Rural and Frontier Primary Care Clinical Trials Network
The Primary Care Rural and Frontier Clinical Trials Innovation Center (PRaCTICe)
This network helps bring NIH clinical trials to people who get primary care at rural and frontier clinics in the Pacific Northwest.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Oregon Health & Science University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Portland, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11376385 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
This effort partners regional primary care networks and their clinical research programs to support trials in rural communities. They work with local clinics on community engagement, patient recruitment, data coordination, and sharing results back to communities. The team helps enroll people into existing NIH studies and codesign future studies that matter to rural patients and clinics. The program builds on years of prior work with hundreds of rural clinics to make research easier to join locally.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are people who receive primary care at one of the participating rural or frontier clinics in Oregon or the WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho) and who meet eligibility for the specific trials run through the network.
Not a fit: Patients who do not get care at participating clinics or whose health conditions do not match any active trials are unlikely to benefit directly from this network.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, it could give rural patients easier local access to NIH clinical trials and lead to studies that better address their community health needs.
How similar studies have performed: This builds on over two decades of partnerships and nearly 100 clinic-based research studies since 2019, so similar site-support approaches have successfully helped enroll rural participants.
Where this research is happening
Portland, United States
- Oregon Health & Science University — Portland, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Davis, Melinda Marie — Oregon Health & Science University
- Study coordinator: Davis, Melinda Marie
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.