The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), through the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213), has awarded a $1,683,225 project grant to the Southern California University of Health Sciences to assess the impact of Medicare's recent decision to cover acupuncture for the management of chronic low back pain in Medicare beneficiaries. The key objectives of this 3-year project, running from August 2024 to April 2027, are to:...
This federal Project Grant award of $762,489.00 from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under CFDA Program 93.213 - Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, adherence, safety, and potential implementation barriers of a home-based transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (TAVNS) intervention for pain and symptom management among young adults (18-29 years old) diagnosed with irritable...
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 (ASU) to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of combining mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and open-label placebo (OLP) treatment for individuals with chronic pain. The study aims to conduct a single-site, three-arm randomized...
This Project Grant award from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health federal grant program (CFDA 93.213), will support research to develop computational models predicting how peripheral nerve afferents respond to deep pressure touch stimuli. The $155,748 project, awarded on Sep 6, 2024 with an ultimate completion date of Aug 31, 2028, aims to elucidate the neuronal mechanisms underlying the...
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 of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders (CFDA 93.853) federal grant program, supports research into the complex neurological mechanisms underlying chronic pain. The $1,525,066 award, with a performance period from June 15, 2024 to May 31, 2029, will fund a multifaceted study conducted by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to: 1)...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), will support a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of an Auricular Point Acupressure Self-Management (APA-SM) program for chronic musculoskeletal pain self-management in rural populations. The total funding amount is $1,634,966.00, with an award date of September 4, 2024 and an...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $1,365,011 in funding 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 will use neuroimaging techniques to investigate the neuromodulatory pathways through which these non-pharmacological interventions reduce chronic pain intensity in individuals aged...
This federal Project Grant award of $236,806.00, titled "Unraveling Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Non-Pharmacologic Approaches for Medicaid Patients with Back Pain," was provided by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) under the Research and Training in Complementary and Integrative Health program (CFDA 93.213). The objectives of this mixed-methods study are to: 1) examine electronic health record data from 8 primary care clinics to compare...
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded a $6,522,833 Project Grant to The Leland Stanford Junior University to conduct a mechanistic randomized clinical trial investigating the central and peripheral nervous system mechanisms of pain relief induced by peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) for the treatment of refractory chronic neuropathic pain. The 3-year study, funded under the NIH HEAL Initiative's CFDA 93.279 Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs, aims...