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Electronic Consent Summary Form Creates More Participant-Focused Process, Speeds Clinical Trial Enrollment
March 27, 2025 - NCATS News
- Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program
- Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative (HEAL)
- Our Impact on Clinical Trials
An electronic consent summary form used for a clinical trial created a clearer and more efficient process and was well received by participants.
Read ArticleBertagnolli Visits Oklahoma to Discuss Research Collaborations
September 13, 2024 - Grantee/Partner News
- Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative (HEAL)
NIH Launches $270 Million Anti-Overdose Research Program for, and Led by, Native Americans
August 28, 2024 - Media Coverage
- Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative (HEAL)
NIH Launches Native Collective Research Effort Focused on Overdose
August 20, 2024 - Media Coverage
- Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative (HEAL)
NIH Launches Program to Advance Research Led by Native American Communities on Substance Use and Pain
August 15, 2024 - Grantee/Partner News
- Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative (HEAL)
New Study Describes First, Functional Human Model to Investigate Opiate Overdose and Recovery
September 7, 2023 - Media Coverage
- Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative (HEAL)
Healing Chronic Pain? An Update on the NIH’s $2 Billion HEAL Project to End Chronic Pain
May 15, 2022 - Grantee/Partner News
- Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative (HEAL)
A Living Pain Circuit
December 21, 2021 - Grantee/Partner News
- Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative (HEAL)
As part of the Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative®, NCATS-supported researchers from Tulane University worked together with scientists from AxoSim, Inc.