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Project # | Project Title | Research Focus Area | Research Program | Administering IC Sort ascending | Institution(s) | Investigator(s) | Location(s) | Year Awarded |
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1OT2OD030208-01
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Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Data Platform | Office of the Director | UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO | GROSSMAN, ROBERT L. | CHICAGO, IL | 2020 | ||
NOFO Number: OTA-20-007
Summary: The HEAL Initiative is establishing a HEAL Data Ecosystem to help investigators manage and share HEAL-generated data, and quickly and efficiently disseminate HEAL results broadly to stakeholders. The HEAL Platform, built by the University of Chicago, will enable broad sharing of HEAL data by linking data stored in various locations, annotated and curated to various extents, to one central interface where studies, data, and digital assets can be discovered and accessed via metadata query. The Platform will also provide secure workspaces so that under appropriate conditions, data can be pulled from disparate repositories and computed on in the same cloud space, using tools and analytic suites provided within. The Platform team will collaborate closely with the HEAL Data Stewardship Group (Renascence Computing Institute at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and RTI, International) to meet the needs and goals of the HEAL Data Ecosystem. |
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3U2COD023375-07S1
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ACT-NOW Data Sustainability - ECHO Administrative Supplement | Cross-Cutting Research | Leveraging Existing and Real-Time Opioid and Pain Management Data | OD/ECHO | DUKE UNIVERSITY | SMITH, PHILLIP BRIAN; NEWBY, LAURA KRISTIN | Durham, NC | 2022 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Availability of Administrative Supplements for Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative awardees to make data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) through the HEAL Data Ecosystem
NOFO Number: NOT-OD-22-110 Summary: This research provides support to strengthen data management, data sharing, and data readiness efforts within the HEAL Initiative. This support further fosters collaboration among HEAL awardees and enables maximal data discoverability, interoperability, and reuse by aligning with the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles. It also provides an opportunity for existing HEAL Initiative award recipients to increase data “FAIR”-ness, participate in coordinated HEAL Initiative activities to build community around data sharing, and foster sustainability of HEAL Initiative digital assets. |
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5U2COD023375-04
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MFMU Network Administrative Supplement | Enhanced Outcomes for Infants and Children Exposed to Opioids | Advancing Clinical Trials in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (ACT NOW) | OD | Duke University | Smith, Brian | Durham, NC | 2019 |
NOFO Title: Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Coordinating Center (U2C)
NOFO Number: RFA-OD-16-006 |
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3U2COD023375-05S1
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ECHO ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT - NEONATAL OPIOID TRIALS | Enhanced Outcomes for Infants and Children Exposed to Opioids | Advancing Clinical Trials in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (ACT NOW) | OD | Duke University | Phillip Brian Smith | Durham, NC | 2020 |
NOFO Number: N/A
Summary: Due to the opioid misuse epidemic across the nation, more infants are being exposed to narcotics during fetal life and developing neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) in the neonatal period. Critical gaps remain in our knowledge with respect to best practices for identifying and managing infants with NOWS and no large-scale studies have been published on treatments undertaken and later outcomes of infants with NOWS. To address these gaps in knowledge, the Advancing Clinical Trials in Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (ACT NOW) study will evaluate treatment options and improve clinical care of infants with NAS/NOWS. This collaborative effort will conduct two trials: 1) Eating, Sleeping, Consoling for Neonatal Withdrawal (ESC-NOW): a Function-Based Assessment and Management Approach (ESC Study); and 2) Pragmatic, Randomized, Blinded Trial to Shorten Pharmacologic Treatment of Newborns With Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) (Weaning Study). |
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1OT2OD031940-01
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A Strategy for HEAL Federated Data Ecosystem | OD | UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL | AHALT, STANLEY CARLTON | Chapel Hill, NC | 2021 | ||
NOFO Number: OTA-21-002
Summary: The HEAL Initiative is establishing a HEAL Data Ecosystem to help investigators manage and share HEAL-generated data. A key principle underlying the HEAL Data Ecosystem strategy is to make those data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR). Renascence Computing Institute at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (RENCI) and RTI, International (RTI) [RENCI/RTI] are serving as the HEAL Data Stewardship Group to guide HEAL investigators as they prepare their data to connect to the HEAL Platform, a secure data access and computing environment that will leverage metadata query to provide access to data and digital assets stored in various disparate repositories. The HEAL Data Stewardship Group is engaging HEAL investigators to understand and enhance data management needs, provide tools, training, and best practices for making data FAIR, and understand and support valuable uses and reuses of HEAL data sharing via the Platform The HEAL Data Stewardship Group will collaborate closely with the HEAL Platform team at the University of Chicago to meet the needs and goals of the HEAL Data Ecosystem. |
