Proposals are due March 15 for embedded pragmatic clinical trials that address pain management and the opioid crisis. The NIH will support one to two pragmatic trials that evaluate acupuncture treatment in older adults with chronic low back pain. The request for applications is part of the
NIH Heal (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) Initiative, which was created in April 2018 in an effort to speed scientific solutions for addressing the national opioid public health crisis
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