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Use and Impact of Novel and Repurposed Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia in Diverse Populations

Award Number: R61AG081811
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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Project Summary The accelerating development of novel AD/ADRD therapeutics and efforts to repurpose commonly prescribed drugs for other chronic conditions foreshadows future opportunities to reduce AD/ADRD risk and burden. However, the demand for and access to AD/ADRD therapeutics is uncertain in underserved non-Hispanic Black communities who are at elevated AD/ADRD risk and face barriers to use that are particularly acute due to factors such as structural racism and medical system distrust. Members of non-Hispanic Black communities remain under- included in AD/ADRD research and the limited evidence available demonstrates that non- Hispanic Black older adults are diagnosed with AD/ADRD later than non-Hispanic White Americans and are less likely to receive follow-up care, specialist care and available therapeutics after an AD/ADRD diagnosis. One strategy to facilitate equitable uptake of future AD/ADRD therapies is to identify and quantify the demand for and access barriers to potential dementia treatments from non-Hispanic Black stakeholders’ perspectives and actual use of novel therapies for non-AD/ADRD conditions. In the planning stage, we will engage non-Hispanic Black stakeholders and employ NIA’s Health Disparities Framework to guide use of qualitive and quantitative methods to identify and elicit measurement of key factors related to access and demand for novel and repurposed therapeutics. In the implementation stage, we will collect and analyze data from study participants and nationally representative data sources. We will quantify likelihood of drug initiation, adherence, and discontinuation among non-Hispanic Blacks across therapeutics with varying cost, efficacy, administration, and side-effect profiles. We will employ the measures using a validated dynamic microsimulation model to quantify the downstream impact of novel and repurposed therapeutics on health care costs and the cognitive and physical health and quality of life of non-Hispanic Black men and women. Findings will inform targeted opportunities for ensuring equitable access to therapeutics that reduce disease risk and burden in non-Hispanic Black communities and will quantify the health and economic impacts of therapeutics to inform public spending and drug innovation efforts for improving health outcomes and achieving equity.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $312,880 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	002	2	7/1/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$31,287
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST FL 3	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	001	2	3/18/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$281,593
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	1	11/2/2023	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $312,880

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $321,009 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	3720 S FLOWER ST	LOS ANGELES	CA	90089	LOS ANGELES	USA	Aging Research	000	1	3/23/2023	NEW	$321,009
														Subtotal = $321,009

Grand Total All Awards = $633,889

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Use and Impact of Novel and Repurposed Therapeutics for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia in Diverse Populations

Award Number: R61AG081811

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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