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Project # Sort descending | Project Title | Research Focus Area | Research Program | Administering IC | Institution(s) | Investigator(s) | Location(s) | Year Awarded |
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3U19AR076737-01S1 | UCSF Core Center for Patient-centric Mechanistic Phenotyping in Chronic Low Back Pain | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Back Pain Consortium Research Program | NIAMS | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO | LOTZ, JEFFREY C. | San Francisco, CA | 2020 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for Administrative Supplements to Promote Training in Clinical Research on Pain (Admin Supp ? Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-20-044 Summary: Chronic low back pain is difficult to diagnose and treat effectively in part, because of the interplay of biophysical and psychosocial influences that complicate the relationship between impairment, disability, and pain. Psychological factors such as fear of movement and catastrophyzing can lead to compensatory movement patterns that affect movement biomechanics and paraspinal structure and function, driving further impairment, disrupting the balance between passive and active spine stabilizers, and reinforcing the patient?s perceived disability status. This study will support research to determine how psychological factors, spinal pathology, and perception of pain severity and disability status influence compensatory movement strategies, how movement biomechanics, psychological factors, and pain mechanisms relate to paraspinal muscle quality, and their relative changes during treatment. The supplement will provide training opportunities for skills in clinical pain management research. |
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3U19AR076737-01S2 | REACH Participant Diversity Program | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Back Pain Consortium Research Program | NIAMS | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO | LOTZ, JEFFREY C | San Francisco, CA | 2021 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements to Support Strategies to Increase Participant Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement in Clinical Studies
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-21-025 Summary: The University of California, San Francisco, as part of the Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program, has established a Core Center for Patient-centric Mechanistic Phenotyping in Chronic Low Back Pain (REACH). The main goal of REACH is to define different subtypes (phenotypes) of chronic low back pain as well as to identify underlying pain mechanisms that can lead to effective, personalized treatments for patients across all population subgroups. To achieve this goal, REACH is, or will be, participating in several clinical trials, and it is imperative that the patients participating in these trials reflect the diversity of the U.S. population. Therefore, this project seeks to adapt methods that have successfully improved minority participation in other settings as well as to develop and deploy digital strategies that can promote recruitment and engagement of patients from marginalized populations. |
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3U19TW007401-14S1 | EXPLORATION, CONSERVATION, & DEVELOPMENT OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY IN FIJI AND THE SOLOMON ISLANDS | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | FIC | GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | HAY, MARK E | ATLANTA, GA | 2018 | |
NOFO Title: Limited Competition: International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (U19)
NOFO Number: RFA-TW-13-001 Summary: This International Cooperative Biodiversity Group application aims to discover and develop small molecule drug leads from cultured marine microbes and diverse coral reef organisms collected from Fiji and the Solomon Islands. Drug discovery efforts will focus on four major disease areas of relevance to the United States and low- and middle-income countries: infectious disease, including tuberculosis and drug-resistant pathogens; neglected tropical diseases, including hookworms and roundworms; cancer; and neurodegenerative and central nervous system disorders. Screening in these therapeutic areas will be performed in collaboration with two major pharmaceutical companies, two highly respected academic groups, and various testing centers and government resources that are available to facilitate drug discovery and development. The acquisition of source material for this program will be linked to biotic surveys, informed by ecological investigations addressing the chemical mediation of biotic interactions, and enriched using ecology-based strategies designed to maximize secondary metabolite production and detection. |
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3U19TW008163-10S1 | DIVERSE DRUG LEAD COMPOUNDS FROM BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS IN PHILIPPINE MOLLUSKS | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | FIC | UNIVERSITY OF UTAH | HAYGOOD, MARGO GENEVIEVE | Salt Lake City, UT | 2018 | |
NOFO Title: Limited Competition: International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (U19)
NOFO Number: RFA-TW-13-001 Summary: The Philippine Mollusk Symbiont International Cooperative Biodiversity Group harnesses the vast biodiversity of the Philippines to discover new drugs to treat bacterial infections, parasitic infections, pain, and other neurological conditions and cancer, all of which are serious health problems in both the Philippines and the United States. The Republic of the Philippines represents a unique nexus of exceptional biodiversity, dense human population with pressing societal needs, consequent urgent need for conservation, and government commitment to education and technology to harness national human and natural resources for a sustainable future. Mollusks are one of the most diverse groups of marine animals, and their associated bacteria represent an unexplored trove of chemical diversity. Researchers will use an increasing understanding of the interactions between mollusk symbionts and their hosts to discover the most novel and useful molecules. The project will document and describe Philippine mollusk biodiversity and support training and infrastructure that provide the foundation for conservation of Philippine biodiversity. |
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3U19TW009872-05S1 | NOVEL THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FROM THE BACTERIAL SYMBIONTS OF BRAZILIAN INVERTEBRATES | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | FIC | HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL | CLARDY, JON; PUPO, MONICA T | Boston, MA | 2018 | |
NOFO Title: Limited Competition: International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (U19)
NOFO Number: RFA-TW-13-001 Summary: An International Cooperative Biodiversity Group with an interdisciplinary leadership team of physicians, pharmacologists, evolutionary biologists, and chemists will discover and develop therapeutic agents produced by Brazilian symbiotic bacteria. The team will target three therapeutic areas: 1) infectious fungal pathogens, 2) Chagas disease and leishmaniasis, and 3) cancers of the blood. All three areas represent major threats to human health that need to be addressed with new therapeutic agents. Internationally, invasive fungal diseases kill more people than malaria or TB, while Chagas disease imposes a special burden on Brazil, killing as many Brazilians as TB. Leishmaniasis has now passed Chagas disease in the Brazilian population. Despite major improvements in cancer chemotherapy, cancer is projected to result in 8 million deaths internationally this year (13% of all deaths, WHO) and an estimated 13 million per year by 2030. |
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3U24AR076730-01S1 | Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program Data Integration, Algorithm Development and Operations Management Center | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Back Pain Consortium Research Program | NIAMS | UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL | LAVANGE, LISA | Chapel Hill, NC | 2021 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements to Support Strategies to Increase Participant Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement in Clinical Studies
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-21-025 Summary: The NIH Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program brings together leading centers with expertise in studying and treating chronic low back pain to advance understanding of the mechanisms that underlie the condition and to identify novel treatment strategies. BACPAC is undertaking a multisite precision medicine clinical trial taking into account patient-specific information to understand which patients with chronic low back pain respond best to various nonopioid, evidence-based treatments. The trial seeks to enroll a racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse patient population to ensure that the results are applicable to all Americans with chronic low back pain. This project aims to develop comprehensive recruitment and retention plans for study sites that can recruit from historically underrepresented populations in clinical research (e.g., Black and Hispanic populations) and to provide dedicated financial resources to engage patients from these populations using tailored, culturally appropriate strategies. |
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3U24DK116214-02S1 | ILLUMINATING DRUGGABLE DARK MATTER | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | NIDDK | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO | MCMANUS, MICHAEL T; JAN, LILY Y | San Francisco, CA | 2018 | |
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-591 Summary: The goal of this project is to generate data and reagents that help uncover critical functions of the poorly characterized members of ion channels. It focuses on co-perturbation of ion channel genes and their interacting genetic components as opposed to singly altering ion channel genes in mouse models. This approach will validate our proteomics approaches in the most definitive manner: in vivo. We see in vivo exploration as an essential step to evaluate ion channel function. Our major aims include mapping ion channel interactions and complexes using a high-throughput proteomics platform at UCSF. These data will be interrogated using integrative approaches established by the Monarch Initiative, where biochemical interactions will be validated and prioritized for further study. Another major aim is function-centric: We use mouse models for elucidation of human disease mechanisms, where we embrace a genetic interaction scheme to uncover ion channel redundancy and polygenic effects. |
