Effect of Academic Detailing on Opioid Prescribing by Dentists to Adolescents and Young Adults
- Conditions
- Opioid Prescribing
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Academic detailing
- Registration Number
- NCT06130904
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Brief Summary
This randomized controlled trial will test whether an academic detailing educational outreach intervention (referred to as "academic detailing" throughout) decreases opioid prescribing to patients aged 13-30 years among high-prescribing dentists in Southeast Michigan. The primary objective is to evaluate whether an academic detailing intervention reduces the number of dispensed opioid prescriptions to patients aged 13-30 years.
- Detailed Description
Using 2023 IQVIA Longitudinal Prescription Database, the study team will identify dentists in the 85th-94th percentile of dispensed opioid prescriptions to patients aged 13-30 years from January 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023 and practice in high-population counties in Southeast Michigan. The study team will randomize these dentists into two study arms. Dentists in the intervention arm will receive an academic detailing session focused on evidence-based pain management education. Dentists in the control will not receive any intervention and will not be contacted. Prescribing will be evaluated using IQVIA data for differential change in the number of dispensed opioid prescriptions to patients aged 13-30 years between the 8 months before and the 8 months after the academic detailing intervention period among intervention versus control dentists.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 63
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Academic detailing intervention Academic detailing -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Differential change in the number of dispensed opioid prescriptions to patients aged 13-30 years between the 8 months before and 8 months after the academic detailing intervention period ends among treatment versus control dentists 20 months (8 months prior, 4 months for detailing, 8 months after detailing)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Differential change in the number of opioid prescriptions dispensed to patients aged 31 years or older between the 8 months before and 8 months after the academic detailing intervention period ends among treatment versus control dentists 20 months (8 months prior, 4 months for detailing, 8 months after detailing) Differential change in total morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) dispensed to patients aged 13-30 years the 8 months before and 8 months after the academic detailing intervention period ends among treatment versus control dentists 20 months (8 months prior, 4 months for detailing, 8 months after detailing) Satisfaction with the detailing intervention as measured by a follow-up survey on a 5-point Likert scale Up to three weeks following the academic detailing This is a one question survey that participants select from 5 responses: very dissatisfied (1), somewhat dissatisfied (2), neither satisfied nor dissatisfied (3), somewhat satisfied (4), satisfied (5).
Percentage of participants that complete the initial academic detailing session 4 months (intervention period) Participants willingness to change opioid prescribing practices based on the academic detailing intervention as measured by the follow-up survey on a 5-point Likert scale Up to three weeks following the academic detailing Participants answer one question as to how likely participants will reduce opioid prescribing to adolescents and young adults. The five responses include: very unlikely (1), unlikely (2), neither likely nor unlikely (3), likely (4), very likely (5).
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Michigan
🇺🇸Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States