Clinical trial NCT05828121: POINT - Preventing an Opioid Epidemic in Norway: Focusing on Treatment of Chronic Pain
Official title: Preventing an Opioid Epidemic in Norway: Focusing on Treatment of Chronic Pain
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Chronic Pain
Opioid Use
Lead sponsor: Helse Stavanger HF
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
Collaborators: name: The Research Council of Norway
First posted: 2023-04-25
Enrollment: 90
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 67
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SEQUENTIAL
Intervention model description: MRC framework for a complex intervention
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The investigators do research on chronic pain treatment to minimize the risks associated with opioids.

Detailed description: The investigators know that patients suffering from chronic pain need good treatment. The use of opioids for chronic, non-cancer related pain may seem appropriate in the short term, but can often have negative consequences for both the individual and society in the long term.

Several factors-the escalating use of opioids to chronic pain patients, the increasing use of strong opioids in particular, and the increasing number of overdoses caused by prescription opioids-point to the start of an opioid epidemic in Norway.

Objectives The overall goal of the POINT project is to provide knowledge to optimize treatment of patients with chronic pain in order to avoid unnecessary escalation of opioid treatment, improve their quality of life and reduce the burden of disease.

In the long run our objective is to prevent the unwanted consequences of opioid treatment and improve patients' quality of life.

Ultimately, through this project the investigators hope to prevent an opioid epidemic in Norway.

To achieve the main goal, the investigators will focus on pain patients and their doctors, as increasing opioid use may occur through the patient-doctor interaction.

Methods

The project will develop and test a non-drug interventions that consist of an interdisciplinary group treatment .

Financing The Research Council of Norway

Cooperation St. Olavs Hospital

Stavanger Hospital Trust

City of Stavanger

National Institute of Public Health (FHI)

Alcohol and Drug Research Western Norway (KoRFor)

Foreningen for kroniske smertepasienter (FKS) Norwegian Forum of Disabled Peoples' Organizations (SAFO)

Cooperation with other projects Injury Prevention and Outcomes following Trauma

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* non-malignant, chronic pain
* Registered in Stavanger municipality
* Consent to participation.
* Age 18 - 67 years
* Pain duration \<10 years

Exclusion Criteria:

* malignant pain condition

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change From Baseline in Audit C at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Change from baseline in Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Change from baseline in Bergen Insomnia scale at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Change from baseline in Health-related quality of life at 12 Weeks
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Stavanger
country: Norway
facility: Stavanger municipality
Study officials:
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