Prescription Opioid Discontinuation: Honoring Patient Insights and Experience to Support Safe and Caring Transitions -- Decision Aid Pilot

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Opioid Tapering

• Registration Number: NCT07202026
• Lead Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente

Brief Summary

Because of recent policies to decrease opioid use, some people using long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) are encouraged or required to stop (discontinue) taking opioids. That has led experts to be concerned that patients whose LTOT is discontinued could have untreated pain, turn to other substance use and possibly illicit opioids, or have worsened mental health symptoms leading to suicide. To guide safer policies, guidelines, and care, this study will interview patients and doctors about discontinuing LTOT and use the results to develop a patient-centered decision aid (DA) to improve patient-provider communication around discontinuation of LTOT. Once the DA is finalized, it will be pilot tested with a group of 30 patients who are currently on LTOT. The pilot will assess DA implementation feasibility; acceptability; knowledge transfer; and ability to successfully foster positive, patient-centered conversations about opioid discontinuation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-08
• Study Start: 2025-09-01
• Study First Submitted: 2025-09-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-09-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-09-23
• Study First Posted: 2025-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 2025-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2026-03
• Study Completion: 2026-09-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability of DA	1-2 weeks	We will use Matlock et al.'s acceptability ranking scale to assess the acceptability of the DA to patients

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute; 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States