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Patient-Centered Opioid Tapering Study

NCT03303209 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2025-12-22

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Summary

This is an observational study of a voluntary opioid tapering protocol conducted in community outpatients taking long term prescription opioids for chronic pain. Patients who would otherwise continue with their existing opioid prescriptions were encouraged to participate in a voluntary opioid taper program. Interested patients were identified by their pain physician, Dr. Richard Stieg, and then completed an online informed consent document and baseline self-report assessments including types and doses of opioid medications as well as demographic and psychosocial measures, clinical and pain characteristics. Patients were either given or mailed a free copy of a patient book The Opioid-Free Pain Relief Kit, or Less Pain, Fewer Pills: Avoid the dangers of prescription opioids and gain control over chronic pain. Over the following weeks and up to 4 months, Dr. Stieg implemented a slow, individually tailored opioid taper in all patient participants. Follow-up online self-report surveys were completed at 4 months post enrollment. Opioid dose data were confirmed via medical chart review, and doses were converted to a standardized morphine equivalent daily dose (MEDD). Main outcome was change in opioid dose baseline to 4 months. Secondary outcome was change in pain intensity (numeric rating scale, 0-10) baseline to 4 months.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Patient-centered opioid tapering protocol

All patients who entered the study agreed to partner with their pain physician on a patient-centered opioid tapering program. The research component of the study was to observe patient response (in terms of change in MEDD and pain intensity) at month 4.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Beth Darnall, PhD · Stanford University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-09-15
Primary Completion
2017-08-10
Completion
2017-08-10

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