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Discharge Opioid Education to Decrease Opioid Use After Cesarean

NCT03678870 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 196

Last updated 2020-02-17

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Summary

Background: The number of opioid overdose deaths in the United States has quadrupled in 15 years, a dramatic manifestation of the current opioid abuse epidemic. This rise parallels a sharp increase in the amount of legal prescription opioids dispensed. The abundance of prescription opioids available is a primary pathway for opioid abuse and diversion and higher opioid use after surgery has been associated with an increased risk of chronic opioid use. Reducing the amount of opioid used after cesarean delivery may decrease the risk of chronic opioid use and will help towards better estimating and reducing the amount of opioids prescribed at discharge.

Objective: To to compare discharge opioid education to standard care to ascertain whether opioid education reduces opioid use after hospital discharge

Conditions

  • Opioid Use

Interventions

OTHER

Opioid Education Handout

a single page handout with information about how to use medications for pain after discharge.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah Osmundson, MD · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-01
Primary Completion
2019-02-01
Completion
2019-11-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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