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Project # Project Title Research Focus Area Research Program Administering IC Institution(s) Investigator(s) Location(s) Year Awarded
1RM1DA059375-01
HEAL Initiative: Research to Foster an Opioid Use Disorder Treatment System Patients Can Count On Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Optimizing the Quality, Reach, and Impact of Addiction Services NIDA RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE MARK, TAMI L Research Triangle Park, NC 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Research to Foster an Opioid Use Disorder Treatment System Patients Can Count On (RM1 - Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-046
Summary:

Although medication-based treatment for opioid use disorder can effectively reduce overdose risk and improve health outcomes, most people discontinue treatment too soon. Quality measures that inform opioid treatment programs about how many patients remain in treatment relative to peer programs could motivate those programs to pursue quality improvement activities, such as helping patients navigate logistical barriers to receiving treatment. This project will test approaches to developing and disseminating retention and outcome measures for opioid treatment programs.
1R61DA059880-01
Evaluation of a Peer Recovery Support Program Adapted to Target Retention in Clinic-Based Medication for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Optimizing the Quality, Reach, and Impact of Addiction Services NIDA GEISINGER CLINIC POULSEN, MELISSA (contact); ZAJAC, KRISTYN Danville, PA 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Translating Research to Practice to End the Overdose Crisis (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-053
Summary:

Medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) are safe and effective. However, many people do not take them long enough to achieve sustained recovery, putting them at risk of overdose. Peer recovery support services—which are delivered by trained individuals with lived experience of addiction and recovery—may help people with OUD initiate and stay in medication treatment. This project will adapt peer recovery support services for use in outpatient substance use treatment settings and test their implementation and effectiveness in helping people with OUD achieve long-term recovery. If successful, the program could be implemented in a variety of outpatient treatment programs, including in underserved rural areas.
1UG3DA059407-01
Towards Treatment for the Complex Patient: Investigations of Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound New Strategies to Prevent and Treat Opioid Addiction Optimizing Care for People with Opioid Use Disorder and Mental Health Conditions NIDA INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH, INC. LEE, MARY (contact); LEGON, WYNN Washington, D.C 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Therapeutics Development for Opioid Use Disorder in Patients with Co-occurring Mental Disorders (UG3/UH3 - Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-049
Summary:

Patients with opioid use disorder and co-occurring chronic pain and anxiety are at the highest risk for opioid overdose deaths. Low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU) is an innovative, noninvasive method that can be used to alter brain activity and potentially repair dysfunctional brain circuits involved in these disorders. This project will examine how LIFU directed to a small but critical brain region implicated in all three of these disorders, the anterior insula, can reduce drug craving, pain response, and anxiety symptoms as well as improve the physiological processes that may underlie the symptoms experienced by these patients.
1RF1NS131812-01A1
Targeting Checkpoint Inhibitors for Pain Control Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Treatment of Pain NINDS DUKE UNIVERSITY JI, RU-RONG Durham, NC 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Pain Treatment (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-22-034
Summary:

Immune checkpoint proteins regulate the immune system to prevent it from indiscriminately attacking cells. Some cancers activate these immune checkpoints to avoid attack, and drugs that target certain immune checkpoints are approved for cancer treatment. The same pathway may also be involved in pain because immune checkpoint proteins, such as programmed death 1 (PD-1) and the molecule that binds to it (programmed death ligand 1 [PD-L1]), also are found in sensory neurons, microglia, and macrophages. This project will investigate PD-1/PD-L1 in different cell populations to determine their contribution to pain and to the effects of opioids such as morphine. This knowledge may help identify new drugs for pain management that modify immune checkpoint activity.
1K99AR083482-01
Elucidating the Neuroimmune Mechanisms Underlying Pain and Inflammation in Autoimmune Arthritis Cross-Cutting Research Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL NIAMS BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL JAIN, AAKANKSHA Boston, MA 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative Advanced Postdoctoral-to-Independent Career Transition Award in PAIN and SUD Research (K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-22-022
Summary:

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease characterized by episodes of joint inflammation and pain. There are currently no safe and effective treatments that achieve long-term remission of the condition or the associated pain. Many patients use opioid medications to manage the pain and are at increased risk of developing opioid use disorder; therefore, additional treatment options are needed. In rheumatoid arthritis, pain-triggering sensory neurons interact with immune cells in the joints. This project aims to dissect the neuroimmune crosstalk underlying pain and inflammation in arthritic joints and uncover novel therapeutic avenues for this painful condition.