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Project # Project Title Research Focus Area Research Program Administering IC Institution(s) Investigator(s) Location(s) Year Awarded
1R43DA058603-01A1
Developing a novel epigenetic regulator as a treatment for opioid use disorder Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA EPIVARIO, LLC KIM, THOMAS Philadelphia, PA 2024
NOFO Title: PHS 2022-2 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-22-176
4R44DA058467-02
Development of a Novel Calcium Channel Therapeutic for Opioid Use Disorder Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA VIVREON BIOSCIENCES, LLC GREENBERG, MILTON L San Diego, CA 2024
NOFO Title: Developing Regulated Therapeutic and Diagnostic Solutions for Patients Affected by Opioid and/or Stimulants use Disorders (OUD/StUD) (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-021
1R44DA061722-01
NX90: A Treatment for Overdose Caused by High Potency Opioids Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA SERODOPA THERAPEUTICS, INC. VORONKOV, MICHAEL V Gainesville, FL 2024
NOFO Title: PHS 2023-2 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-23-230
4R44DA053845-02
Fast-track: Scalable digital delivery of evidence-based training for addiction professionals to maximize treatment admission and retention rates of opioid use disorder in affected families Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA WE THE VILLAGE, INC. MACKY, JANE Brooklyn, NY 2024
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Americas Startups and Small Businesses Build Technologies to Stop the Opioid Epidemic (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-19-019
1R43DA060033-01A1
Xylazine and opioid overdose mitigation therapy using decoy receptor biomimetic nanoparticles, NarcoBond platform Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA CIBOTS, INC. ESMAELI-AZAD, BABAK San Diego, CA 2024
NOFO Title: PHS 2023-2 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-23-230
1R43DA061400-01
Remote and Non-Invasive Opioid Use Screening to Lower Barriers to Substance Use Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA TENVOS, INC. SEIILOVA-OLSON, RIMA West Sacramento, CA 2024
NOFO Title: Field-Deployable, Low-Cost Point-of-Need Approaches and Technologies to Lower the Barriers to Substance Use Disorders (SUD) Diagnosis and Treatment (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-24-018
1R43DA060717-01
Integration of an opioid dispensing, monitoring, and disposal platform with a hospital pharmacy to reduce opioid use by discharged emergency department patients Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA ADDINEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ROSLYAKOV, STANISLAV New York, NY 2024
NOFO Title: PHS 2023-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH and CDC for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Number: PA-23-231
3R44DA049685-03S1
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Treating Addiction (Supplement) Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA HIGHLAND INSTRUMENTS, INC. WAGNER, TIMOTHY ANDREW (contact); DIPIETRO, LAURA Sharon, MA 2024
NOFO Title: Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: PA-20-272
1R44DA060643-01
Developing a wearable medical device to detect opioid overdose Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA RESILIENT LIFESCIENCE, INC. HOLDEN, BRADFORD A Pittsburgh, PA 2024
NOFO Title: Developing Regulated Therapeutic and Diagnostic Solutions for Patients Affected by Opioid and/or Stimulants use Disorders (OUD/StUD) (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-021
1R43DA059315-01A1
Extending duration of an injectable long-acting local anesthetic formulation using novel salts Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA REBEL MEDICINE, INC. DAVIS, BRETT Salt Lake City, UT 2024
NOFO Title: PHS 2023-2 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-23-230
2R42DA056254-02
Development of negative allosteric modulators of the mu-opioid receptor for the management of opioid use disorder Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA ELEVEN THERAPEUTICS CORP TRAYNOR, JOHN R Encinitas, CA 2024
NOFO Title: PHS 2023-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH for Small Business Technology Transfer Grant Applications (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: PA-23-232
1SB1AR083748-01
Commercial Readiness in CTS Pain Management Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIAMS HIGHLAND INSTRUMENTS, INC. WAGNER, TIMOTHY ANDREW (contact); DIPIETRO, LAURA Cambridge, MA 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program: Embedded Entrepreneurs for Small Businesses in Pain Management (SB1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: PAR-23-069
2R44DE029369-02
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 NINDS REVBIO, INC. JADIA, RAHUL (contact); KAY, GEORGE Lowell, MA 2023
NOFO Title: PHS 2022-2 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-22-176
2SB1NS119103-04
Novel non-narcotic analgesic for acute and chronic pain Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NINDS SOUTH RAMPART PHARMA, LLC NAISMITH, ROBERT New Orleans, LA 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program: Embedded Entrepreneurs for Small Businesses in Pain Management (SB1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: PAR-23-069
1R43HL167661-01A1
Improving Analgesic Effectiveness and Safety with Proactive Precision Pain Management in Thoracic Surgical Patients with Lung Lesions Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NHLBI OPALGENIX, INC. PLUMP, STEVEN R (contact); SADHASIVAM, SENTHILKUMAR Indianapolis, IN 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL INITIATIVE: Development of Therapies and Technologies Directed at Enhanced Pain Management (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-20-011
9SB1NS137964-04
Advancing precision pain medicines to the clinic Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NINDS NAVEGA THERAPEUTICS, INC. MORENO, ANA MARIA (contact); ALEMAN GUILLEN, FERNANDO San Diego, CA 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program: Embedded Entrepreneurs for Small Businesses in Pain Management (SB1 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: PAR-23-069
1R42NS132622-01
Targeting TLR4-lipid rafts to prevent postoperative pain Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NINDS RAFT PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC DOUGHERTY, PATRICK M (contact); KOGAN, YAKOV San Diego, CA 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Development of Therapies and Technologies Directed at Enhanced Pain Management (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-20-009
2R44DA050393-02
Evaluation of the Therapeutic Potential of Exclusive Antagonists of Extrasynaptic NMDA Receptors for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA NEURANO BIOSCIENCE MOLOKANOVA, ELENA La Jolla, CA 2023
NOFO Title: Advancing Validated Drug Targets for Substance Use Disorders (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-22-023
Summary:

New and safe therapeutic targets for treating opioid use disorder are needed. One promising approach is to test drugs currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that work independently of the body’s opioid system. The medication memantine targets N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the brain, which have been implicated in the development and maintenance of addiction. This project will study a miniature version of multiple memantine molecules bound together that attaches only to NMDA receptors that are not within nerve connections. The research will evaluate the safety, misuse potential, and effectiveness of this molecular assembly in preclinical models. 

