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Project Number: | I01BX004882-01 |
| Title: | CMA: Cartilage Repair Strategies to Alleviate Arthritic Pain (CaRe AP): Optimizing the Host Environment for Intra-articular Osteoarthritis Therapies |
| Principal Investigator: | Timothy M Griffin |
| Location: | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Congressional District Code: | 5 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | April 2020 - September 2024 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $90,000 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$709,659 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Osteoarthritis (OA) is highly prevalent in U.S. military service members and Veterans due to the impact of joint trauma and overuse injury. Its socioeconomic impact is substantial, estimated to approach $60 billion per year, and no disease-modifying treatments exist. The overall goal of the collaborative Program is to develop a treatment for post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) that will relieve pain and improve function. We hypothesize that PTOA is caused by maladaptive repair responses includi... |