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3U24NS112873-03S2 | Clinical Coordinating Center for the Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures Program: Administrative Supplement | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures Program | NINDS | UNIVERSITY OF IOWA | SLUKA, KATHLEEN A | Iowa City, IA | 2021 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for Administrative Supplements to Support Career Enhancement Related to Clinical Research on Pain (Admin Supp – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-21-048 Summary: The Acute to Chronic Pain Signatures (A2CPS) Program aims to identify combinations of biomarkers that predict susceptibility or resilience to the development of chronic pain. This career enhancement award will help a promising postdoctoral trainee gain access to tools and develop skills needed to pursue a career in clinical pain research. The research involves conducting collaborative multi-site cohort studies and analyzing A2CPS data to determine if a combination of metabolic and psychosocial biomarkers can be used to explain pre-surgery differences in pain, function, and disability in patients with severe knee osteoarthritis. |
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3U24NS113784-01S1 | University of Rochester Hub and Spokes for the EPPIC Network - Specialized Clinical Center | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) | NINDS | UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER | MARKMAN, JOHN DOUGLAS | Rochester, NY | 2021 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for Administrative Supplements to Support Career Enhancement Related to Clinical Research on Pain (Admin Supp – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-21-048 Summary: Improving pain treatment for is a major goal of the NIH HEAL Initiative. This award supports an early career physician toward achieving a future in clinical pain research and in conducting phase II clinical trials focused on pain. Research activities will provide this individual with the skills needed to serve as a primary investigator for future clinical trials in chronic pain and will help to answer a key question that could improve the design of analgesic clinical trials for neurogenic intermittent claudication, a distinct form of chronic low back pain for which no available treatment exists. |
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3U24NS113844-02S1 | EPPIC-NET DCC | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) | NINDS | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | PETKOVA, EVA (contact); TROXEL, ANDREA B | New York, NY | 2021 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for PA-20-222: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-20-107 Summary: There is a clear public health imperative to improve the care and outcomes of people who experience severe acute and chronic pain. The Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) is charged with conducting deep phenotyping and biomarker studies for specific pain conditions – and with conducting high-quality phase II clinical trials to test novel non-opioid pain treatments with academic and industry partners. This research will extend EPPIC-Net’s current portfolio to develop novel and efficient data-analytic methodologies for complex medical data, such as those that are expected to be generated by the clinical trials conducted by EPPIC-Net. |
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3U24NS113844-03S1 | EPPIC-NET DCC | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) | NINDS | NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | TROXEL, ANDREA B (contact); YU, CHANG | New York, NY | 2021 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for PA-20-222: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-20-107 Summary: There is a clear public health imperative to improve the care and outcomes of people who experience severe acute and chronic pain. The Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) is charged with conducting deep phenotyping and biomarker studies for specific pain conditions – and with conducting high-quality phase II clinical trials to test novel non-opioid pain treatments with academic and industry partners. This research will extend EPPIC-Net’s current portfolio to develop novel and efficient data-analytic methodologies for complex medical data, such as those that are expected to be generated by the clinical trials conducted by EPPIC-Net. |
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3U24NS113849-01S1 | The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) EPPIC-Net Specialized Clinical Center | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) | NINDS | ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI | ROBINSON-PAPP, JESSICA | New York, NY | 2020 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for Administrative Supplements to Promote Training in Clinical Research on Pain (Admin Supp ? Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-20-044 Summary: Exacerbation of health disparities has emerged during the COVID 19 pandemic and highlighted the recognition that minority underrepresentation in clinical research may contribute to racial disparities in health outcomes. In clinical trials related to pain, disparities in trial patient inclusion are documented by white patients often being overrepresented. Mitigating these disparities is an area in which an early-career pain investigator training and contributions may have lasting benefits. The pandemic also drove rapid expansion of telehealth for pain management without knowledge of how social and demographic factors affect utilization patterns of this care delivery model. This supplement supports research to examine the extent to which disparities exist in access to and outcomes of telehealth in socially marginalized pain patients. Findings will be applied to enrich the diversity in clinical trial populations for phase 2 safety trials performed in the HEAL EPPIC Network. |
