Family Experience of Home Opioid Use After Pediatric Surgery

Pain Management Clinical Trial

Official title:

Family Experience of Home Opioid Use After Pediatric Surgery: a Pilot Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03562013
• Other study ID #: 1000060801
• Status: Completed
• Start date: July 18, 2018
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: October 2019
• Source: The Hospital for Sick Children
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

A systematic review examining outpatient opioid use identified only three pediatric studies published between 2015 and 2016. Of these three, two studies had a short-term follow up with patients at three days after discharge; moreover, these three studies were limited by focusing on one surgical population, restriction of data to 0-12 yr old participants, and the other being a brief report. As a result, there are no pediatric studies that have examined opioid use amongst 0-18 yr olds, across multiple surgery types, and beyond 3 days after discharge.

Description:

This study is being done to learn how long children (0-18 yrs) needed to use the prescribed opioid medication for and how families can be better prepared to provide adequate and safe pain management at home. Follow up will take place 28 days after discharge from the hospital.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 89
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: March 29, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Families are filling a prescription for opioid medications at Shoppers Drug Mart at The Hospital for Sick Children

• Parent has strong command of the English language (i.e., no interpreter required)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Child has used opioid medication at home within 6 months before the date of their surgical procedure

• Child has history of chronic pain

• Child is being discharged to a rehabilitation facility anticipated

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain Management

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	The Hospital for Sick Children	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Hospital for Sick Children

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

References & Publications (1)

Feinberg AE, Chesney TR, Srikandarajah S, Acuna SA, McLeod RS; Best Practice in Surgery Group. Opioid Use After Discharge in Postoperative Patients: A Systematic Review. Ann Surg. 2018 Jun;267(6):1056-1062. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002591. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Questionnaire on Opioid use	Questionnaire on how families provide adequate and safe pain management at home	28 days following discharge from hospital