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Project # | Project Title | Research Focus Area | Research Program | Administering IC | Institution(s) | Investigator(s) | Location(s) Sort descending | Year Awarded |
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3U01DA036221-05S4
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TRIALS COORDINATING CENTER TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE USE, HIV RISK BEHAVIORS, & CRIME | Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction | Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) | NIDA | CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. | Dennis, Michael L | Bloomington, IL | 2019 |
NOFO Title: Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System: TRIALS (U01)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-13-009 Summary: Less than half of youth in the juvenile justice system who meet the criteria for substance use disorders (SUD) have ever received treatment, and less than one third of those received treatment while under community or correctional supervision. SUDs during adolescence can lead to significantly longer periods of substance use, more severe offending, and penetration in the justice system. The Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (TRIALS) cooperative is intended to develop and test implementation strategies and associated measures to improve the continuum of substance abuse and HIV prevention and treatment services delivered to youth under juvenile justice supervision. |
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3U01DA036221-05S3
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TRIALS COORDINATING CENTER TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE USE, HIV RISK BEHAVIORS, & CRIME | Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction | NIDA | CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. | DENNIS, MICHAEL L; SCOTT, CHRISTY K | Bloomington, IL | 2018 | |
NOFO Title: Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System: TRIALS (U01)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-13-009 Summary: Less than half of youth in the juvenile justice system who meet the criteria for substance use disorders (SUD) have ever received treatment, and less than one third of those received treatment while under community or correctional supervision. SUDs during adolescence can lead to significantly longer periods of substance use, more severe offending, and penetration in the justice system. The Translational Research on Interventions for Adolescents in the Legal System (TRIALS) cooperative is intended to develop and test implementation strategies and associated measures to improve the continuum of substance abuse and HIV prevention and treatment services delivered to youth under juvenile justice supervision. |
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1UG1DA050065-01
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Improving Retention across the OUD Service Cascade upon Re-entry from Jail using Recovery Management Checkups | Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction | Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) | NIDA | CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. | DENNIS, MICHAEL L (contact); GRELLA, CHRISTINE E; SCOTT, CHRISTY K | Bloomington, IL | 2019 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) Clinical Research Centers (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-025 Summary: This multi-site clinical research study will collaborate with six county jails in Illinois and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) providers to test an adapted version of an evidence-based intervention, the Recovery Management Checkups (RMC) model, which provides quarterly check-ups and assistance with treatment retention and re-linkage as indicated at the quarterly check-ups. The study will determine if tailoring the check-ups to an individual’s need for treatment leads to more efficient targeting of resources to those in need, reduces the intervention burden on those with lower need, and results in an improved overall effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of RMC. |
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1R61DA059163-01
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Supporting Data-Driven Decision-Making to Support Substance Use Service Expansion Policies and to Prevent Overdoses | Cross-Cutting Research | Translating Data 2 Action to Prevent Overdose | NIDA | CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. | CRUDEN, GRACELYN | Bloomington, IL | 2023 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: HEAL Data2Action – Innovation and Acceleration Projects, Phased Awards (R61/R33, Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-057 Summary: Oregon ranks last in the United States for access to substance use services, having passed a novel ballot measure bringing unprecedented funding levels to expand services and decriminalize possession of personal amounts of substances. This project will develop and evaluate a strategy to inform development of the policy. Cross-sector participants (e.g., community service providers, law enforcement, advocates) will co-design protocols for linking and distributing substance use service data through reports, simulations, and dashboards. This research will test the usability of the developed products and their impact of DDS on service gaps, evidence-based decision-making, quality of evidence-based services, service recipient outcomes, and cross-sector collaboration. The research will also help state decision makers implement strategies for other substance use policies. |
