01/26/2023
PA-20-183 - NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required)
PA-20-185 - NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
PA-20-184 – NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
PA-20-200 - NIH Small Research Grant Program (Parent R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)?
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Background:
Variable responses to ART are due at least in part to human genetic variants that affect drug metabolism, drug disposition, and off-site drug targets. Defining effects of human genetic variants on HIV treatment toxicity, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics has far-reaching implications. Substances of abuse (opioid, stimulants, nicotine, anxiolytics, alcohol, etc.) and its treatments (methadone, buprenorphine, extended naltrexone, etc.) may interact with ART, altering its bioavailability, its safety, and its efficacy. It is known that nevirapine and efavirenz increase methadone clearance. New evidence demonstrates that variabilities in responses to ART depend in part on genetic variants for certain drugs of abuse and its therapies. For instance, a NR1I3 gene variant affected methadone clearance only in those taking efavirenz. Two other genetic variants in the ABCB1 and CYP2B6 genes decreased methadone clearance. More research, though, is necessary to better understand the role of pharmacogenomics in people with HIV (PLWH) with substance use disorders (SUD).
Research Areas
NIDA is interested in receiving research proposals focusing on studying pharmacogenomics in PLWH with SUD as a crucial step in the science of Precision Medicine, in the path of personalized care for HIV and drug abuse..
Topics include but are not limited to:
Application and Submission Information
This notice applies to due dates on or after June 5, 2023 and subsequent receipt dates through May 8, 2026.
Submit applications for this initiative using one of the following funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) or any reissues of these announcements through the expiration date of this notice.
All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and the funding opportunity announcement used for submission must be followed, with the following additions:
Applications nonresponsive to terms of this NOSI will not be considered for the NOSI initiative.
Scientific/Research Contact(s)
Guifang Lao, Ph.D.
National Institute on Drug Abuse/Division of Therapeutics and Medical Consequences
Telephone: 301-827-5931
Email: laog@nih.gov