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3U24NS113850-03S1 | Clinical Coordinating Center for the Health Initiative in Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network - Murray Supplement | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) | NINDS | MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | FAVA, MAURIZIO (contact); EDWARDS, ROBERT R; RATHMELL, JAMES P | Boston, MA | 2021 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for Administrative Supplements to Support Career Enhancement Related to Clinical Research on Pain (Admin Supp – Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-21-048 Summary: Key goals of the NIH HEAL Initiative are improving non-opioid pain management and expanding the workforce of clinical researchers working on individualized pain treatments know as pain precision medicine. This award enables an exceptional early career clinician with the opportunity to obtain expertise with high-quality pain-related biomarker assessment methods and biomarker-informed clinical trial design. This research centers on eating-related gastrointestinal functional/motility pain disorders – an understudied area of clinical pain science – and will prepare the clinician to be a future leader in the clinical pain research community. |
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3U24NS114416-01S1 | Administrative Supplement to Support Strategies to Increase Participant Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement in EPPIC NET | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) | NINDS | DUKE UNIVERSITY | LIMKAKENG, ALEXANDER TAN | Durham, NC | 2021 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements to Support Strategies to Increase Participant Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement in Clinical Studies
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-21-025 Summary: A main goal of the NIH HEAL Initiative and the Early Phase Pain Intervention Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) is to improve non-opioid pain management. This award will leverage the resources at one of EPPIC-Net’s Specialized Clinical Centers by implementing and evaluating strategies to improve the engagement, recruitment, and retention of individuals from underserved racial/ethnic minority populations to participate in EPPIC-Net clinical trials. Since environmental, cultural, and genetic factors may account for observed differences in pain responses between racial and ethnic groups, enrollment of a diverse sample in pain research is crucial to obtain a complete understanding of the effectiveness of any proposed pain therapeutic intervention. The success of these activities will be evaluated, and a toolkit will be created to define best practices that can be by other EPPIC-Net sites and additional trials. |
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3U24NS114416-01S2 | Pre-Trial Implementation Study for Ketamine in Sickle Cell Disease | Cross-Cutting Research | Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL | NINDS | Duke University | LIMKAKENG, ALEXANDER TAN | Durham, NC | 2022 |
NOFO Title: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: PA21-071 Summary: There are significant and persistent gaps in knowledge about effective pain management for acute and chronic sickle cell pain. This is an area of relevant interest for the NIH HEAL Initiative's Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net). In order to provide guidance for hospital-based administration of the medication ketamine, this project will conduct a cross-sectional survey study of healthcare professionals within EPPIC-Net who provide care for people with sickle cell disease. This information can be used to design a clinical protocol for a multisite, randomized clinical trial of sub-anesthetic (low) doses of ketamine for challenging vaso-occlusive episodes (“pain crises”) in people with sickle cell disease. |
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3U24NS115678-01S1 | Increasing Diversity and Community Engagement in EPPIC-Net Research at the University of Washington | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) | NINDS | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | BACKONJA, MIROSLAV MISHA | Seattle, WA | 2021 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) regarding the Availability of Administrative Supplements to Support Strategies to Increase Participant Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement in Clinical Studies
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-21-025 Summary: A main goal of the NIH HEAL Initiative and the Early Phase Pain Intervention Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) is to improve pain management by discovering and validating biomarkers and non-opioid pain medications. This award will leverage the resources at the University of Washington’s EPPIC-Net’s Specialized Clinical Centers by implementing and evaluating strategies to improve the engagement, recruitment, and retention of individuals from underserved racial/ethnic minority populations to participate in EPPIC-Net clinical trials. The site’s network spans multiple states and specialties, allowing access to geographically and demographically diverse patient populations, including underrepresented and underserved populations. |
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3U24NS115691-01S1 | UPENN HEAL - Pain Clinical Trial Network Specialized Clinical Center | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) | NINDS | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | FARRAR, JOHN T | Philadelphia, PA | 2021 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for PA-20-222: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-20-107 Summary: A significant gap exists in understanding of the barriers blocking access to specialized care for children of color who experience headaches, as well as to understand and appreciate the impact of undertreatment on a child’s functional ability and quality of life. Long-term, this research aims to understand these barriers to care and test interventions to remedy disparities. As the first step, this project's primary objective is to identify socioeconomic and clinical factors that lead children experiencing headache to seek care in an emergency department in lieu of outpatient neurology care. The results of this research will help to inform efforts to reduce the negative effects of emergency department overuse in this population and guide them to potentially more appropriate outpatient care. |
