HEAL PAIN ERN - FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT

The National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) is again collaborating on a trans-NIH initiative.  A re-issuance of the funding opportunity announcement RFA-NS-19-021 was recently published to solicit applications for clinical trial planning and implementation to generate evidence-based pain management best practices for the use of existing medications or devices for specific pain conditions.

RFA-NS-20-028 is the funding announcement for the HEAL Initiative: Pain Management Effectiveness Research Network: Clinical Trial Planning and Implementation Cooperative Agreement (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Required) and is prioritizing the following areas of interest to generate evidence-based pain management best practices for the use of existing medications or devices for specific pain conditions. The guidelines should be of use to providers in primary care, emergency departments, dental clinics, and hospital settings. The pain conditions of high priority are:

• pain management in emergency departments, dental clinics, primary care and hospitals;
• chronic overlapping pain conditions;
• best practices for effective analgesics when appropriate;
• pain management in individuals at risk of or with OUD;
• pain management in those with co-occurring mental health disorders; and
• Non cancer pain management in persons with medical comorbidities

For more information, please contact Emily.A.Campbell@hsc.utah.edu