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Project # Project Title Research Focus Area Research Program Administering IC Institution(s) Investigator(s) Location(s) Year Awarded
1U44NS115111-01
High-Resolution, Spinal Cord Stimulation for Non-Opioid Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management Translating Discoveries into Effective Devices to Treat Pain NINDS MICRO-LEADS, INC. MCLAUGHLIN, BRYAN L Somerville, MA 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Translational Devices to Treat Pain (U44 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-19-017
Summary:

The research team will develop HD64—a high-resolution, 64-channel spinal cord stimulation therapy to provide more pain relief for those suffering from chronic neuropathic pain and opioid dependence. HD64 provides an ultra-thin conformal blanket of stimulation contacts across the width of the spinal cord and enables more precise targeting of the lateral structures of the spinal cord to enhance pain relief. A cadaveric pilot run followed by a non-significant risk intraoperative study will be performed to inform the design parameters of HD64 arrays. The study will evaluate activation of medial and lateral spinal targets. At the end of Phase 1, the clinical feasibility of HD64 surgical leads will be established. In Phase 2, researchers will develop an external active lead pulse generator and charger. They will perform an early feasibility study human trial using active HD64 and mechanical and electrical design verification testing and chronic safety studies in large animals.
3U54DA038999-05S1
MEDICATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR COCAINE USE DISORDER Novel Therapeutic Options for Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose NIDA VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MOELLER, FREDERICK GERARD Richmond, VA 2018
NOFO Title: Medications Development Centers of Excellence Cooperative Program (U54)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-15-003
Summary:

This U54 Center will use translational research from brain to bedside as a tool for medication development in cocaine use disorder. Preclinical and early phase I clinical PK/PD data will provide information for go/no-go decisions on phase II–III clinical trials with medications that show promise for cocaine use disorder. The overall goal of this research is to create a center that can provide important preclinical and early phase I clinical data to NIDA and pharmaceutical industry partners on novel compounds for cocaine use disorder. The aims related to the theme of the center will be achieved through two cores and three projects: The Administrative Core serves as a general resource for the other projects and the Educational Core, including oversight of fiscal and compliance matters, and will oversee interactions with outside entities, including NIDA and the pharmaceutical industry. The Educational Core will focus on training translational researchers for medication development for addictions across the two institutions.
1R61AT010802-01
A Mindfulness and Peer Mentoring Program to Improve Adherence to Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Behavioral Research to Improve Medication-Based Treatment NCCIH Univ of Alabama MUMBA, MERCY N Tuscaloosa, AL 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Behavioral Research to Improve MAT: Behavioral and Social Interventions to Improve Adherence to Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-AT-19-006
Summary:

There is evidence that combining mindfulness-based interventions and peer recovery support services with medication-assisted therapy (MAT) to treat opioid use disorders (OUD) reduces substance use, cravings, symptoms of depression and anxiety, and relapse rates, and improves treatment retention, and relationships with treatment providers and social supports. The goal of the present study is to determine the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention that also utilizes peer mentors in addition to professional substance abuse therapists (the Minds and Mentors program [MiMP]) in improving adherence to MAT for OUD and reducing relapse rates in a sample of individuals with OUD who are also on MAT versus a 12-step facilitation (TSF) program. The study hypothesizes that participants in MiMP will demonstrate better adherence; reduced relapse and cravings (primary outcomes measures); reduced depression, anxiety, and stress; improved social support (secondary outcomes measures); and reduced cortisol levels and reactivity to drug cues (exploratory outcome measures).
1UG1DA049468-01
New Mexico Clinical Trials Node: Clinical research and practice to address substance use in diverse, rural and underserved populations Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Enhancing the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network to Address Opioids NIDA UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR PAGE, KIMBERLY; KOMAROMY, MIRIAM Albuquerque, NM 2019
NOFO Title: The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-008
Summary:

New Mexico (NM) is an epicenter of the opioid crisis in the United States. Many challenging social determinants, including poverty and unemployment, contribute to high rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) in NM. The aims of the NM node are to (1) develop and maintain a highly efficient platform to conduct clinical trials that will inform evidence-based prevention and treatment of OUD; (2) collaborate on and lead research that addresses and improves outcomes across the OUD Cascade of Care (CoC); and (3) promote uptake of best practices in OUD prevention and care in NM and nationwide through effective dissemination of evidence-based innovations. NM node research will ensure the development of robust and generalizable methods for prevention, identification, and treatment of OUD, including evaluation and modification of the CoC to expand the local and national knowledge base.
2R44DA044062-02
LEVERAGING PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS WITHIN SOCIAL NETWORKS TO MAXIMIZE DRUG ANDALCOHOL TREATMENT EFFICACY AND RELAPSE PREVENTION Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA Sober Grid Pesce, Christopher Neil Boston, MA 2019
NOFO Title: PHS 2018-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Number: PA-18-573
Summary:

Sober Grid™ has developed a smartphone-based mobile application currently in use by more than 120,000 individuals worldwide who are in, or seeking, recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The “Grid,” as it is known, is a mobile-based, social recovery community providing rapid context-specific peer support, efficient help seeking, motivational enhancement exercises, and member ratings of support content—all aimed to prevent relapse. The overarching goal of this phase II project is to extend the current capabilities of the Sober Grid app to achieve a comprehensive social recovery support app featuring intelligent, context-appropriate resource matching and 24/7 rapid-response peer coaching that is effective in reducing disordered substance use and is cost-effective. This projects tests whether providing this functionality to high-risk members will be acceptable, feasible, increase access to and engagement with resources, and have a positive effect in increasing time to relapse and days of consecutive abstinence.
3R01NS098826-02S1
PROTEASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR TYPE 2 TARGETING FOR MIGRAINE PAIN Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management NINDS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS PRICE, THEODORE J; BOITANO, SCOTT; DUSSOR, GREGORY O; VAGNER, JOSEF RICHARDSON, TX 2018
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-591
Summary:

Migraine is the most common neurological disorder. Currently available treatments fail to effectively manage migraine in most patients. Development of new therapeutics has been slow due in large part to a poor understanding of the underlying pathology of migraine. Endogenous proteases, released in the meninges by resident mast cells, have been proposed as a potential driver of migraine pain via an action on protease activated receptor type 2 (PAR2). The central hypothesis is that PAR2 expression in nociceptors that project to the meninges plays a key role in the pathogenesis of migraine pain. The aims are to: 1) use the established PAR2 development pipeline to design new PAR2 antagonists with improved drug-like properties; 2) use pharmacological tools in a novel mouse migraine model to further understand the potential role of PAR2 in migraine; and 3) use mouse genetics to study the cell type–specific role of PAR2 in migraine pain.
1R44DA046151-01
RAE (REALIZE, ANALYZE, ENGAGE)- A DIGITAL BIOMARKER BASED DETECTION AND INTERVENTION SYSTEM FOR STRESS AND CRAVING DURING RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA ContinueYou, LLC Reinhardt, Megan Rois Bristol, ME 2019
NOFO Title: Wearable to Track Recovery and Relapse Factors for People w/ Addiction (R43/R44)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-18-010
Summary:

For many individuals in recovery from a substance use disorder, certain cues—including stress and drug-related cues—can trigger a physiological state in which they are more likely to relapse. In this SBIR project, the investigators intend to deploy a system—consisting of a wearable sensor, a smartphone app, and a clinical portal—to provide individuals in recovery and their treatment providers with an opportunity to identify moments of high risk for relapse and to access real-time intervention opportunities. The sensors will identify signals of stress or drug use, interface with a smartphone app, and provide options for annotations, stress-reduction techniques, or contact with an individual’s support system and treatment providers, as well as log and encourage healthy behaviors. This study will deploy and optimize the system, as well as test its effects on addiction-related outcomes, such as rate of relapse.
1U24NS113849-01
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 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network - Specialized Clinical Centers (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-19-025
Summary:

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) will support the mission of the Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net), through the ISMMS Department of Neurology as the core of a hub and spokes structure. The study contains four specific aims: (1) to streamline and optimize rapid implementation of EPPIC-Net studies, exceeding the required minimum of 100 subjects recruited per year to EPPIC-Net studies; (2) to ensure access to patient populations with a wide range of pain disorders, including CLBP, using a hub and spokes model to ensure effective recruitment; (3) to provide the highest-quality protocol implementation, deep clinical phenotyping of pain disorders, and accurate and complete data collection; and (4) to work collaboratively with the EPPIC-Net Coordinating Centers and investigators from the NIH HEAL Partnership to assist with development/design of clinical trials. The study team will also increase training opportunities through EPPIC-Net within ISMMS and the larger pain research community, training junior investigators to become future pain clinical trials leaders and increase and disseminate knowledge about pain research throughout the network.
3UG1DA013035-18S6
Subthreshold Opioid Use Disorder Prevention (STOP) Trial New Strategies to Prevent and Treat Opioid Addiction Prevention of Progression to Moderate or Severe 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:

According to SAMHSA’s 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 11.4 million persons in the U.S. report past-year opioid misuse; out of them, only 2.1 million individuals met criteria for an OUD. Very little is known about efficacious interventions for those who do not meet criteria for moderate/severe OUD (i.e., subthreshold OUD). The prevalence of subthreshold OUD in primary care settings is 5 percent to 10 percent, with higher rates (21 percent to 29 percent) among those receiving prescribed opioids. Although they are at high risk of developing moderate/severe OUD and/or dying from an overdose, little or no empirical evidence exists for pragmatic prevention interventions that can be adopted at integrated general medical settings. To study the efficacy of prevention interventions to arrest the progression from risky opioid use, researchers will test the efficacy of a STOP intervention in primary care settings. STOP adopts an early intervention approach, based on a collaborative care model to prevent progression to moderate/severe OUD, and consists of a practice-embedded nurse care manager who provides patient education and supports the primary care provider (PCP) in engaging, monitoring and guiding patients who have risky opioid use; brief advice delivered to patients by their PCP; and phone counseling of patients by behavioral health providers to motivate and support behavior change. Researchers will determine whether STOP reduces risky opioid use and examine the impact of STOP on progression to moderate/severe OUD, overdose risk behavior and overdose events in adults with risky use of illicit or prescription opioids.
1RF1NS113839-01
Target validation of a novel CGRP receptor in migraine Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Treatment of Pain NINDS UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RUSSO, ANDREW F Iowa City, IA 2019
NOFO Title: Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Pain Treatment (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-18-043
Summary:

Migraine is a painful and debilitating neurological condition, the development and maintenance of which involves the neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). An exciting development in the treatment of migraine is the recent FDA approval of a new class of CGRP-targeted therapies designed to prevent migraine. However, these drugs meet a clinically relevant endpoint for only about half of the patients. This project will test the hypothesis that the high-affinity CGRP receptor AMY1 is a novel and unexplored target that mediates specific migraine-related behaviors in the brain and/or periphery to cause migraine. Validation of CGRP and AMY1 receptor involvement in migraines will create a new direction for the development of novel drugs and provide alternatives to opioids for management of migraine and potentially for other chronic pain conditions.
1UG3DA049598-01
Novel Therapeutics for Opioid Use Disorder in the Acute Overdose and Maintenance Settings Novel Therapeutic Options for Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Focusing Medication Development to Prevent and Treat Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose NIDA Epiodyne, Inc. Schmidt, William San Francisco, CA 2019
NOFO Title: Development of Medications to Prevent and Treat Opioid Use Disorders and Overdose (UG3/UH3) (Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-002
Summary:

Opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid overdose (OD) are major health issues. Breathing can be restored after OD by naloxone, but its short half-life can require multiple administrations to reverse OD, and OD symptoms may return after initial reversal if illicit opioids are still present after the effects of naloxone have worn off. Additionally, while the standard treatment of OUD with buprenorphine and methadone reduces relapse and mortality, access and adoption are limited by dosage forms, metabolic liabilities, and potential for misuse and diversion. This study seeks to develop chemically novel, potent mu-opioid receptor (MOR) antagonists and low- and mid-efficacy partial agonists. Current lead counts can outcompete opioid overdoses in preclinical models with a longer half-life, a key naloxone liability for treating OD. The potent, low-efficacy partial agonists add a low opioid tone, diminishing the aversive effects of pure antagonists. These, and the mid-efficacy partial agonists, are leads to maintenance therapeutics for OUD.
5R01NS094461-04
Clustering of individual and diverse ion channels together into complexes, and their functional coupling, mediated by A-kinase anchoring protein 79/150 in neurons Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Treatment of Pain NINDS UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANTONIO SHAPIRO, MARK S San Antonio, TX 2018
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements for Validation of Novel Non-Addictive Pain Targets (Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-18-073
Summary:

Multi-protein complexes have emerged as a mechanism for spatiotemporal specificity and efficiency in the function and regulation of cellular signals. Many ion channels are clustered either with the receptors that modulate them or with other ion channels whose activities are linked. Often, the clustering is mediated by scaffolding proteins, such as AKAP79/150. We will probe complexes containing AKAP79/150 and three different channels critical to nervous function: KCNQ/Kv7, TRPV1, and CaV1.2. We will use"super-resolution" STORM imaging of primary sensory neurons and heterologously expressed tissue-culture cells, in which individual complexes can be visualized at 10–20 nm resolution with visible light. We hypothesize that AKAP79/150 brings several of these channels together to enable functional coupling, which we will examine by patch-clamp electrophysiology of the neurons. Since all three of these channels bind to AKAP79/150, we hypothesize that they co-assemble into complexes in neurons and that they are dynamically regulated by other cellular signals.
3R01NS093990-04S1
S1P RECEPTOR MECHANISMS IN NEUROPATHIC PAIN Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management NINDS VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SIM-SELLEY, LAURA J; HAUSER, KURT F; LICHTMAN, ARON H; SELLEY, DANA E RICHMOND, VA 2018
NOFO Title: Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, & Management in Pain Research (R01)
NOFO Number: PA-13-118
Summary:

Chronic pain diminishes the quality of life for millions of patients, and new drugs that have better efficacy and/or fewer side effects are needed. A promising target is the sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor system, which mediates central nervous system (CNS) neuromodulatory functions. FTY720-phosphate, the active metabolite of FTY720 (FTY), acts as an agonist at four of the five S1P receptors (S1P1, 3, 4, 5). We propose that the S1P1 receptor is a target for treatment of neuropathic pain. We will test whether S1P1 receptors mediate anti-hyperalgesic effects in a mouse neuropathic pain model. The specific aims are to: 1) determine the role of S1P1Rs in alleviation of neuropathic pain by S1PR ligands; 2) determine the role of FTY-induced S1PR adaptation in FTY-mediated reversal of neuropathic pain; and 3) determine the role of S1P and S1P1 receptors in spinal glia in CCI-induced neuropathic pain and its reversal by FTY.
1R43NS115312-01
Long-acting ghrelin for neuropathy Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NINDS EXTEND BIOSCIENCES, INC. SOLIMAN, TARIK Newton, MA 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:

There is a need for safe, effective, well- tolerated drugs to treat painful neuropathy by halting or reversing the underlying pathology of the disease. One promising approach to treating painful neuropathy without opioids is the use of ghrelin, a 28-amino acid acylated peptide hormone. However, it has a short half-life and must be delivered via a constant intravenous infusion to have a therapeutic effect. Extend Biosciences' D-VITylation platform technology is truly enabling for small peptide-based therapeutics that are rapidly cleared from the bloodstream by renal filtration. The platform harnesses the naturally long half-life of vitamin D and its dedicated binding protein, VDBP. When the vitamin D molecule is conjugated to a biological therapeutic, it dramatically improves the half-life and bioavailability of the drug. Use of the technology should also allow the drug to be self-administered by subcutaneous injection. This would be of significant benefit to patients. In this project, the team will test the efficacy of EXT405 in a cell-based model of neuropathy as well as in animal models of CIPN and diabetes- induced neuropathy.
1UG3AR076573-01
Randomized-controlled trial of virtual reality for chronic low back pain to improve patient-reported outcomes and physical activity Clinical Research in Pain Management Back Pain Consortium Research Program NIAMS CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER SPIEGEL, BRENNAN Los Angeles, CA 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program: Phase 2 Clinical Trials (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Number: RFA-AR-19-029
Summary:

Therapeutic virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a promising and evidence-based treatment modality for musculoskeletal pain, including chronic low back pain (cLBP). Users of VR wear a pair of goggles with a close-proximity stereoscopic screen that creates a sensation of being transported into lifelike, three-dimensional worlds. By stimulating the visual cortex while engaging other senses, VR modulates the user’s processing of nociceptive stimuli. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of the brain reveals that VR has similar effects on the sensory and insular cortex as opioids, and head-to-head trials show that VR achieves similar or greater analgesia as hydromorphone. Since there are few data regarding long-term efficacy and safety of VR in cLBP, this study will measure patient-reported outcomes, biometric outcomes, and opioid use in nonspecific cLBP patients under various experimental conditions using VR therapy.
3UG1DA013720-20S3
Individual Level Predictive Modeling of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Outcome Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Enhancing the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network to Address Opioids NIDA UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SZAPOCZNIK, JOSE; FEASTER, DANIEL J CORAL GABLES, FL 2019
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-591
Summary:

A persistent problem in the dissemination of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is patient dropout, and matching patients to suitable medication early has the potential to minimize dropout. The overall objective of this secondary data analysis study is to develop and disseminate individual level risk prediction models using harmonized data collected from three multi-site clinical trials from the CTN, in order to predict specific clinical outcomes (e.g., dropout, relapse) for patients treated with MOUD, including methadone, buprenorphine or extended-release depot naltrexone. The relative importance of predictors in the best predictive models will be estimated, which may facilitate refinement of common data elements for future OUD studies. The comprehensive, harmonized database of treatment data created in this study can be used for future secondary data analysis studies and will provide a replicable data pipeline to process and validate OUD data in future protocols.
1R43AR074369-01
Development of a fixed-dose combination therapy for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIAMS NEUROCYCLE THERAPEUTICS, INC. TOCZKO, MATTHEW ALEXANDER Sheridan, WY 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:

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are a first line pharmacologic pain therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and moderate to severe osteoarthritis (OA) specifically. However, insufficient pain relief by NSAID monotherapy has encouraged the use of combination therapy. Combinations of NSAIDs plus weak opioids are widely used although objective evidence for efficacy is limited and they have many adverse events.  A growing body of evidence suggests that ?2/?3 subtype-selective positive allosteric modulators (PAM) of the ?- aminobutyric acid A receptor (GABAAR) may effectively restore central pain regulatory mechanisms thus providing effective relief of chronic pain with reduced prevalence and severity of side-effects.  Based on these promising preliminary studies and considerable supporting literature data, the research team will test the hypothesis that combination dosing of TPA-023B with an NSAID will work synergistically to suppress the acute and chronic pain components of chronic musculoskeletal pain. 
75N95019D00013-0-759501900089-1
Ancillary Study of the Adoption and Sustainability of ED-Initiated Buprenorphine Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction Enhancing the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network to Address Opioids NIDA Emmes Corporation VanVeldhuisen, Paul Rockville, MD 2019
NOFO Number:
Summary:

For many reasons, the emergency department (ED) is a critical venue to initiate opioid use disorder (OUD) interventions. ED patients have a disproportionately high prevalence of substance use disorders and are at an elevated risk of overdose, and many do not access health care elsewhere. Despite this, OUD interventions are rarely initiated in EDs. The Emergency Department Connection to Care with Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder study (CTN-0079) will assess the feasibility, acceptability and impact of introducing clinical protocols for screening for OUD, buprenorphine treatment initiation, and referral for ongoing treatment in ED settings with high need, limited resources and different staffing structures. This extension study will use the existing infrastructure to evaluate the adoption and sustainability of the clinical protocols introduced at each of the study sites and to identify factors influencing their diffusion and effectiveness.
75N95019D00013-P00002-759502000002-1
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 Emmes Corportation VanVeldhuisen, Paul Rockville, MD 2019
NOFO Number:
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.
1R34DA050266-01
2/2 Optimizing access, engagement and assessment to elucidate prenatal influences on neurodevelopment: The Brains Begin Before Birth (B4) Midwest Consortium Enhanced Outcomes for Infants and Children Exposed to Opioids HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (HBCD) NIDA NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO WAKSCHLAG, LAUREN S Evanston, IL 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study (HEALthy BCD) (Collaborative R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-029
Summary:

Though prenatal exposure to opioids and other substances have adverse effects on neurodevelopment, advances in neuroimaging and developmentally sensitive phenotypic measurement now enable characterization of typical and atypical brain-behavior pathways on an unprecedented scale. The Brains Begin Before Birth (B4) Midwest Consortium, a partnership of neuroscience, substance use, perinatal mental health, and child welfare scientists at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) and neuroscience, bioethics, pediatric population health, maternal-fetal, and addiction scientists at Northwestern University (NU). This regional consortium will leverage the contrasting approaches of Illinois (punitive) and Missouri (non-punitive) to prenatal opioid use, providing a platform for examining the impact of jurisdictional variations on science and practice. The consortium provide a framework for addressing three major areas of challenge: (1) legal/ethical, (2) recruitment/retention, and (3) imaging/assessment methods.
1UG3AR076568-01
Proof of concept study to treat negative affect in chronic low back pain Clinical Research in Pain Management Back Pain Consortium Research Program NIAMS UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH WASAN, AJAY D Pittsburgh, PA 2019
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program: Phase 2 Clinical Trials (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Number: RFA-AR-19-029
Summary:

The chronic low back pain (cLBP) subgroup with comorbid depression or anxiety disorders, known as high negative affect (NA), needs better non-opioid, comprehensive pain treatment options. Data shows that the combination of antidepressants (AD) and fear avoidance physical therapy is more efficacious at improving pain, function, depression, and anxiety in cLBP patients with high NA than each treatment alone or a control condition. Research also finds that an enhanced fear avoidance rehabilitation protocol (EFAR; fear avoidance-based physical therapy, pain education, and motivational messaging) further improves outcomes. To address the unmet needs of cLBP patients with high NA, this study will test in a randomized trial whether the combination of AD and EFAR is more effective than each treatment alone at relieving pain, improving function, combating depression, and preventing opioid misuse. This multimodal combination approach of pharmacotherapy and behavioral therapy is novel to the field and has the potential to shift current treatment paradigms.
3UG1DA015831-18S8
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 McLean Hospital Weiss, Roger Belmont, MA 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.
1UM1DA049394-01
HEALing Communities Study Data Coordinating Center Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction HEALing Communities Study NIDA RTI International WILLIAMS, RICK L Research Triangle, NC 2019
NOFO Title: HEALing Communities Study: Developing and Testing an Integrated Approach to Address the Opioid Crisis (Data Coordinating Center) (UM1- Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-017
Summary:

Although there are effective prevention and treatment programs and services to address opioid misuse, opioid use disorder (OUD), and overdose, gaps remain between those needing and those receiving prevention and treatment, in part because of a need to better understand how to make these programs and services most effective at a local level. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) launched the HEALing Communities Study to generate evidence about how tools for preventing and treating opioid misuse and OUD are most effective at the local level. This multisite implementation research study will test the impact of an integrated set of evidence-based practices across health care, behavioral health, justice, and other community-based settings. The goal of the study is to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths by 40 percent over three years. As the Data Coordinating Center, RTI will provide coordination and facilitate communications to unite the HEALing Communities Study research centers into a cohesive research cooperative.
2R44NS086343-04
IND-ENABLING STUDIES ON NOVEL CAV3 T-CHANNEL MODULATORS FOR TREATMENT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NINDS AFASCI, INC. XIE, XINMIN SIMON REDWOOD CITY, CA 2018
NOFO Title: NINDS Renewal Awards of SBIR Phase II Grants (Phase IIB) for Pre-Clinical Research (R44)
NOFO Number: PAR-17-480
Summary:

We discovered a class of non-opioid modulators of the T-type Cav3.2 channel that could treat neuropathic pain. In vivo pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies and preliminary toxicological studies identified AFA-279 and other candidates, which did not produce observable side-effects and showed greater analgesic effects than other neuropathic pain medications in rodent models. The goal of this proposed project is to submit the IND application on our Cav3.2 modulator to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). We will produce AFA-279 under Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)–like conditions using chemical manufacturing controls for Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) nonclinical toxicity studies and GMP clinical batch future Phase 1 clinical trials, complete toxicological and safety studies to establish the safety profile of AFA-279, prepare and submit the IND application, and then initiate early clinical trials. Our ultimate goal is to deliver a safer, more effective, non-opioid Cav3.2 channel modulator to patients suffering from neuropathic pain.
1UG3DA048371-01
Development of Next-generation Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Use Disorders Novel Therapeutic Options for Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose Focusing Medication Development to Prevent and Treat Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose NIDA ASTRAEA THERAPEUTICS, LLC ZAVERI, NURULAIN T Mountain View, CA 2019
NOFO Title: Development of Medications to Prevent and Treat Opioid Use Disorders and Overdose (UG3/UH3) (Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-002
Summary:

Although effective, current pharmacotherapies for opioid use disorder (OUD) present serious limitations. For example, methadone, a mu opioid receptor (MOP) full agonist, has significant abuse liability and causes withdrawal after chronic use, while buprenorphine (Bup), an MOP partial agonist and kappa opioid receptor (KOP) antagonist, produces limited respiratory depression and is less effective than methadone in reducing drug use, craving, and relapse. To address the limitation of currently available MATs, this project uses a phased plan that will fast-track the IND development of a next-generation medication for OUD based on small-molecule compounds targeting the nociception opioid receptor (NOP)—with no misuse or dependence liability—that have shown promising efficacy in reducing oxycodone intake in rhesus monkeys trained to self-administer, with efficacies similar to that of buprenorphine. The project’s ultimate goal is to file an IND application for an NOP agonist as a promising new approach to treat illicit and prescription OUD that may offer an alternative to buprenorphine.