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3U24TR001579-04S1 | TIN Supplement | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network (ERN) | NCATS | Vanderbilt University | Harris, Paul A | Nashville, TN | 2019 |
NOFO Title: Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Network Recruitment Innovation Centers (RICs)(U24)
NOFO Number: RFA-TR-15-004 |
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3U24TR001597-04S1 | TIN Supplement | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network (ERN) | NCATS | University of Utah | Dean, Jonathan Michael | Salt Lake City, UT | 2019 |
NOFO Title: CTSA Network - Trial Innovation Centers (TICs) (U24)
NOFO Number: RFA-TR-15-002 |
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3U24TR001608-04S1 | TIN Supplement | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network (ERN) | NCATS | Duke University | Benjamin, Daniel K. | Durham, NC | 2019 |
NOFO Title: CTSA Network - Trial Innovation Centers (TICs) (U24)
NOFO Number: RFA-TR-15-002 |
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3U24TR001609-04S1 | TIN Supplement | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network (ERN) | NCATS | Johns Hopkins University | Hanley, Daniel | Baltimore, MD | 2019 |
NOFO Title: CTSA Network - Trial Innovation Centers (TICs) (U24)
NOFO Number: RFA-TR-15-002 |
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3U44NS115111-02S1 | 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. |
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3U44NS115111-03S1 | 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 | 2021 | |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest to Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for PA-20-222: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-20-107 Summary: This research seeks to develop a high-resolution spinal cord stimulation therapy for treating chronic neuropathic pain of the lower extremities, groin, and lower back. Systems that use wireless communication methods require robust strategies to prevent various forms of cyberattacks on implantable devices. The focus of this project's research will be to develop a new cybersecurity risk-reduced architecture for Bluetooth low-energy implant communication. |
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3U44NS115692-01S1 | Development and Optimization of MNK Inhibitors for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Treatment of Pain | NINDS | 4E THERAPEUTICS INC. | SAHN, JAMES JEFFREY | Austin, TX | 2020 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest for HEAL Initiative: Request for Administrative Supplements to Existing Grants for Identification and Validation of New Pain and Opioid Use Disorder Targets within the Understudied Druggable Genome
NOFO Number: NOT-TR-20-008 Summary: There is an urgent unmet need for more efficacious analgesics that act via a non-opioid pathway. Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase-interacting kinase 2 (MNK2) is an enzyme that has been implicated in pain signaling, and there is compelling evidence that inhibiting MNK2 has significant pain-reducing effects with few side-effects. Since MNK2 selective inhibitors have not yet been identified, selective inhibition of MNK2 with a small molecule has not been possible. The development of such compounds will enable studies that will illuminate key differences between MNK2 and MNK1. More importantly, from a therapeutic standpoint, highly selective MNK2 inhibitors may prove to have enhanced efficacy and a more favorable side-effect profile than molecules that inhibit both MNK2 and MNK1. This project will support the design and synthesis of at least one MNK2 inhibitor, with >100-fold selectivity over MNK1, that may be developed into a lead compound for treating neuropathic pain. |
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3UG1CA189824-06S1 | Implementing and Evaluating mHealth Pain Coping Skills Training Interventions to Improve Self-Management of Chronic Pain in Cancer Survivors in “Real World” Clinical Practice Setting | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network (ERN) | NCI | Wake Forest NCORP Research Base | Lesser, Glenn | Winston-Salem, NC | 2019 |
NOFO Title: NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Bases (UG1 Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Number: RFA-CA-18-015 Summary: Pain Coping Skills Training (PCST) uses a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach to teach patients cognitive and behavioral coping skills shown to reduce pain and pain interference (e.g., relaxation, distraction, cognitive restructuring, activity pacing). Randomized controlled trials show that PCST and similar CBT-based interventions, when delivered in a traditional in-person format, can improve pain and functioning in people with cancer and other conditions. Yet these interventions are underused in clinical care due to barriers such as high resource costs, a shortage of therapists trained to deliver them, and travel requirements for patients. This trial aims to deliver evidence-based behavioral pain interventions such as PCST with methods capable of overcoming barriers currently limiting patient access. This will be investigated using a two-arm trial comparing pain relief with the following interventions: painTRAINER in clinic with eight web-based follow-up sessions; enhanced usual care. |