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Project # Project Title Research Focus Area Research Program Administering IC Sort descending Institution(s) Investigator(s) Location(s) Year Awarded
3UG1DA013035-17S7
Optimizing Retention, Duration and Discontinuation Strategies for Opioid Use Disorder Pharmacotherapy New Strategies to Prevent and Treat Opioid Addiction Optimizing the Duration, Retention, and Discontinuation of Medication Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder NIDA New York University School of Medicine ROTROSEN, JOHN P New York, NY 2019
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-591
Summary:

This study will (1) test pharmacologic and behavioral strategies to improve OUD pharmacotherapy treatment retention and to improve outcomes among patients who have been successfully stabilized on OUD medications and want to stop medication and (2) identify predictors of successful outcome and develop a stage model of relapse risk.

2R44DA041912-03
COMPLETION OF IND-PACKAGE FOR A NOVEL, NON-NARCOTIC PAINKILLER Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA Blue Therapeutics, Inc. Yekkirala, Ajay S CAMBRIDGE, MA 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:

Opioids like morphine and hydrocodone are generally the most effective therapeutics for treatment of moderate to severe pain. However, their use is limited by serious side effects: tolerance, constipation, respiratory depression, physical dependence, and high addictive potential. Alternative pain relievers with the analgesic potency of conventional opioids, but devoid of narcotic side effects, are an immediate need. The goal of this project is to develop and commercialize an alternative to conventional opioid analgesics with reduced side effects and without the addictive properties common to mu-opioid agonists, targeting a new molecule in the central nervous system. This project will perform the necessary preliminary studies to prepare this new molecule for an investigational new drug application with the FDA.

1U01DA055347-01
6/6 HBCD Prenatal Experiences and Longitudinal Development (PRELUDE) Consortium Vanderbilt Enhanced Outcomes for Infants and Children Exposed to Opioids HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (HBCD) NIDA VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY CUTTING, LAURIE E (contact); OSMUNDSON, SARAH SCHEIDERICH Vanderbilt, TN 2021
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (Collaborative U01- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-21-020
Summary:

The objective of the HBCD PRELUDE (Prenatal Experiences and Longitudinal Development) multi-site consortium is to characterize typical brain development from birth through childhood. All sites in this consortium will measure the influence of key biological and environmental factors on child social, cognitive, and emotional development. Researchers will assess how prenatal exposure to opioids and other substances, as well as other adverse environmental factors, affect brain development and other child health outcomes. The Vanderbilt University site will enroll a diverse sample of mother-infant dyads reflective of the racial, ethnic, and economic composition of the demographics of Tennessee, including rural areas dramatically affected by the opioid crisis.

1UG3DA057853-01
Naltrexone Transdermal Patch - An Accessible, Patient-Focused Option to Treat OUD Relapse Novel Therapeutic Options for Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Focusing Medication Development to Prevent and Treat Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose NIDA LIBERO PHARMA LIMITED GARDINER, ANDREW Edinburgh, United Kingdom 2022
NOFO Title: Development of Medications to Prevent and Treat Opioid Use Disorders and Overdose (UG3/UH3)
NOFO Number: PAR-20-092​
Summary:

Naltrexone is the only medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent relapse from opioid use disorder. This medication remains underused because it must be injected into muscle by a nurse and is relatively expensive. This project will develop and test a novel naltrexone skin patch that is easier to use, more comfortable, and inexpensive.

3U24DA055330-03S1  
HEALthy Brain and Child Development National Consortium Data Coordinating Center Enhanced Outcomes for Infants and Children Exposed to Opioids HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (HBCD) NIDA WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SMYSER, CHRISTOPHER DANIEL (contact); FAIR, DAMIEN A Saint Louis, MO 2023
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): HEAL Initiative: Biospecimen Collection in Pregnancy
NOFO Number: NOT-DA-23-005
Summary:

Opioid use during pregnancy is associated with adverse outcomes for pregnant individuals and offspring. The mechanisms through which these outcomes arise and the consequences of prenatal opioid exposure on child health and development remain largely unexplored. The HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study is a nationwide longitudinal prospective study of early child development that will assess a broad spectrum of biological, behavioral, social, and health factors among 7,500 pregnant women and their children from pregnancy to mid-childhood. This supplement will expand the biospecimen collection of the HBCD protocol at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to include delivery specimens (placenta, cord tissue, and cord blood). This will provide an unprecedented resource-generating opportunity for the larger scientific community to comprehensively evaluate mechanisms that mediate the connection between substance use during pregnancy and adverse neonatal, infant, and/or maternal health outcomes and inform innovative preventive strategies.