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3R01LM010685-09S1
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BEYOND PHEWAS: RECOGNITION OF PHENOTYPE PATTERNS FOR DISCOVERY AND TRANSLATION - ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | NLM | VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Denny, Joshua C. | NASHVILLE, TN | 2018 | |
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-591 Summary: Genomic medicine offers hope for improved diagnostic methods and for more effective, patient-specific therapies. Genome-wide associated studies (GWAS) elucidate genetic markers that improve clinical understanding of risks and mechanisms for many diseases and conditions and that may ultimately guide diagnosis and therapy on a patient-specific basis. Previous phenome-wide association studies (PheWAS) established a systematic and efficient approach to identifying novel disease-variant associations and discovering pleiotropy using electronic health records (EHRs). This proposal will develop novel methods to identify associations based on patterns of phenotypes using a phenotype risk score (PheRS) methodology to systematically search for the influence of Mendelian disease variants on common disease. By doing so, it also creates a way to assess pathogenicity for rare variants and will identify patients at highest risk of having undiagnosed Mendelian disease. The project is enabled by large DNA biobanks coupled to de-identified copies of EHR. |
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1UG3NR019196-01
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Pain Response Evaluation of a Combined Intervention to Cope Effectively (PRECICE) | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network (ERN) | NINR | WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES | ANG, DENNIS CHUA | Winston-Salem, NC | 2020 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network: Clinical Trial Planning and Implementation Cooperative Agreement (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-19-021 Summary: Chronic musculoskeletal pain is common and often severe enough to be disabling. Some treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapies or analgesics may relieve pain for some, but not all patients. Combining effective therapies and providing support to ensure that patients are motivated to adhere to their treatment may prove to be more beneficial to patients than prescribing a drug or recommending a single non-pharmacological treatment. This study aims to evaluate a combination of complementary treatments and Registered Nurse (RN) support to motivate patients to use and maintain combined therapies. Some patients will receive phone-based motivational interviews with an RN to enhance their adherence to pain coping skills learned through web-based cognitive behavioral therapy in combination with duloxetine, a pain-relieving drug. Others will receive both treatments but will not receive support from an RN. The study aims to determine whether motivational nursing support enhances adherence to newly learned pain coping skills, and results in improved pain relief and physical function. |
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3R01NR015642-04S1
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SEVERE PAIN DURING WOUND CARE PROCEDURES: MODEL AND MECHANISMS | Clinical Research in Pain Management | NINR | University of Iowa | GARDNER, SUE E | Iowa City, IA | 2018 | |
NOFO Title: Chronic Wounds: Advancing the Science from Prevention to Healing (R01)
NOFO Number: RFA-NR-15-001 Summary: Wound care procedures (WCPs), such as dressing changes, cause moderate to severe pain in 74% of patients, nearly half of whom experience severe pain. Mainstay recommendations to prevent pain during WCPs have focused on either administration of preventive and procedural analgesia or use of expensive, non-adherent dressings. However, it is unclear which patients to target for analgesia or expensive dressings, leading to their inappropriate over- or underuse. To achieve the aims of the study, a comprehensive set of wound, patient, and biological factors will be measured concurrently with pain during a dressing change among a sample of 450 inpatients with open wounds. A predictive model will be developed and biological mechanisms will be examined using logistic regression. The proposed study has the potential to make significant contributions because clinicians will be able to target those patients requiring preventive pain control, thereby eliminating the spiraling impact of painful procedures on nociceptor sensitization. |
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1R61NR020845-01
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Equity Using Interventions for Pain and Depression (EQUIPD) | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Advancing Health Equity in Pain Management | NINR | INDIANA UNIV-PURDUE UNIV AT INDIANAPOLIS | MATTHIAS, MARIANNE | Indianapolis, IN | 2022 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Advancing Health Equity in Pain and Comorbidities (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-22-037 Summary: Opioid overdose deaths disproportionately affect Black individuals in the United States. While the use of complementary and integrative pain treatments is effective and widely recommended, Black pain patients (especially those who also have depression) face barriers to the use of these approaches. This project will refine, test, and prepare to implement a novel approach to overcoming these treatment barriers. The research will partner with and empower Black patients to find safe, effective pain treatments that best match their values, preferences, and lifestyles. |
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3R01NR016681-02S1
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MECHANISMS OF MUSIC THERAPY TO PALLIATE PAIN IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER | Clinical Research in Pain Management | NINR | DREXEL UNIVERSITY | BRADT, JOKE | Philadelphia, PA | 2018 | |
NOFO Title: Arts-Based Approaches in Palliative Care for Symptom Management (R01)
NOFO Number: PAR-14-294 Summary: This study addresses the public health problem of chronic pain as one of the most feared symptoms in people with cancer. Insufficient relief from pharmacological treatments and the fear of side effects are important reasons for the growing use of complementary pain management approaches in people with cancer. One such approach is music therapy. Although efficacy of music therapy for pain has been established, there are no mechanistic studies clarifying how it works in clinical populations. The overarching goals of this study are to 1) examine mediators and moderators hypothesized to account for the pain-reducing effects of interactive music therapy (IMT) in people with advanced cancer and chronic pain and 2) validate IMT’s theory of action. The results of this study will provide estimated effects sizes of IMT on the mediators and preliminary effect size estimates for the pain outcomes. This information will be instrumental in the development of a subsequent large-scale efficacy trial. |
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1R43NR017575-01A1
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Using Virtual Reality Psychological Therapy to Develop a Non-Opioid Chronic Pain Therapy | Cross-Cutting Research | Small Business Programs | NINR | COGNIFISENSE, INC. | BAEUERLE, TASSILO; CEKO, MARTA ; WEBSTER, LYNN | Sunnyvale, CA | 2019 |
NOFO Title: PHS 2017-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44])
NOFO Number: PA-17-302 Summary: Chronic pain affects over 100 million Americans, costing society about $600 billion annually. Despite numerous pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies, over 50% of chronic pain sufferers feel little control over their pain. CognifiSense has developed a patent-pending Virtual Reality Psychological Therapy (VRPT), which is designed to create lasting reduction of chronic pain by addressing the maladaptive learning processes driving pain chronification. VRPT is an experiential learning system, which provides the brain a new set of signals that teaches it that the pain is not as bad as it perceived and that it has greater control over the pain than it perceived. VRPT combines the immersive power and the ability to individualize the therapy of Virtual Reality with well-researched principles of self-distancing, self-efficacy, and extinction to retrain the brain. The goal of this study is to determine the clinical feasibility of VRPT in achieving a lasting reduction of chronic pain, establish brain mechanisms associated with treatment response, and collect comprehensive user feedback to enable further refinement of the current product prototype. CognifiSense's VRPT has the potential to be a significant clinical and business opportunity in the treatment of chronic pain. |
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1UG3NR020930-01
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Adapting and Implementing a Nurse Care Management Model to Care for Rural Patients with Chronic Pain | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Prevention and Management of Chronic Pain in Rural Populations | NINR | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | TONG, SEBASTIAN (contact); PATEL, KUSHANG | Seattle, WA | 2023 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Prevention and Management of Chronic Pain in Rural Populations (UG3/UH3, Clinical Trials Required)
NOFO Number: RFA-NR-23-001 Summary: People who live in rural areas have high rates of chronic pain and poor health outcomes and are less likely to receive evidence-based complementary and integrative treatments for chronic pain. This project will adapt a nurse care management model for use in health systems serving rural patients with chronic pain. The research aims to coordinate care, provide cognitive behavioral therapy, and refer patients to a remotely delivered exercise program. |
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1UG3NR020929-01
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Reaching Rural Veterans: Applying Mind-Body Skills for Pain Using a Whole Health Telehealth Intervention (RAMP-WH) | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Prevention and Management of Chronic Pain in Rural Populations | NINR | CENTER FOR VETERANS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION | BURGESS, DIANA J (contact); EVANS RONI L; HADLANDSMYTH, KATHERINE E | Minneapolis, MN | 2023 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Prevention and Management of Chronic Pain in Rural Populations (UG3/UH3, Clinical Trials Required)
