Opiate Prescribing Guidelines Following Hip Arthroscopy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hip Injuries
• Interventions: Other: Group 1 - Opiate Tablets post Hip Arthroscopy; Other: Group 2 - Opiate Tablets post Hip Arthroscopy

• Registration Number: NCT04169113
• Lead Sponsor: Northwestern University

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if opiates are required to achieve appropriate analgesia after hip arthroscopy in outpatient surgery. The investigators hypothesize that patients are frequently prescribed more opiates than are needed after surgery, resulting in excess medications that are at risk for misuse, diversion and contribution to the opioid epidemic

Detailed Description

Perioperative pain management is an important aspect of quality patient care. Opioid pain medications are increasingly being used for pain control, with the United States writing over 250 million prescriptions for painkillers per year. Increased usage has led to unintended negative consequences for individuals and society. It is estimated that 46 people die each day from an overdose of prescription painkillers, and individual use can lead to the development of tolerance and worse treatment outcomes. Further issues arise when opioids are misused, it is estimated that nontherapeutic use has increased three fold in recent years. In the United States alone in 2006 the estimated total cost of opioid prescription misuse was $53.4 billion, of which $42 billion was attributed to lost productivity, $8.2 billion to criminal justice cost and the remainder drug abuse treatment and medical complications. The federal government has recognized this epidemic and raised a call for clinicians to more responsibly prescribe opiate pain medications

Opiate use has increased in recent years, from 2000-2010 the use of opiates in office based visits nearly doubled from 11.3% to 19.6% whereas there was no change in the prescribing of non-opioid pharmacotherapies. Further, when specifically looking at new musculoskeletal pain visits, one half resulted in pharmacologic treatment, with the prescribing of non-opioid pharmacotherapies decreasing from 38% to 29% from 2000 to 2010, respectively. The clinical use of opioids for post-operative pain control has also been linked to the opioid epidemic and risk of future abuse. Legitimate opioid use before high school graduation is independently associated with a 33% increased risk of future misuse after high school.

It has been estimated that orthopedic surgeons prescribe 7.7% of all opioids in the United States.Special attention needs to be paid to the amount of opioid pain medications orthopedic surgeons prescribe to patients after ambulatory surgery, there is considerable variability among surgeon and procedure in regards to the amount of opioids to prescribe with many patients left with excess unused medication .An analysis of 250 patients undergoing outpatient upper extremity surgery found that on average patients consumed 10 opioid pills, with 19 pills left over and a total of 4,639 pills going unused in the cohort. Leftover prescription opioids are at risk for diversion to family and friends for nonmedical use. Further studies are needed to quantify the amount of opioids to prescribe for specific orthopedic procedures to limit excess narcotic use, misuse, diversion and contribution to the opioid epidemic.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-06-12
• Study First Submitted: 2019-11-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-11-15
• Study First Posted: 2019-11-19
• Primary Completion: 2020-02-21
• Study Completion: 2020-07-08
• Results First Submitted: 2020-07-29
• Results First Submitted QC: 2020-08-13
• Results First Posted: 2020-08-27
• Status Verified: 2020-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-09-09
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 111

Inclusion Criteria

• All patients presenting to Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) or to a Northwestern orthopaedic surgery faculty member's clinic undergoing hip arthroscopy
• 18 years old or greater
• Ability to read and speak English

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Exclusion Criteria

• Revision surgery
• Oncologic etiology
• Arthroscopic hip surgery that involves procedures other than labral repair, acetabuloplasty, CAM-plasty, IT band windowing, Iliopsoas lengthening
• Patients with a current indication of narcotic use
• Individuals unable to provide informed consent:
• Prisoners
• Pregnant women
• Minors/Individuals under 18 years of age

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group 1 - Hip Arthroscopy	Group 1 - Opiate Tablets post Hip Arthroscopy	Will be prescribed 60 opiate tablets in addition to other routine post-operative pain medication regimens.
Group 2 - Hip Arthroscopy	Group 2 - Opiate Tablets post Hip Arthroscopy	Will be prescribed 30 opiate tablets in addition to other routine post-operative pain medication regimens.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Opiates Taken	21 days post-operative	Number of prescribed narcotic medication tablets taken in the preceding time period
Number of Participants Reporting Side Effects	21 days postoperatively	As reported by patient. Including: blurred vision, confusion/mental fog, constipation, dizziness, drowsiness, nausea/vomiting
Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) Pain Scores	21 days	minimum score: 0 = no pain, maximum score: 10 = worst imaginable pain; lower value indicates less pain reported by the patient
Opiates Remaining	21 days post-operative	Number of prescribed narcotic medication tablets remaining from initial amount prescribed
Date of Last Opiate Taken	21 days post-operative	Days following surgery that the most recent dose of narcotic medication was taken

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Northwestern University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States