Does Preoperative Pain Medication Management Influence Surgical Outcomes in Spinal Fusion

Opioid Use Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does Preoperative Pain Medication Management Influence Surgical Outcomes in Spinal Fusion: A Randomized Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04095624
• Other study ID #: 47240
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 9, 2019
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: July 2022
• Source: Stanford University
• Contact: Akaila Cabell, MD'
• Phone: 2629301528
• Email: acabell4[@]stanford.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In light of the current opioid epidemic, there is an urgent need to address chronic opioid use prior to surgery before it is exacerbated by postoperative surgical pain. Our central hypothesis is that patients who taper their opioid use prior to surgery will have reduced postoperative opioid and pain medication usage, less postoperative pain, and improved patient reported outcomes relative to patients that do not taper prior to surgery. Our specific aims include: 1. Determine whether reducing patients' preoperative opioid usage through a structured tapering regimen reduces postoperative opioid and pain medication use. 2. Examine whether reducing patients' preoperative opioid usage through a structured tapering regimen reduces postoperative pain. 3. Determine whether reducing patients' preoperative opioid usage through a structured tapering regimen improves patient reported outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 84
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age or older
• Indicated for lumbar, lumbosacral, or thoracolumbar spinal fusion surgery in the departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
• Daily opioid use for at least 4 weeks prior to the preoperative planning appointment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Suboxone (buprenorphine) use
• Unable to complete patient reported outcome measures (PROMs)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Opioid Use
• Spine Fusion

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Spinal Fusion Preoperative Opioid Taper
Guided weekly opioid pain medication reduction via telephone calls prior to elective spinal fusion surgery.

Other:
• Non-taper Control
Weekly phone calls prior to elective spinal fusion surgery, without opioid pain medication reduction recommendation or guidance.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Stanford Hospital and Clinics	Redwood City	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Stanford University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (16)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Postoperative Opioid Pain Medication Dose	Weekly average opioid medication use in morphine equivalent dosage (MED)	Weekly, month 3, month 6
Primary	Change in Numeric Pain Scale Score	Generic measure of average back pain, scale 0-10 with 0 being no pain and 10 being the most pain experienced.	Weekly, month 3, month 6
Primary	Change from baseline Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)	PROMIS computer adaptive testing: global health, physical function, pain interference, pain behavior, depression, anxiety, fatigue, sleep disturbance, and satisfaction with social roles and activities.	Weekly, month 3, month 6

External Links

•   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control and Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention (no date) Analyzing Prescription Data and Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME).