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Recently Approved Studies

CSP 2023
Title: Preventing Liver Cancer Mortality through Imaging with Ultrasound vs. MRI (The PREMIUM Study)

Coordinating Center: West Haven

Study Chairs:
George Ioannou, MD, MSc – Seattle VA Medical Center

Tamar Taddei, MD – West Haven VA Medical Center

For further information, please email: george.ioannou@va.gov and tamar.taddei@va.gov  

CSP 2025
Topic: Heart Failure

Coordinating Center: West Haven

Study Proponent:
Scott L. Hummel, MD, MS
scott.hummel@va.gov

CSP 2026
Title: Beta Blocker Dialyzability on Cardiovascular Outcomes (BRAVO): Metoprolol Succinate vs Carvedilol for prevention of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in hemodialysis patients

Coordinating Center: Boston

Study Chairs:
Areef Ishani, MD, MS - Minneapolis VA Medical Center

James Kaufman, MD – New York Harbor VA Medical Center

For further information, please email: areef.ishani@va.gov and james.kaufman@va.gov

CSP 2037
Title: Veterans Affairs Learning Health System Initiative to Assess Novel Screening vs. Usual Care and Treatment with Apixaban vs. Rivaroxaban in Veterans with Atrial Fibrillation (VALIANT-AF) Trial

Coordinating Center: Boston

Study Chairs:
William E. Boden, MD – Boston VA Medical Center

Cara N. Pelligrini, MD – Palo Alto VA Medical Center

Paul A. Heidenreich, MD – San Francisco VA Medical Center

For further information, please email: william.boden@va.gov, cara.pelligrini@va.gov and paul.heidenreich@va.gov  



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