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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12621001451897
ACTRN12621001451897
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Opioid PrEscRiptions and Usage After Surgery: an international, multi-centre prospective observational study of the prescription and usage of opioids after common surgical procedures

Associate Professor Peter Pockney0 sites5,000 target enrollmentOctober 25, 2021

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Opioid prescription and usage after undergoing a surgery
Sponsor
Associate Professor Peter Pockney
Enrollment
5000
Status
Active, not recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
October 25, 2021
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Observational
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Associate Professor Peter Pockney

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Adult patients (greater than or including 18 years of age)
  • Acute or elective surgery
  • Operated on within the pre\-specified study periods
  • Discharged to home/community/ usual residence
  • Undergoing any of the following surgeries:
  • General Surgery
  • \- Cholecystectomy
  • \- Appendicectomy
  • \- Inguinal hernia repair
  • \- Colon resection with or without stoma

Exclusion Criteria

  • Paediatric patients (below 18 years of age)
  • On the opiate replacement programme (on methadone, suboxone, buprenorphine)
  • Patients discharged to hospice or with palliative intent
  • Patients discharged to rehabilitation (including inpatient rehabilitation service), nursing or supported care services, or another hospital, or not discharged should be excluded
  • Diagnostic procedures, e.g., endoscopy, diagnostic laparoscopy (without appendicectomy)
  • Multivisceral resections (defined as operations involving 2 or more distinct procedures of the gastrointestinal, hepatopancreatobiliary, genitourinary, or gynaecological systems e.g. hysterectomy with colorectal resection or any other operation where multiple eligible procedures are included) \[to ensure the included standard procedures are internally consistent]
  • Each individual patient should only be included once in the OPERAS study. Return to theatre during the same admission is regarded as a complication and should not form a duplicate entry onto REDCap.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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