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Tapering From Long-term Opioid Therapy in Chronic Pain Population. Randomized Controlled Trial With 12 Months Follow up

NCT03485430 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2026-04-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This randomized controlled study compares tapering of long-term opioid therapy in a population with chronic non-cancer pain with control group constituted of waiting list. Half of participants receives intervention at baseline and the other half are controls but receives intervention after 4 months. Ethical approval to follow up excluded participants denying tapering at baseline.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tapering

Tapering with follow up by nurse at weekly basis in beginning of tapering. Tapering in an outpatient setting. Follow-up to doctor after four months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lund University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospital, Linkoeping

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Lund University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Åsa IRingqvist, MD, PhD · Lund University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-22
Primary Completion
2024-09-18
Completion
2025-09-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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Diseases

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