NOFO Number: RFA-NR-23-001 Summary: This project addresses the significant challenge of providing evidence-based, non-pharmacologic pain management to veterans with chronic pain living in rural regions. This research will test whether an innovative, virtual complementary and integrative group-based treatment will improve rural veterans’ pain management, function, and well-being. The research will also devise, evaluate, and adapt strategies for implementing this intervention while working with the health care system, veteran patients, and communities. The scalable, 12-week intervention includes pain education, mindfulness, pain-specific exercises, and cognitive behavioral strategies. |
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1R01NS103350-01A1
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Regulation of Trigeminal Nociception by TRESK Channels | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Treatment of Pain | NINDS | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | CAO, YUQI | St. Louis, MO | 2018 |
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements for Validation of Novel Non-Addictive Pain Targets (Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-18-073 Summary: TWIK-related spinal cord K+ (TRESK) channel is abundantly expressed in all primary afferent neurons (PANs) in trigeminal ganglion (TG) and dorsal root ganglion (DRG), mediating background K+ currents and controlling the excitability of PANs. TRESK mutations cause migraine headache but not body pain in humans, suggesting that TG neurons are more vulnerable to TRESK dysfunctions. TRESK knock out (KO) mice exhibit more robust behavioral responses than wild-type controls in mouse models of trigeminal pain, especially headache. We will investigate the mechanisms through which TRESK dysfunction differentially affects TG and DRG neurons. Based on our preliminary finding that changes of endogenous TRESK activity correlate with changes of the excitability of TG neurons during estrous cycles in female mice, we will examine whether estrogen increases migraine susceptibility in women through inhibition of TRESK activity in TG neurons. We will test the hypothesis that frequent migraine attacks reduce TG TRESK currents. |
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3UH3NS113661-02S1
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Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subgenual Cingulate Cortex for the Treatment of Medically Refractory Chronic Low Back Pain | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Translating Discoveries into Effective Devices to Treat Pain | NINDS | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES | BARI, AUSAF; POURATIAN, NADER | Los Angeles, CA | 2020 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for PA-18-906 Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-20-023 Summary: A current obstacle to developing more effective therapies for chronic low back pain is the lack of clinical trials assessing the feasibility and potential effectiveness of promising new targets for neuromodulation. This project will explore the feasibility of using deep brain stimulation of a new brain target for treating chronic low back pain. The study will also explore imaging biomarkers in patients with chronic low back pain that can be used to predict whether someone is a candidate or may respond to deep brain stimulation therapy, to guide programming and patient selection for this therapy in the future. |
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1UG3NS115718-01
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Development of MRGPRX1 positive allosteric modulators as non-addictive therapies for neuropathic pain | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Development and Optimization of Non-Addictive Therapies to Treat Pain | NINDS | JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY | TSUKAMOTO, TAKASHI | Baltimore, NC | 2019 |
NOFO Title: Optimization of Non-addictive Therapies [Small Molecules and Biologics] to Treat Pain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-19-010 Summary: Although opioid-based analgesics have been proven effective in reducing the intensity of pain for many neuropathic pain conditions, their clinical utility is grossly limited due to the substantial risks involved in such therapy, including nausea, constipation, physical dependence, tolerance, and respiratory depression. Cumulative evidence suggests that human Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor X1 (MRGPRX1) is a promising target for pain with limited side effects due to its restricted expression in nociceptors within the peripheral nervous system; however, direct activation of MRGPRX1 at peripheral terminals is expected to induce itch side effects, limiting the therapeutic utility of orthosteric MRGPRX1 agonists. This finding led to the exploration of positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of MRGPRX1 to potentiate the effects of the endogenous agonists at the central terminals of sensory neurons without activating peripheral MRGPRX1. An intrathecal injection of a prototype MRGPRX1 PAM, ML382, effectively attenuated evoked, persistent, and spontaneous pain without causing itch side effects. The goal of this study is to develop a CNS-penetrant small-molecule MRGPRX1 PAM that can be given orally to treat neuropathic pain conditions. |
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1UG3NS127258-01A1
