National Institute on Aging Publishes RFA for Consortium to Facilitate Clinical Trials in Anemia in the Elderly
April 28, 2008 – The National Institute on Aging (NIA) published a Request for Applications (RFA) for a clinical trials consortium to facilitate clinical trials on anemia in the elderly. NIA is soliciting applications for a clinical trials consortium to design and implement several phase II clinical trials on anemia in older persons consistent with the recommendation of the NIA Advisory Panel that trials be conducted on safety and efficacy of interventions for unexplained anemia in the elderly.
Letters of intent are due October 7, 2008, and applications must be completed and received by November 7, 2008, with an anticipated start date of July 2009. NIA intends to commit $800,000 in total costs (direct plus indirect) in fiscal year 2009 and $3 million per year in total costs (direct plus indirect) in fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to fund one six-year award.
NIA has also published two Program Announcements (PAs) on fatigue and fatigability in aging, which may be of interest to ASH members in areas such as anemia and/or iron metabolism, chronic inflammation and fatigue, and in the area of modulators of fatigue associated with hematologic malignancies. Additional information about these PAs is available at:
For questions or additional information, please contact the ASH Government Relations and Practice Department at grassroots@hematology.org or 202-776-0544.
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