Evidence Generation Awards

ARRA Awards

Recovery Act funds will be used to establish a coordinated national investment in practical/pragmatic comparative effectiveness research. Select for a fact sheet on this topic. This will be accomplished through the following endeavors:

1. Clinical and Health Outcomes Initiative in Comparative Effectiveness (CHOICE) Studies

Award Type: Grants
Awardees:

• Back Pain Outcomes Using Longitudinal Data (BOLD)
  Jeffrey G. Jarvik, University of Washington (R01 HS19222-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to Grants On-Line Database (GOLD): http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19222-01
• BELT: Blacks & Exacerbations on LABA vs. Tiotropium
  Elliot Israel, Harvard Clinical Research Institute (R01 HS19408-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19408-01
• Comparative Effectiveness of Environmental Intervention and Standard Care
  Emily Dimango, Columbia University Health Sciences (R01 HS19384-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19384-01
• Comparative Effectiveness Study for Bipolar Disorder
  Andrew A. Nierenberg, Massachusetts General Hospital (R01 HS19371-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19371-01
• Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments for Localized Prostate Cancer
  David F. Penson, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (1 R01 HS019356-01)
  Award Date: August 12, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19356-01
• Comparative Effectiveness of Diabetes Prevention Strategies in Women with Gestational Diabetes
  Assiamira Ferrara, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (R01 HS19367-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19367-01
• Project CLEAR—Changing Lives by Eradicating Antibiotic Resistance
  Susan S. Huang, University of California Irvine (R01 HS19388-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19388-01
• Promoting Adherence to Improve Effectiveness of Cardiovascular Disease Therapies
  William M. Vollmer, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (R01 HS19341-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19341-01
• RESCUE: Randomized Evaluation of Patients with Stable Angina Comparing Utilization
  Arthur E. Stillman, American College of Radiology (R01 HS19403-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19403-01
• RCT of US versus CT for Patients in the ED with Suspected Renal Colic
  Rebecca Smith-Bindman, University of California San Francisco, (R01 HS19312-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19312-01
• Variations in Care: Comparing Heart Failure Care Transit
  Michael K. Ong, University of California Los Angeles (R01 HS19311-01)
  Award Date: September 1, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19311-01
• Wound EMR to Decrease Limb Amputations in Persons with Diabetes
  Harold Brem, New York University School of Medicine (R01 HS19218-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19218-01

E-mail comments: ARRA_Support@AHRQ.HHS.GOV

2. Request for Registries

Awardee: Academy Health Electronic Data Methods (EDM) Forum for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Erin C. Holve, Academy Health (U13 HS19564-01)
Award Date: August 31, 2010
Award Type: Grant
Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=U13+HS19564-01
E-mail comments: ARRA_Support@AHRQ.HHS.GOV

3. DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) Network Consortium Support

Award Type: Contracts
Awardees:

• Brigham and Women's Hospital
  ARRA "Decide Methods Center (DMC)"
  Award Amount: $3,934,148
  Award Date: July 19, 2010
  Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/HHSA29020050016I.html
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
  Comparing the Long-term and Real-world Effectiveness of Initial Management Strategies for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
  Award Amount: $3,040,076
  Award Date: July 15, 2010
  Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html
• Duke University
  Comparative Effectiveness of Therapies for Heart Failure
  Award Amount: $2,073,232
  Award Date: July 15, 2010
  Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html
• Johns Hopkins University
  Comparative Effectiveness Studies to Improve Patient Outcomes in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
  Award Amount: $4,556,778
  Award Date: July 15, 2010
  Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html
• Outcome Sciences, Inc.
  Comparing the Effectiveness of Treatment Strategies for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
  Award Amount: $4,055,617
  Award Date: July 15, 2010
  Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Comparative Effectiveness of Intravenous Iron Formulations in End-Stage Renal Disease
  Award Amount: $2,836,647
  Award Date: July 15, 2010
  Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Comparative Effectiveness of Management Options for Localized Prostate Cancer
  Award Amount: $3,378,263
  Award Date: July 15, 2010
  Link to Award: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/AHRQ/DCM/Awards/MultipleTaskOrders.html

E-mail comments: ARRA_Support@AHRQ.HHS.GOV

4. PROSPECT Studies

Award Type: Grants
Awardees:

• Comparative Outcomes Management with Electronic Data Technology (COMET) Study
  Clete A. Kushida, Stanford University (R01 HS19738-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19738-01
• Enhancing Clinical Effectiveness Research with Natural Language Processing of EMR
  Brian L. Hazlehurst, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (R01 HS19828-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19828-01
• Indiana PROSPECT
  J. M. Overhage, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (R01 HS19818-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19818-01
• Multi-Institutional Consortium for CER in Diabetes Treatment and Prevention
  Joseph V. Selby, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute (R01 HS19859-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19859-01
• The Population-Based Effectiveness in Asthma and Lung Disease
  Tracy A. Lieu, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. (R01 HS19669-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19669-01
• Washington Heights Initiative Community-based Comparative Effectiveness Research
  Adam B. Wilcox, Columbia University Health Sciences (R01 HS19853-01)
  Award Date: September 30, 2010
  Link to GOLD: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/grant_summary.jsp?grant=R01+HS19853-01

E-mail comments: ARRA_Support@AHRQ.HHS.GOV