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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12622001505796
ACTRN12622001505796
Recruiting
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Clinical Observation, Management, and Function Of low back pain Relief Therapies (COMFORT): A cluster randomised trial evaluating an intervention to support GPs provide opioid stewardship to their patients with low back pain.

The University of Sydney0 sites410 target enrollmentDecember 2, 2022

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
iberal prescribing of opioids by GP
Sponsor
The University of Sydney
Enrollment
410
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
December 2, 2022
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patient Inclusions
  • Patient\-participants greater than or equal to 18 years
  • Low back pain of any duration at the time of presentation
  • Has been prescribed an opioid analgesic for their low back pain by the participating GP
  • Sufficient understanding of English to complete questionnaires, or translation available.
  • Holds an Australian Medicare card number (for data linkage purposes).
  • Willingness to give written informed consent.
  • GP Inclusions:
  • \* Consults with patients who have LBP
  • Has no prescribing restrictions, that is, eligible to prescribe an opioid analgesic (including schedule 8 opioid analgesics).

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patient Exclusions:
  • Be engaged in an opioid tapering regimen at the time of enrolment into the study i.e. have already begun to reduce their opioid medicine within the past month
  • Be actively treated for cancer, or receiving palliative treatment
  • General Practice Exclusions:
  • Participating GP at that practice have received an education visit by any organisation on judicious opioid prescribing in the previous 12 months

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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