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Decreasing Unused Opioids in the Home Post Supracondylar Fracture Repair

NCT04059055 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 175

Last updated 2021-12-17

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Summary

Over the past two decades, the misuse of prescription opioids has significantly increased. A recent systematic review reported as much as 67% to 92% of opioids dispensed on discharge post-surgery go unused. This culture of overprescribing is consistently observed across surgical specialties. Less frequently observed is the potential for opioid use and misuse in children and adolescents post-surgery. The research to date in this area has been poorly performed with heterogenous data collection, analysis and reporting, as well as large loss of patients to follow-up.

The investigators' previous prospective observational deception study identified three areas of concern:

1. There is a culture of postoperative opioid over-prescribing at discharge as demonstrated by heterogenous opioid dosing and duration of treatments across practitioners for single procedures
2. This overprescribing is in excess of patients' home-requirements and results in significant quantities of leftover opioids
3. There is a culture of inappropriate storage and lack of safe disposal of prescribed opioids in the community

Conditions

  • Pain Management

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Conor Mc Donnell · Staff Anesthesiologist

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-10-01
Primary Completion
2020-09-30
Completion
2020-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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