Cooperative Agreement W81XWH1820003

This $639,882 Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), will fund a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the efficacy of online yoga ("teleyoga") compared to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for treating chronic musculoskeletal pain in veterans. The 5-year project, conducted by the Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213) provides $682,950 to Arizona State University to investigate the feasibility of combining mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and open-label placebo (OLP) treatment for chronic pain management. The key objectives are to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of this combined...

The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $1,643,228 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to develop an Integrative Mindfulness-Based Predictive Approach for Chronic Low Back Pain Treatment (IMPACT). The key objectives of this 2-year IMPACT project are to: 1) Initiate a clinical trial of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for chronic low back pain...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging's (NIA) Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) provides $421,329 to Butler Hospital, a division of Care New England Health System, to develop and pilot test a peer narrative video intervention for older adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain. The intervention, titled "Reclaim Your Day (RYD)", will consist of 6 weekly 30-minute video episodes featuring real patients' experiences applying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $1,365,011 to the University of Washington to conduct research on the mechanisms of mindfulness meditation and self-hypnosis for pain management in older adults with chronic pain. The 5-year study aims to: 1) Use functional MRI to determine the neurological mechanisms underlying reductions in chronic pain intensity resulting from mindfulness meditation and self-hypnosis, compared to an...

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) awarded a $817,330 Project Grant (CFDA 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health) to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (UVA). The grant aims to investigate the impact of adding a positive affect enhancing intervention (savoring meditation) as an adjunct to cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI) to improve pain outcomes for patients with comorbid chronic low back...

The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) awarded a $432,300 Project Grant (CFDA 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health) to Colorado State University to conduct a multi-site pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating a mindfulness-based intervention (Learning to Breathe Plus) for addressing stress-related problems in college students. The project aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of implementing the mindfulness-based...

The National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health awarded New York University $785,637 under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213) from June 2021 through May 2025. This Cooperative Agreement will support the development and pilot testing of telephone-delivered and video-based Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) protocols for patients with migraine headaches and depressive symptoms. Specifically, the...

This Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the federal Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), will fund a pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial (RCT) to investigate the use of yoga for treating persistent post-surgical pain (PPSP). The $135,654 award to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc., a subsidiary of the Partners Healthcare System, will support the design, adaptation, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), under the Cancer Treatment Research (CFDA 93.395) program, will fund a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of a Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) intervention for managing aromatase inhibitor-associated arthralgia (AIA) in breast cancer survivors. The total funding is $732,536 over the project period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029. The award will support the "Enhanced Pain Coping in Cancer...