UH3NS130592

SENSORY PHENOTYPING TO ENHANCE NEUROPATHIC PAIN DRUG DEVELOPMENT - PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT DESPITE THE HIGH PREVALENCE AND IMPACT OF NEUROPATHIC PAIN (NP), PATIENTS HAVE ONLY A 30% PROBABILITY OF MEANINGFUL RESPONSE TO ANY SINGLE MEDICATION. FURTHERMORE, IT IS NOT KNOWN WHICH PATIENTS WILL RESPOND TO WHICH MEDICATION. PRECISION PAIN MEDICINE (PPM) CONSIDERS INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN PATIENT PHENOTYPE AND GENOTYPE TO OPTIMIZE PAIN TREATMENT OUTCOMES. A CRITICAL FIRST STEP TO ADVANCE PPM IS THE IDENTIFICATION OF BIOMARKERS THAT REPRESENT UNDERLYING PAIN MECHANISMS, WHICH CAN THEN BE MATCHED TO DRUG MECHANISMS. BASED ON THE CONSISTENT FINDING THAT DIFFERENT PAIN CONDITIONS HAVE COMMON PHENOTYPES, AND PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE THAT PAIN PHENOTYPE PREDICTS TREATMENT OUTCOME, OUR OVERARCHING HYPOTHESIS IS THAT THE PAIN PHENOTYPE IS A CLINICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE UNDERLYING PAIN MECHANISM THAT WILL PERMIT MECHANISM-BASED, RATHER THAN DISEASE-BASED TREATMENT (I.E., IT CAN BE USED AS A PREDICTIVE BIOMARKER TO ENHANCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THERAPEUTIC SUCCESS). QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING (QST) IS A PROMISING TECHNIQUE TO CREATE A SENSORY BIOSIGNATURE THAT CAN BE USED AS A PREDICTIVE BIOMARKER IN NP. LABORATORY-BASED QST CAN QUANTIFY THE SEVERITY OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SENSORY PHENOMENA, AND HAS BEEN BROADLY USED TO ESTABLISH SENSORY PHENOTYPES THAT ROBUSTLY CATEGORIZE INTER- PATIENT VARIABILITY IN THE SENSORY FEATURES OF NP. PRELIMINARY DATA SUGGEST THAT SPECIFIC SENSORY PHENOTYPES MAY PREDICT RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC DRUGS, BUT THESE STUDIES ARE MOSTLY SMALL, SINGLE-CENTER, RETROSPECTIVE, AND USE THE RESOURCE-INTENSIVE LABORATORY-BASED QST. TO ENHANCE THE UTILITY OF QST WE HAVE DEVELOPED A BRIEF, CONVENIENT, INEXPENSIVE, “BEDSIDE” QST BATTERY WITH RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY EQUAL TO LABORATORY-BASED QST THAT CAN BE USED TO RAPIDLY CLASSIFY PATIENTS OR STUDY PARTICIPANTS INTO SENSORY PHENOTYPES (E.G., “IRRITABLE” AND “NON-IRRITABLE” NOCICEPTOR). HEREIN, WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A BEDSIDE QST-BASED PHENOTYPING BIOSIGNATURE AND RIGOROUSLY TEST ITS ABILITY TO PREDICT TREATMENT RESPONSE TO TWO KNOWN ANALGESICS WITH DIFFERENT MECHANISMS. WE ALSO EXPLORE WHETHER PROTEOMIC BLOOD-BASED BIOMARKERS ALONE OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH QST PHENOTYPES CAN PREDICT RESPONSE TO TREATMENTS. IN AIM 1, WE WILL ESTABLISH A HIGHLY-TRAINED, 5-SITE NETWORK THAT CAN RELIABLY PERFORM THE BEDSIDE QST BATTERY, COLLECT DATA FROM PATIENTS WITH NP, AND USE THOSE DATA TO DEVELOP CLUSTER ANALYSIS-BASED ALGORITHM(S) FOR CLASSIFYING NP SENSORY PHENOTYPES. IN AIM 2, WE MEET THE SCIENTIFIC MILESTONES AND FEASIBILITY REQUIREMENTS TO DESIGN AND COMPLETE THE START-UP PHASE OF A 5-SITE CROSSOVER RCT IN NP PATIENTS (E.G., OBTAIN IRB APPROVALS, TRAIN STAFF, CREATE A DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM). IN AIM 3, WE TEST THE ABILITY OF THE BEDSIDE QST- DERIVED PHENOTYPES TO PREDICT RESPONSE TO NP MEDICATIONS IN A 3-PERIOD CROSS-OVER TRIAL OF PREGABALIN, DULOXETINE, AND PLACEBO IN PATIENTS WITH NP. AIM 4 WILL DETERMINE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PROTEOMIC BIOMARKERS AND QST PHENOTYPES AND THE PREDICTIVE ABILITY OF THOSE BIOMARKERS ALONE OR IN COMBINATION. THIS STUDY WILL DETERMINE WHETHER AN INEXPENSIVE AND SCALABLE QST-BASED BIOSIGNATURE CAN PREDICT RESPONSE TO PREGABALIN AND DULOXETINE AND POTENTIALLY IDENTIFY NOVEL PROTEOMIC-BASED BIOMARKERS THAT CAN AUGMENT QST-BASED PREDICTIONS.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

TO SUPPORT BASIC AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE, BIOMEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, EPIDEMIOLOGIC, HEALTH SERVICES AND HEALTH DISPARITY RESEARCH. TO DEVELOP NEW KNOWLEDGE AND APPROACHES RELATED TO THE PREVENTION, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, ETIOLOGY, AND CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG ABUSE AND ADDICTION, INCLUDING HIV/AIDS. TO SUPPORT RESEARCH TRAINING AND RESEARCH SCIENTIST DEVELOPMENT. TO SUPPORT DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) LEGISLATION IS INTENDED TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE THE SBIR PROGRAMS TO EMPHASIZE AND INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED THROUGH FEDERAL SBIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, INCREASE SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN THE SBIR PROGRAM. THE LEGISLATION INTENDS THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) PROGRAM STIMULATE AND FOSTER SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION THROUGH COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OUT BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, FOSTER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, TO INCREASE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMERCIALIZATION OF INNOVATIONS DERIVED FROM FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND FOSTER AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS AND WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS IN TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION.

93.279 - Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NNDS) [HHS - NIH]

Boston, Massachusetts 022155400 United States

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HEAL Initiative: Discovery of Biomarkers and Biomarker Signatures to Facilitate Clinical Trials for Pain Therapeutics (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional) (RFA-NS-22-050)