Helping people with pain join HEAL clinical research
ICERCH-Supporting the HEAL Pain ERN
This project builds services to help people with pain find, enroll in, and stay in HEAL clinical trials.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Vanderbilt University Medical Center NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Nashville, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11173893 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would benefit from efforts that make it easier to join and stay in pain research across many sites. Vanderbilt is creating a central Recruitment Resource Center to work with HEAL Pain ERN teams to identify and reduce barriers to enrollment and retention. They will pilot tools like EHR-based screening, e-consent, embedding patients on study teams, and behavioral or social incentives, and track which approaches work best. Successful methods will be shared widely so more sites can use them.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are people experiencing pain who are eligible for one of the HEAL Pain ERN clinical studies and can consent and participate at a participating site.
Not a fit: People with pain conditions that are not included in the HEAL Pain ERN studies or who cannot access participating sites are unlikely to benefit directly.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could make it faster and fairer for people with pain to join and complete clinical trials, helping new treatments reach patients sooner.
How similar studies have performed: Some tools like EHR screening and e-consent have improved enrollment in prior trials, but combining these with patient-embedded teams and novel incentive strategies is still being refined.
Where this research is happening
Nashville, United States
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Harris, Paul a. — Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Study coordinator: Harris, Paul a.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.