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1UG3NS130592-01A1
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Sensory Phenotyping to Enhance Neuropathic Pain Drug Development | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Discovery and Validation of Biomarkers, Endpoints, and Signatures for Pain Conditions | NINDS | BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MED CENT | FREEMAN, ROY (contact); EDWARDS, ROBERT R; GEWANDTER, JENNIFER | Boston, MA | 2023 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Discovery of Biomarkers and Biomarker Signatures to Facilitate Clinical Trials for Pain Therapeutics (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-22-050 Summary: Neuropathic pain is a chronic and difficult to treat condition that affects people in different ways. This project aims to personalize treatments based on individual pain profiles. The research will develop an inexpensive test using a technique called quantitative sensory testing to predict how a patient will respond to two common pain medications. The research will also look for other factors in blood that enhance the accuracy of these predictions. |
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1U24NS113850-01
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Clinical Coordinating Center for the Health Initiative in Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network | 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 | 2019 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network - Clinical Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-19-023 Summary: The objective of the Early Phase Pain Investigation Clinical Network (EPPIC-Net) and EPPIC- Net initiatives is to rapidly and efficiently translate advances in the neurobiology of pain into treatments for people with chronic and acute pain, conditions associated with a significant burden to both patients and society. The Clinical Coordinating Center (CCC) for EPPIC-Net will promote and facilitate, from initial conception through final analysis, clinical trials in adult and pediatric populations with acute or chronic pain by providing efficient methodological, organizational, and logistical support. The EPPIC-Net-CCC will adopt and establish processes aimed at dramatically increasing the efficiency of multicenter clinical trials, improving the overall quality of clinical trials, promoting patient recruitment and retention as well as increasing the number of clinical investigators and research staff well trained and passionate about leading and conducting multicenter clinical trials. |
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3UH3AT010621-03S2
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Group-Based Mindfulness for Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain in the Primary Care | Clinical Research in Pain Management | NCCIH | BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER | MORONE, NATALIA E | Boston, MA | 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: Mindfulness has been shown to be effective in treating chronic low back pain, but it has not been embedded into routine clinical care. The OPTIMUM study (Optimizing Pain Treatment In Medical settings Using Mindfulness) will address barriers to delivering mindfulness in primary care and determine the effectiveness in this setting. This project extends the stakeholder engagement efforts of the OPTIMUM study by increasing the size and responsibilities of the Community Advisory Board, adding focus groups for participants in both study arms, and collecting stories from study nonparticipants about their experience seeking care for chronic low back pain and their views on participating in research. This expanded effort will optimize recruitment of a diverse and underrepresented sample, maximize retention, and prepare for future implementation and dissemination. |
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1R21DE033319-01
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Oral Complications From Sublingual Buprenorphine Treatment: A Prospective Cohort Study | Novel Therapeutic Options for Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose | Oral Complications Arising From Pharmacotherapies to Treat Opioid Use Disorders | NIDCR | BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL | SUZUKI, JOJI | Boston, MA | 2023 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Oral Complications Arising from Pharmacotherapies to Treat Opioid Use Disorders (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-DE-23-016 Summary: Buprenorphine is used for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD), and patients often take it for many years by slowly dissolving it in the mouth. In 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned about possible oral complications from buprenorphine use, including tooth decay, oral infections, and tooth loss. However, this warning was largely based on small studies with no comparison group and no assessment of other risk factors such as limited dental care. This project will follow two groups of individuals with OUD who take either sublingual buprenorphine or methadone, to compare their oral health and understand barriers and facilitators of dental care. The results will be used to plan an intervention for preventing and treating oral diseases in this patient group. |
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3R61AG081034-01S1