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A First-in-Class, Mechanism-Guided, Cell-Based Therapy for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Development and Optimization of Non-Addictive Therapies to Treat Pain | NINDS | CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU | CHENG, JIANGUO | Cleveland, OH | 2022 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Non-addictive Analgesic Therapeutics Development [Small Molecules and Biologics] to Treat Pain (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-21-010 Summary: Complex regional pain syndrome is one of the most disabling and difficult-to-treat chronic pain conditions. This project seeks to develop a novel, biological treatment for the condition using injected human bone marrow cells. that can form and repair skeletal tissues and control nervous and immune system activity. The research will determine the dose and source of clinical-grade bone marrow cells needed, toward the goal of submitting an Investigational New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that will enable further clinical study. |
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1RF1NS135504-01
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Development and Validation of a Porcine Model of Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Neuropathic Pain | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Development and Optimization of Non-Addictive Therapies to Treat Pain | NINDS | EMORY UNIVERSITY | FLOYD, CANDACE L (contact); DATTA, SANDEEP R; GENSEL, JOHN C | Atlanta, GA | 2023 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Development and Validation of Non-Rodent Mammalian Models of Pain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-22-070 Summary: One of the most debilitating consequences of spinal cord injury is the development of chronic neuropathic pain, which is difficult to manage with existing pain treatments. Animal models and behavioral assays that better reflect the conditions in humans are urgently needed to help in identification of novel pain treatments. This project aims to develop a new model of spinal cord injury-related neuropathic pain using pigs, because they are similar to humans in anatomy, size, metabolism, physiology, and the way their bodies process drugs. |
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3R01NS097880-02S1
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VALIDATION OF TARGETING MACROPHAGE-MEDIATED EVENTS IN THE DRG TO ALLEVIATE CHRONIC SPINAL CORD INJURY PAIN | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Treatment of Pain | NINDS | DREXEL UNIVERSITY | DETLOFF, MEGAN R | PHILADELPHIA, PA | 2019 |
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-591 Summary: Spinal cord injury (SCI) impairs sensory transmission and leads to chronic, debilitating neuropathic pain. While our understanding of the development of chronic pain has improved, the available therapeutics provide limited relief. We will examine the peripheral immune and inflammatory response. Secondary inflammation in response to SCI is a series of temporally ordered events: an acute, transient upregulation of chemokines, followed by the recruitment of monocytes/macrophages and generation of an inflammatory environment at the lesion site in the spinal cord, but also surrounding primary nociceptors in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG). These events precede neuropathic pain development. Previous work indicates that after SCI, macrophage presence in the DRG correlates with neuropathic pain. We propose to study: 1) whether the phenotype of macrophages that infiltrate the DRG is different than those that persist chronically after SCI and 2) how manipulation of macrophage phenotype affects nociceptor activity and pain development. |
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1R44NS115196-01
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A single dose long-acting non-addictive polymer conjugate formulation of buprenorphine that provides immediate and prolonged analgesia for post-operative pain | Cross-Cutting Research | Small Business Programs | NINDS | SERINA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | VIEGAS, TACEY XAVIER; MOREADITH, RANDALL W | Huntsville, AL | 2019 |
NOFO Title: PHS 2018-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: PA-18-574 Summary: SER-227 is a long-acting polymer pro-drug of buprenorphine that is being developed to treat post- operative pain following major surgeries such as bunionectomy, abdominoplasty, thoracotomy and knee and hip surgery. The ultimate goal is to demonstrate that SER-227 can be manufactured and tested preclinically to show that it is safe for use in a Phase I clinical study. Aims include 1.SER-227 chemistry and process optimization to generate a technical package, 2. SER-227 manufactured under current Good Manufacturing Practices, 3. Evaluated in formal toxicology studies in rodent and non-rodent animals so that justifications can be made to support a ‘first-in-man’ study, and 4. Submission of an Investigational New Drug application (IND) along with a Phase I clinical protocol in normal volunteers to measure the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of buprenorphine that is released from SER-227. |
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1UH3NS115647-01A1
