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Opioid Destruction Education for Postoperative Care

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Led By Kristin R Daniel, PharmD

Research Sponsored by University of Nebraska

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up six to eight weeks post discharge

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial studies how patients use opioid destruction bags after surgery for hip or knee replacement. Patients must be 19+ and prescribed an opioid at discharge. Two groups: one gets standard care, one gets special handout and education on safe storage. 6-8 weeks post-surgery, patients are contacted via phone or email for survey.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for adults who've had a total knee or hip replacement, are going home with an opioid prescription, and haven't used opioids before the surgery. It's not for those under 19 or anyone not prescribed opioids after discharge.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study focuses on teaching patients about proper storage and destruction of opioid medications post-surgery. Participants will be followed up within 6-8 weeks to discuss their use, storage, and disposal of these pain meds.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves education rather than medication administration, there are no direct side effects from interventions being studied.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ six to eight weeks post discharge

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~six to eight weeks post discharge

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and six to eight weeks post discharge for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Opioid destruction

Secondary outcome measures

Alternative opioid destruction methods

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Intervention group will receive a specialized handout and patient education on the safe storage of opioid medications, importance of opioid destruction, opioid destruction options and medication destruction (Deterra) bag before discharge. Surveys will be sent to group at 6-8 weeks post discharge.

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

Control group will receive current standard of care education and surveys at 6-8 weeks post discharge.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of NebraskaLead Sponsor

539 Previous Clinical Trials

1,144,434 Total Patients Enrolled

Kristin R Daniel, PharmDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Nebraska

Media Library

Intervention Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05875857 — N/A

Opioid Use Disorder Research Study Groups: Control, Intervention

Opioid Use Disorder Clinical Trial 2023: Intervention Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05875857 — N/A

Intervention 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05875857 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Could I become an active participant in this trial?

"Patients must be aged between 19 and 100 years old, have an opioid use disorder, and meet all other criteria in order to partake in this medical trial. Up to 300 participants are being accepted."

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Is this experiment open to geriatric patients?

"As outlined in the requirements for enrollment, potential participants must be aged 19 to 100 years old."

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Are new participants accepted into this investigation?

"As listed on clinicaltrials.gov, this particular medical trial is no longer seeking participants as the original post of June 19th 2023 was its last update. Nevertheless, 161 other studies are presently recruiting patients for their trials."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Patient Utilization of Opioid Destruction Bags in the Post op Period

Kristin.Daniel 2023. "Patient Utilization of Opioid Destruction Bags in the Post op Period". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05875857.

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