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Addressing the Chronic Pain Epidemic Among Older Adults in Underserved Community Center: The GetActive+ Study (McDermott-Career Enhancement Supplement) | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Advancing Health Equity in Pain Management | NIA | MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | VRANCEANU, ANA-MARIA (contact); RITCHIE, CHRISTINE S | Boston, MA | 2023 |
NOFO Title: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Encourage Eligible NIH HEAL Initiative Awardees to Apply for Administrative Supplements to Support Career Enhancement Related to Clinical Research on Pain
NOFO Number: NOT-NS-22-087 Summary: This project supports a post-doctoral trainee to develop the skills and knowledge needed to pursue a career in clinical pain research. The research will involve optimizing a GetActive mind-body activity program to overcome barriers that prevent disadvantaged older adult populations in community health clinics from access to non-pharmacological pain management strategies. The research will include qualitative analysis of secondary data, a literature review to evaluate methods, and feasibility for establishing a community advisory board for the GetActive project. |
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1R34DA046635-01A1
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Treatment of chronic low back pain with transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation | Novel Therapeutic Options for Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose | Focusing Medication Development to Prevent and Treat Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose | NIDA | MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | Kong, Jian | Boston, MA | 2019 |
NOFO Title: Behavioral & Integrative Treatment Development Program (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-073 Summary: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common reasons for all physician visits in the U.S. The financial costs associated with the care of LBP are staggering. The treatments for chronic low back pain (cLBP) are far from satisfactory, and opioids are often prescribed with varying degrees of success. This study builds on prior work suggesting that auricular transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS), a non-invasive therapeutic, can significantly reduce symptoms of chronic pain and common comorbidities of chronic pain, such as depression and anxiety. This proposal aims to investigate the treatment effect and underlying mechanism of tVNS on chronic low back pain. Patients with chronic low back pain will be randomized to either real or sham tVNS treatment for 1 month, with a 3-month follow-up. This study, if successful, could provide new treatment options for chronic low back pain and reduce the use of opioid analgesics in chronic pain management. |
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1U19NS130617-01
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Harvard PRECISION Human Pain Center | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Discovery and Validation of Novel Targets for Safe and Effective Treatment of Pain | NINDS | BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL | RENTHAL, WILLIAM RUSSELL (contact); WOOLF, CLIFFORD J | Boston, MA | 2022 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Discovery and Functional Evaluation of Human Pain-associated Genes and Cells (U19 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NS22-018 Summary: This project will use state-of-the-art technologies to analyze individual cells to characterize how human pain receptors communicate pain between the human dorsal root ganglia and the brain – including how the signals vary across diverse populations. This research will generate useful, high-quality human data about pain for further analysis and re-use by other scientific teams, toward identifying and prioritizing novel therapeutic targets for pain. |
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1R61NS126029-01A1
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Inhibiting RIPK1 with Necrostatin-1 for Safe and Effective Pain Treatment | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Development and Optimization of Non-Addictive Therapies to Treat Pain | NINDS | Massachusetts General Hospital | SHEN, SHIQIAN (contact); HOULE, TIMOTHY T; WANG, CHANGNING ; ZHANG, CAN MARTIN | Boston, MA | 2022 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Planning Studies for Initial Analgesic Development [Small Molecules and Biologics] (R61 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: NS21-029 Summary: Recent studies have reported that neuropathic pain involves changes in the central nervous system that are linked to necroptosis (programmed necrotic cell death) and release of cellular components that create neuroinflammation. Necroptosis is a type of necrotic cell death affected by the protein receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1 or RIP1). Preliminary studies also indicate that pain increases levels of RIPK1 in key brain regions implicated in pain processing. This project aims to further validate RIPK1 as a target for neuropathic pain using a newly developed positron emission tomography imaging approach. The work will pave the way for new brain-penetrant RIPK1 inhibitors as a safe, effective, and nonaddictive treatment approach for neuropathic pain. |
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1R43DE029369-01
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A Novel Opioid-Free Targeted Pain Control Method for Acute Post-Operative Localized Pain Related to Oral Surgical Procedures | Cross-Cutting Research | Small Business Programs | NIDCR | LAUNCHPAD MEDICAL, LLC | JADIA, RAHUL; KAY, GEORGE | Boston, 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 compelling need to develop a front line, non-opioid-based acute pain management strategy for outpatient oral surgical procedures. LaunchPad Medical has developed Tetranite® (TN), a novel bone regenerative mineral-organic self-setting adhesive biomaterial. TN has been extensively studied in vivo in a canine jaw model and shown to be effective and well-tolerated. In this project, researchers will demonstrate that drug-loaded TN can be a novel route to providing localized and time release pain medication following wisdom tooth extraction by determining the release profile of various pain medications from TN at different concentrations. The ability to release pain therapeutics in a controlled fashion and directly at the site of injury offers improved pain control following oral surgical procedures without exposing the patient to opioids. This novel approach to pain management can be extended to more invasive orthopedic procedures such as joint replacement, spinal fusions or reconstructive trauma surgery. In Phase II the team will conduct an in vivo study to assess efficacy of medicated TN to address post-operative pain following wisdom tooth odontectomy, optimize incorporation and release of medications in TN formulations, develop cGMP manufacturing process for the compounded product, and ultimately conduct clinical trials for bone void filler using medicated TN. |
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3K23DA045085-01S1
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COLLABORATIVE CARE OFFICE-BASED OPIOID TREATMENT FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS | New Strategies to Prevent and Treat Opioid Addiction | Preventing Opioid Use Disorder | NIDA | Boston Medical Center | HADLAND, SCOTT EVAN | Boston, 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: Risk for opioid use disorder (OUD) often begins in adolescence and young adulthood. Engaging and retaining adolescents and young adults (collectively, “youth”) in early, effective treatment is critical for improving the life course trajectory of addiction. For adults with OUD, office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) with a collaborative care approach that includes behavioral therapy optimizes patient engagement and retention in care. Collaborative care OBOT is especially promising for youth, who can receive treatment from a trusted primary care provider in the same familiar setting they receive their usual medical care. To date, however, OBOT has not been formally adapted for treating youth. The central objective of this project is to develop and pilot an enhanced OBOT model for youth that is developmentally appropriate and family centered. The multidisciplinary nature of our team, which includes expertise in advanced biostatistical analysis, qualitative research, intervention development, developmental psychology, and implementation and improvement science, will maximize the chances of filling an important gap in the provision of youth specific evidence-based OUD interventions. |
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1UG3NS131518-01
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Anesthetic-Eluting Contact Lens for Corneal Pain | Preclinical and Translational Research in Pain Management | Development and Optimization of Non-Addictive Therapies to Treat Pain | NINDS | SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE | CIOLINO, JOSEPH | Boston, MA | 2023 |
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: Acute corneal pain from eye injury or surgery can be severe and debilitating, and oral opioids can be addictive. Anesthetic eye drops, such as tetracaine, can relieve corneal pain, but are only available by prescription due to potential overuse of the drops that may affect wound healing. To date, no ocular anesthetics are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use at home. This project aims to develop a bandage that delivers anesthetic to the eye through a specially designed contact lens filled with medication. A prototype version of the bandage lens in an animal model delivered up to 30 hours of eye pain relief without wound damage. This research will optimize the prototype version and evaluate safety and compatibility with the human body, toward future clinical testing in humans. |
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3R01DA046527-02S1
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RESEARCHING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO PREVENT OPIOID DEATH (RESPOND) | New Strategies to Prevent and Treat Opioid Addiction | Preventing Opioid Use Disorder | NIDA | Boston Medical Center | LINAS, BENJAMIN P | Boston, MA | 2019 |
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-18-591 |
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1DP2TR004354-01
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Scale Up Single-Cell Technologies to Map Pain-Associated Genes and Cells Across the Lifespan | Cross-Cutting Research | Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL | NCATS | Massachusetts General Hospital | SHU, JIAN | Boston, MA | 2022 |
NOFO Title: Emergency Awards: HEAL Initiative- New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-tr-22-013 Summary: Current treatments for chronic pain, including opioids, are not effective for many individuals. Much remains unknown about genes, circuits, and cells that contribute to chronic pain, including how chronic pain changes across the lifespan in certain populations, including infants, children, older people, and pregnant women. This project will develop technology to map the genes, circuits, and cells associated with pain across ages, sexes, and during pregnancy. The technologies will guide the search for new biomarkers for chronic pain diagnosis and treatments. |