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A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Epidural Conus Medullaris Stimulation to Alleviate Pain and Augment Rehabilitation in Patients with Subacute Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Translating Discoveries into Effective Devices to Treat Pain | NINDS | DUKE UNIVERSITY | LAD, SHIVANAND P | Durham, NC | 2020 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Clinical Devices to Treat Pain (UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-19-018 Summary: Pain is a major problem for spinal cord injury (SCI) patients that tends to persist and even worsen with time. No treatments are currently available to consistently relieve pain in SCI patients. This study will investigate the feasibility of Epidural Electrical Stimulation (EES) using the Abbott Proclaim? SCS system with two electrodes to treat neuropathic pain in patients with thoracic spinal cord injury. In this double-blind, prospective, randomized clinical trial, patients with subacute, traumatic, complete thoracic SCIs with American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale A will be randomized to receive either ?EES on? (treatment intervention) or ?EES off? (control intervention) of the target regions for pain control (lead overlying the spinal cord anatomy corresponding with their pain distribution) and neurorestoration (lead overlying the conus medullaris) as an adjunct to physical therapy. This study will help determine whether EES can help patients with SCI neuropathic pain and have more widespread clinical applicability. |
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1R21NS130409-01
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Novel Genetically Encoded Inhibitors to Probe Functional Logic of Cav-Beta Molecular Diversity | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Treatment of Pain | NINDS | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES | COLECRAFT, HENRY M | New York, NY | 2022 |
NOFO Title: Emergency Awards: HEAL Initiative-Early-Stage Discovery of New Pain and Opioid Use Disorder Targets Within the Understudied Druggable Proteome (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: TR22-011 Summary: High-voltage-gated calcium channels convert electrical signals into physiological responses. After a nerve injury, levels of these channels go down in some neurons in the dorsal root ganglia that communicates pain signals to and from the brain. This decline results in reduced flow of calcium that may underlie pain. This project will develop novel approaches to block these calcium channels p to further study their roles in controlling pain. |
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3R01NS103350-02S1
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REGULATION OF TRIGEMINAL NOCICEPTION BY TRESK CHANNELS | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Treatment of Pain | NINDS | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | CAO, YUQING | SAINT LOUIS, MO | 2019 |
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-591 Summary: TWIK-related spinal cord K+ (TRESK) channel is abundantly expressed in all primary afferent neurons (PANs) in trigeminal ganglion (TG) and dorsal root ganglion (DRG), mediating background K+ currents and controlling the excitability of PANs. TRESK mutations cause migraine headache but not body pain in humans, suggesting that TG neurons are more vulnerable to TRESK dysfunctions. TRESK knock out (KO) mice exhibit more robust behavioral responses than wild-type controls in mouse models of trigeminal pain, especially headache. We will investigate the mechanisms through which TRESK dysfunction differentially affects TG and DRG neurons. Based on our preliminary finding that changes of endogenous TRESK activity correlate with changes of the excitability of TG neurons during estrous cycles in female mice, we will examine whether estrogen increases migraine susceptibility in women through inhibition of TRESK activity in TG neurons. We will test the hypothesis that frequent migraine attacks reduce TG TRESK currents. |
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1K24NS126781-01
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Mentoring in discovery and validation of clinical chronic pain biomarkers | Clinical Research in Pain Management | NINDS | STANFORD UNIVERSITY | Mackey, Sean C | Stanford, CA | 2021 | |
NOFO Title: Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (Parent K24 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Number: PA-20-193 Summary: Enhancing the workforce of pain investigators and practitioners is a key goal of the NIH HEAL Initiative. This mentoring award will allow a selected investigator to train early career investigators in patient-oriented research focusing on the development of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for high-impact chronic pain. Mentoring activities will include training in designing and implementing pain research studies, preparing scientific papers and presentations, writing successful grant applications, the responsible conduct of research, and successful navigation of the academic process to achieve scientific independence. This training will allow mentees to advance their independent careers as pain researchers. |
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3U44NS115111-02S1
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High-Resolution, Spinal Cord Stimulation for Non-Opioid Treatment of Neuropathic Pain | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | NINDS | MICRO-LEADS, INC. | MCLAUGHLIN, BRYAN L | Somerville, MA | 2020 | |
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA18-591 Summary: This project aims to develop and clinically validate a 64-channel spinal cord stimulation therapy for treating chronic neuropathic pain of the lower extremities, groin, and lower back. With an increased channel count and the ability to precisely target medial and lateral structures of the spinal cord, the system will treat chronic pain with greater efficacy and reduced side effects. This project will pursue a safe, effective, and non-addictive treatment for neuropathic pain through the testing of enhanced HD64 active leads to be manufactured under GMP regulations. The leads will then undergo electrical, mechanical, biocompatibility, and sterilization testing before being tested in a 10-subject early feasibility study. |