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Opiates Prescribing for Knee Arthroscopies and ACL Reconstruction

NCT03876743 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 201

Last updated 2020-10-14

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if opiates are required to achieve adequate analgesia after knee arthroscopy and ACL reconstruction in outpatient surgery.

The investigators hypothesize that patients are frequently prescribed more opiates than are needed after surgery, resulting in excess medications that are at risk for misuse, diversion and contribution to the opioid epidemic.

Conditions

  • Knee Injuries
  • ACL Injury

Interventions

OTHER

Group 1-Knee Arthroscopy

Will have all of their post-operative prescriptions sent down to the pharmacy on the day of surgery to be collected.

OTHER

Group 2-Knee Arthroscopy

Will have all prescriptions sent to pharmacy with the exception of an opiate prescription. Instead, they will be handed a physical paper prescription. They will be instructed to only fill the prescription if absolutely needed.

OTHER

Group 1-ACL reconstruction

Will be prescribed 60 opiate tablets in addition to other routine post-operative pain medication regimens.

OTHER

Group 2-ACL reconstruction

Will be prescribed 30 opiate tablets in addition to other routine post-operative pain medication regimens.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-26
Primary Completion
2020-03-23
Completion
2020-07-08

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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