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1UG3DA047709-01
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An ultra-long-acting oral treatment for opioid use disorder | Novel Therapeutic Options for Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose | Focusing Medication Development to Prevent and Treat Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose | NIDA | LYNDRA THERAPEUTICS, INC. | BELLINGER, ANDREW MARTIN | Boston, MA | 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: Buprenorphine (BUP) is an FDA-approved medication-assisted therapy (MAT) that improves outcomes and saves lives in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). It is available in multiple dosage forms and routes of administration, including daily sublingual (SL) and buccal tablets and films, a monthly subcutaneous (SC) injectable, and a 6-month SC implant; however, these forms leave many patients untreated or undertreated. This product, in a partnership with Lyndra Therapeutics, aims to develop a once-weekly oral BUP dosage form for maintenance therapy for OUD, using a new oral dosage formulation developed by Lyndra. A long-acting oral BUP may address important limitations of current MATs by providing improved PK with less euphoria than SL, a patient- and provider-preferred route of administration, and an optimal dosing interval for improved patient adherence with the potential for cost-effective direct observed therapy. |
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1R44DA049493-01
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A Prescription Digital Therapeutic to Promote Adherence to Buprenorphine Pharmacotherapy for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder | Cross-Cutting Research | Small Business Programs | NIDA | PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC. | KERN, AUDREY; PALLONE, DAVINA | Boston, MA | 2019 |
NOFO Title: Loyalty and Reward-Based Technologies to Increase Adherence to Substance Use Disorder Pharmacotherapies (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-014 Summary: Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a key driver of the current opioid epidemic in the United States, but nearly 80% of individuals with OUD do not receive treatment. Buprenorphine medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is an effective form of care for OUD. This project will develop a state-of-the-art, digital therapeutic tool that effectively promotes buprenorphine adherence by providing contingency management rewards and educational content and enables home induction using a new self-monitoring support tool. This tool, named reSET-O+, will be integrated with Pear Therapeutics’ reSET-O, an FDA market-authorized mobile application delivering validated behavioral therapy and intended for use in conjunction with buprenorphine and standard outpatient treatment for OUD. |
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1UG3AT010621-01
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Group-based mindfulness for patients with chronic low back pain in the primary care setting | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Pragmatic and Implementation Studies for the Management of Pain to Reduce Opioid Prescribing (PRISM) | NCCIH | BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER | MORONE, NATALIA E | Boston, MA | 2019 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Pragmatic and Implementation Studies for the Management of Pain to Reduce Opioid Prescribing (PRISM)(UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-AT-19-004 Summary: The opioid crisis has underscored the urgency of alleviating patients’ chronic low back pain (cLBP) with effective therapies, including evidence-based nonpharmacologic approaches. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is now recommended by the American College of Physicians for initial treatment of cLBP. A pragmatic clinical trial (PCT) will inform health care decision makers about whether this program can be implemented in a real-life clinical setting and measure its impact on outcomes. The OPTIMUM (Optimizing Pain Treatment In Medical settings Using Mindfulness) program will integrate and test an evidence-based mindfulness clinical pain program for patients with cLBP in the primary care provider (PCP) setting. It will be conducted with three health care system sites. Four hundred and fifty persons ? 18 years of age with cLBP will be randomized to OPTIMUM + PCP Usual Care or PCP Usual Care. |
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1UM1DA049412-01
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HEALing Communities Study - Massachusetts | Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction | HEALing Communities Study | NIDA | BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER | SAMET, JEFFREY H | Boston, MA | 2019 |
NOFO Title: HEALing Communities Study: Developing and Testing an Integrated Approach to Address the Opioid Crisis (Research Sites) (UM1 - Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-016 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. Boston Medical Center is partnering with academic institutions in three other states to study the impact of these efforts in 67 highly affected communities. The study will also look at the effectiveness of coordinated systems of care designed to increase the number of individuals receiving medication to treat OUD, increase the distribution of naloxone, and reduce high-risk opioid prescribing. |
