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. 2015 Jan 6;24(5):1033–1041. doi: 10.1007/s11136-014-0893-3

Table 2.

PCORnet patient-powered research networks

Patient-powered research network Organization(s) Condition(s)
Multiple Sclerosis Patient-Powered Research Network Accelerated Cure Project for Multiple Sclerosis, Feinstein Kean, Life Data Systems Multiple sclerosis
Sleep-Apnea-Patient-Centered Outcomes Network (SA-PCON) PPRN American Sleep Apnea Association, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Group Health, Morehouse Medical School, NYU and Columbia, ResMed, Sleep Research Network Sleep apnea
ImproveCareNow: A Learning Health System for Children with Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, ICN Registry Pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
The COPD Patient-Powered Research Network COPD Foundation, CONCERT, COPD GENE Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CCFA Partners Patient-Powered Research Network Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, Chronology, Patients Know Best, Validic, University of North Carolina Inflammatory bowel disease
Arthritis Patient Partnership with Comparative Effectiveness Researchers (AR-PoWER PPRN) Global Healthy Living Foundation, University of Alabama CERTS, Creakyjoints, CORRONA, American College of Rheumatology Inflammatory arthritis
Mood Patient-Powered Research Network Massachusetts General Hospital, Partners Health Care System Major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder
The Health eHeart Alliance University of California, San Francisco, American Heart Association Cardiovascular health
American BRCA Outcomes and Utilization of Testing Patient-Powered Research Network (ABOUT Network) University of South Florida, FORCE, Michigan Dept. of Community Health, Genomics, and Genetic Disorders Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
ALD Connect, ALD Connect, Inc, Kennedy-Krieger Institute at JHU, Massachusetts General Hospital, Stanford University, University of Minnesota, University of Utah X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
NephCure Kidney Network for Patients with Nephrotic Syndrome Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, NephCure Foundation Primary Nephrotic Syndrome, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Minimal Change Disease, Membranous Nephropathy Multiple Sclerosis
Patients, Advocates and Rheumatology Teams Network for Research and Service (PARTNERS) Consortium Duke University, Arthritis Foundation, Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA), Friends of CARRA, Lupus Foundation of America, Pediatric Rheumatology Care & Outcomes Improvement Network (PR-COIN) Juvenile Rheumatic Disease
Rare Epilepsy Network (REN) Epilepsy Foundation, Columbia University, Research Triangle Institute Aicardi Syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, Hypothalamic Hamartoma, Dravet Syndrome, Tuberous Sclerosis
Community Engaged Network for All (CENA) Genetic Alliance, Inc, University of California Davis, University of California San Francisco Alstrom syndrome, Dyskeratosis congenital, Gaucher disease, Hepatitis, Inflammatory breast cancer, Joubert syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome and associated conditions, Psoriasis, Metachromatic leukodystrophy, Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Patient Research Connection: PI-Connect Immune Deficiency Foundation, Chronic Granulomatous Disease Association, SCID Angels for Life, Foundation Wiskott-Aldrich Foundation Primary immunodeficiency disease
The DuchenneConnect Patient-Report Registry Infrastructure Project Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, Patient Crossroads, Geisinger Health Systems, UCLA Duchenne and becker muscular dystrophy
Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Data Network Phelan-McDermod Syndrome foundation, Epilepsy Foundation, CMBI-Harvard Medical School Phelan-McDermid syndrome
The Vasculitis Patient-Powered Research Network University of Pennsylvania, U of South Florida, Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium, Vasculitis Foundation Vasculitis