Understanding chronic pain and improving its treatment

Objective

We will establish an international team of leading researchers and clinicians (EuroPain) to undertake multidisciplinary translational research which will: 1) increase the understanding of chronic pain mechanisms; 2)facilitate the development of novel analgesic drugs; and 3) improve the treatment of chronic pain patients.
Nineteen researchers drawn from the London Pain Consortium, the Danish Pain Research Centre, the German Pain Network and a Spanish research-intensive SME centre will form a ‘meta’ consortium with complementary expertise. The LPC is mainly laboratory based with a spectrum of skills from molecular biology and bioinformatics through integrated research in animal models to human physiological research, including imaging.The German and Danish groups have large databases on neuropathic and postsurgical pain, respectively, while the Spanish centre offers expertise in human microneurography. We will undertake a series of six interlinked and mutually supportive programs of experimental research, underpinned and supported by a coordinated training and bioinformatics facility. These programs will form a series of workpackages each delivered through collaboration of network laboratories to bring together multiple techniques and considerable expertise to each area. In addition, there will be considerable synergies between the programs. The programs, which fully address the Call, will focus on: Neurobiological mechanisms of chronic pain; Improving animal models of pain; Translational pain models in humans; Mechanisms and assessment of pain in patients; Risk factors for chronic pain.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › molecular biology

Programme(s)

• FP7-JTI - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Joint Technology Initiatives

Topic(s)

• IMI-JU-01-2008-09 - Pain Research

Call for proposal

IMI-JU-01-2008
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Funding Scheme

JTI-CP-IMI - Joint Technology Initiatives - Collaborative Project (IMI)

Coordinator

H. LUNDBECK AS

Address

Ottiliavej 7-9
2500 Valby
Denmark

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Ejner Knud Moltzen (Mr)

Principal investigator

Märta Segerdahl (Dr)

Participants (25)

KING'S COLLEGE LONDON

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 402 298

Address

Strand
WC2R 2LS London

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Paul Labbett (Mr)

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 760 567

Address

Gower Street
WC1E 6BT London

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Greta Borg-Carbott (Ms)

THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 383 409

Address

Wellington Square University Offices
OX1 2JD Oxford

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Stephen Conway (Dr)

IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 532 852

Address

South Kensington Campus Exhibition Road
SW7 2AZ London

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Tatjana Palalic (Ms)

NEUROSCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES SLP

Spain

EU contribution

€ 98 364

Address

Baldiri Reixac 15-21
08028 Barcelona

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Jordi Serra (Dr.)

CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITAET ZU KIEL

Germany

EU contribution

€ 425 871

Address

Olshausenstrasse 40
24118 Kiel

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Susanne Neufeldt (-)

RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITAET HEIDELBERG

Germany

EU contribution

€ 436 430

Address

Seminarstrasse 2
69117 Heidelberg

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Verena Schultz-Coulon (Dr.)

KLINIKUM RECHTS DER ISAR DER TECHNISCHEN UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN

Germany

EU contribution

€ 412 141

Address

Ismaninger Strasse 22
81675 Muenchen

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Rädlein Renate (-)

Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH

Germany

EU contribution

€ 445 793

Address

Buerckle De La Camp Platz
44789 Bochum

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Martina Hoelzner (-)

JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE-UNIVERSITAET FRANKFURT AM MAIN

Germany

EU contribution

€ 415 741

Address

Theodor W Adorno Platz 1
60323 Frankfurt Am Main

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Rolf Dräger (Mr)

AARHUS UNIVERSITETSHOSPITAL

Denmark

EU contribution

€ 1 334 952

Address

Palle Juul-jensens Boulevard 99
8200 Aarhus

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

John Westensee (Mr)

REGION HOVEDSTADEN

Denmark

EU contribution

€ 359 199

Address

Kongens Vaenge 2
3400 Hillerod

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Henrik Kehlet (Professor)

SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET

Denmark

EU contribution

€ 209 726

Address

Campusvej 55
5230 Odense M

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Arne Baekdal Hansen (Mr)

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONALGMBH

Germany

Address

Binger Strasse
55218 Ingelheim

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Rolf Göggel (Dr)

PFIZER LIMITED

United Kingdom

Address

Ramsgate Road
CT13 9NJ Sandwich

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Olga Krylova (Dr)

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY LTD

United Kingdom

Address

Lilly House Basingview
RG21 4FA Basingstoke

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Birgit Steckel-Hamann (Dr)

GLAXOSMITHKLINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LTD.

Participation ended

United Kingdom

Address

Great West Road 980
TW89GS Brentford

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Elaine Alison Irving (Dr)

ESTEVE PHARMACEUTICALS, SA

Spain

Address

Passeig De La Zona Franca 109, 4A Planta
08038 Barcelona

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Eduard Valenti (Dr)

UCB Biopharma SPRL

Belgium

Address

Allée De La Recherche
1070 Brussels

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Simon Dresse (Mr)

SANOFI-AVENTIS RECHERCHE & DEVELOPPEMENT

France

Address

Pierre Brossolette 1
91380 Chilly Mazarin

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Nadege Edon (Mrs)

ASTRAZENECA AB

Sweden

Address

Vastra Maelarhamnen
151 85 Sodertaelje

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Eva Lindgren (Senior Director)

ABBVIE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO KG

Germany

Address

Mainzer Str. 81
65205 Wiesbaden

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Matthew Emsley (Mr)

ASTELLAS PHARMA EUROPE BV

Netherlands

Address

Sylviusweg 84
2333 BE Leiden

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Irene Sanders-Wiggers (Ms)

GRUNENTHAL GMBH

Germany

Address

Zieglerstrasse 6
52078 Aachen

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Anja Krüttgen (-)

Neuroscience Technologies Limited

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 12 000

Address

Goswell Road,devonshire House
EC1M 7AD London

Administrative Contact

Jordi Serra (Dr)