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1R34DA057604-01
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Planning Grant for a Multi-Site Trial to Examine the Effectiveness of Recovery Community Centers Serving Black Communities to Support Persons Using Medications for Opioid Use Disorder | Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction | Recovery Research Networks | NIDA | Massachusetts General Hospital | HOEPPNER, BETTINA B (contact); KELLY, JOHN F | Boston, MA | 2022 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Planning Grants for Efficacy or Effectiveness Trials of Recovery Support Services for Individuals Treated with Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-22-034 Summary: People who take medications for opioid use disorder as part of their recovery pathway need to take these medications for extended periods of time to reduce risk of overdose. Recovery community centers, which provide a range of recovery-oriented and peer-delivered services in a welcoming environment, may be an important asset for these individuals. This project joins two recovery community centers that serve Black communities with an academic research team to inform the design of a rigorous, large-scale clinical trial to determine if clinical referral to recovery community centers improves long-term recovery outcomes. |
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1DP2HD112176-01
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Identifying Plasma Proteomic Profiles of Chronic Pain Development in Endometriosis From Adolescence to Adulthood | Cross-Cutting Research | Training the Next Generation of Researchers in HEAL | NICHD | BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL | SASAMOTO, NAOKO | Boston, MA | 2023 |
NOFO Title: Emergency Awards: HEAL Initiative- New Innovator Award (DP2 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-TR-22-013 Summary: Endometriosis is a gynecologic disorder characterized by severe pelvic pain, affecting 10% of reproductive aged women and adolescents worldwide. These individuals are at an increased risk for chronic opioid use, dependence, and overdose. Adolescents and young adults in particular are understudied in endometriosis research. This project will conduct a longitudinal study of adolescent endometriosis. The research will identify novel biomarkers and biological pathways involved in the transition of acute to chronic pain. The research aims to improve non-surgical endometriosis diagnosis, risk, and treatment. |
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3UM1DA049412-03S2
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Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research under MassHEAL - Reducing overdose deaths by 40% (2019-2023) | Translation of Research to Practice for the Treatment of Opioid Addiction | HEALing Communities Study | NIDA | BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER | SAMET, JEFFREY H | Boston, 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: Understanding municipal policies that influence implementation of effective evidence-based practices (EBPs) as well as effective strategies for working with municipal groups may inform local efforts to translate EBPs. Just as important, engaging with local stakeholders may help to facilitate the long-term sustainability of EBPs. This can only occur if diverse local actors in municipal governance are thinking about health and behavioral health in the context of municipal planning and policy. Building from research related opioid use disorder and the risk environment, built environment, and zoning, this research will work to support coalition-based approach currently implemented by the HEALing Communities Study. The research aims to develop an understanding of local policies that may affect implementation of community action plans in the HEALing Communities Study Massachusetts communities. |
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1UH2AR076741-01
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Imaging Epigenetic Dysregulation in Patients with Low Back Pain | Clinical Research in Pain Management | Back Pain Consortium Research Program | NIAMS | MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | WEY, HSIAO-YING | Boston, MA | 2019 |
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program Technology Research Sites (UH2/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-AR-19-028 Summary: Inhibitors of the epigenetic enzymes histone deacetylases (HDACs) produce analgesic responses and are therefore therapeutic targets for pain. The research team recently resolved a PET imaging agent, [11C]Martinostat, that selectively binds to a subset of HDAC enzymes. A series of initial proof-of-concept clinical validation studies will be conducted to evaluate whether [11C]Martinostat PET is a sensitive biomarker to detect the typical (axial) chronic low back pain (cLBP). The research team will validate [11C]Martinostat PET’s ability to differentiate subtypes of pain by comparing axial cLBP and other cLBP patients with radiculopathy and longitudinally study subacute LBP patients (sLBP) to investigate whether there is a unique imaging signature that differentiates patients who develop cLBP and those who recover from low back pain. Using [11C]Martinostat to understand HDAC expression changes in chronic pain patients will validate an epigenetic drug target, refine patient selection based on HDAC expression, and facilitate proof of mechanism in developing novel analgesics. |