1R41NS127637-01A1
Protease-Activated-Receptor-2 Antagonists for Treatment of Migraine Pain Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NINDS PARMEDICS, INC. DEFEA, KATHRYN (contact); DUSSOR, GREGORY O Temecula, CA 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Development of Therapies and Technologies Directed at Enhanced Pain Management (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-20-009
Summary:

There is a need for additional effective treatments for migraine, which affects more than 36 million people in the United States. This project will develop an oral medication to disrupt the biological processes that drive migraine pain, which include nerve inflammation in response to pain signals. 

1R44DA058467-01
Development of a Novel Calcium Channel Therapeutic for Opioid Use Disorder Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA VIVREON BIOSCIENCES, LLC GREENBERG, MILTON L San Diego, CA 2023
NOFO Title: Developing Regulated Therapeutic and Diagnostic Solutions for Patients Affected by Opioid and/or Stimulants use Disorders (OUD/StUD) (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-021
Summary:

Hospitalized patients often receive opioids for pain and sleep management, which can contribute to opioid dependence and continued use after leaving the hospital. Even when hospital stays are extended to wean people from opioids, these patients remain at increased risk for opioid use disorder and withdrawal.  This project will develop a novel small molecule medication that blocks nerve inflammation to prevent opioid dependence in hospitalized patients receiving opioids. 

1R44DA058431-01
Development of an AI-Empowered Device that Utilizes Multimodal Data-Visualization to Aid in the Diagnosis, and Treatment, of OUD Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA WAVI COMPANY ARESE LUCINI, FRANCESCA Englewood, CO 2023
NOFO Title: Developing Regulated Therapeutic and Diagnostic Solutions for Patients Affected by Opioid and/or Stimulants use Disorders (OUD/StUD) (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-021
Summary:

There are a lack of clinical tools to effectively identify and monitor opioid use disorder (OUD). This project will develop and test a clinically usable device that uses a range of data inputs and an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to help health care providers diagnose and treat OUD. The research aims to help providers choose treatment plans and monitor the timing of release from rehabilitation clinics.

2R44DA053078-02
Developing and Testing the Opioid Rapid Response System Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA REAL PREVENTION, LLC HECHT, MICHAEL (contact); CHOI, HYE JEONG Clifton, NJ 2023
NOFO Title: PHS 2022-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH and CDC for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Required)
NOFO Number: PA-22-177
Summary:

Reversing an opioid overdose requires a rapid response not available through standard emergency procedures. The Opioid Rapid Response System recruits and trains citizen responders to reverse overdoses with naloxone. It uses widely disseminated smart phone apps linking responders to an overdose through the 911 system. This project will complete the development of this system, test how well it works to reverse an opioid overdose, and prepare to share it widely. 

1R43NS132623-01
Optogenetic Pain Modulator for Non-Opioid Chronic Pain Management Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NINDS OPSIN BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. NARCISSE, DARRYL Bedford, TX 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL Initiative: Development of Therapies and Technologies Directed at Enhanced Pain Management (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-20-011
Summary:

Optogenetics is a method of controlling nerve or brain activity using light-sensitive cell receptors (opsins). Optogenetics has been used in brain research for decades, allowing researchers to understand the brain and its associated disorders by selectively turning on and off specific nerve cells. This project will develop and refine use of an opsin and a light-stimulation device to control nerve cells contributing to the sensation of pain. 

1R43TR004743-01
The Pain in a Dish Assay (PIDA): A High Throughput System Featuring Human Stem Cell-Derived Nociceptors and Dorsal Horn Neurons to Test Compounds for Analgesic Activity Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NCATS VALA SCIENCES, INC. MCDONOUGH, PATRICK M San Diego, CA 2023
NOFO Title: HEAL INITIATIVE: Development of Therapies and Technologies Directed at Enhanced Pain Management (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NOFO Number: RFA-NS-23-006
Summary:

This project will develop PIDA, which will allow researchers to measure the activity of pain-sensitive human neurons in response to pain stimuli and potential pain treatments. The tool will use automated digital microscopes in the absence or presence of a potential pain medication. Since this tool contains human neurons, it may be more effective at predicting the efficacy of potential pain drugs in human patients than the animal models that are currently used.

1R44DA058531-01
BoostPrime, A Novel Digital Therapeutic for Craving Mitigation in Opioid Use Disorder Cross-Cutting Research Small Business Programs NIDA NXTECH, INC. PATEL, SALIL Patchogue, NY 2023
NOFO Title: Developing Regulated Therapeutic and Diagnostic Solutions for Patients Affected by Opioid and/or Stimulants use Disorders (OUD/StUD) (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Optional)
NOFO Number: RFA-DA-23-021
Summary:

Cravings and impulsivity are key contributors that lead people to return to opioid misuse, but are not addressed by currently available treatments and tools. This project will develop and validate BoostPrime, a customized digital therapeutic software tool that delivers novel cognitive training exercises. The tool aims to help address cravings and strengthen momentary self-control for people with opioid use disorder by incorporating.