. Read more about the results of this innovative pragmatic clinical trial. duke.is/pctnews20260402

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Nestoras Mathioudakis of @HopkinsMedicine will present "AI for Diabetes Prevention." Join us! #pctgr 🔗 duke.is/pctnews20260401

ICYMI Our recent podcast episode with Dr. David Zaas stressed the need for investment and structural change in healthcare systems to support outstanding, evidence-based clinical care. 🎙️ Listen now: duke.is/pctpodcast2026…

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Sarah L. Cutrona of @UMassChan will present "Text Messaging and Video Stories to Support Hypertension Self-Management in Black Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial." Join us! #pctgr 🔗 duke.is/pctnews20260325

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Lauralyn McIntyre and Monica Taljaard of @uOttawa will present "FLUID: A Cross-Over Trial of Hospital Wide Ringer’s Lactate vs Normal Saline." Join us! #pctgr 🔗 duke.is/pctnews20260318

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, John A. Dodson of @nyulangone Health will present "Behavioral Economics and Medication Adherence for Hypertension: A Randomized Clinical Trial." Join us! #pctgr 🔗 duke.is/pctnews20260311

Register today for our preconference workshop, "Innovations in Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials," at the Society for Clinical Trials @SCTorg 47th Annual Meeting in Phoenix. #SCT2026 duke.is/pctnews20260310

A pilot study of AIM-CP, an NIH Collaboratory Trial, showed that an integrated nurse care management model is a feasible and effective way to deliver nonpharmacological chronic pain treatment to patients in rural communities. #pragmatictrials duke.is/pctnews20260309

📣 In this week's PCT Grand Rounds, Christopher C. Butler of @UniofOxford will share lessons learned and developments from large-scale European adaptive platform trials of therapeutics for acute respiratory infections. Join us! #pctgr 🔗 duke.is/pctnews20260304

Registration is now open for our preconference workshop at the Society for Clinical Trials 47th Annual Meeting. Join us for this introduction to the design, conduct, and implementation of pragmatic clinical trials embedded in healthcare systems. ➡️ duke.is/pctnews20260302