Study Name | Practices (n) | Study Design | Study Duration (months) | Central Sites | Status | Funding | Practice Change | Discontinued Practices (n) |
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Introduction of Spirometry into Primary Care | 18 | Before/after observational | 18 | OMC and AAFP NRN Care Net | Completed in 200620 | NHLBI | Using spirometry to evaluate patients with asthma and COPD | 1 (unable to enroll patients) |
TRIPPD (Translating Research into Primary Care Practice for Postpartum Depression) | 28 | Randomized controlled trial | 60 | OMC and AAFP NRN | Completed in 201021,22 | AHRQ | Introducing screening, diagnosis, and management support for postpartum depression | 4 (2 practices dissolved, 1 practice had long-term illness of local primary investigator, 1 practice could not meet enrollment goals) |
The Asthma Tools Study | 28 | Randomized controlled trial | 60 | OMC and AAFP NRN | In progress | AHRQ | Using new asthma tools in managing children and adults with asthma | 1 (Practice destroyed by tornado, unable to continue while trying to rebuild) |
BELT (Black Asthmatic's Exacerbations with LABA vs Tiotropium) | 30 | Randomized controlled trial | 36 | OMC, AAFP NRN, and Harvard Medical School | In progress23 | AHRQ | Assessing the impact on exacerbation rates of 2 classes of long-acting bronchodilators in black adults with asthma | 3 (1 practice unable to do work, 2 sites unable to meet enrollment goals) |
AAFP NRN, American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network; AHRQ, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; NHLBI, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; OMC, Olmsted Medical Center.