Clinical trial NCT04095624: Does Preoperative Pain Medication Management Influence Surgical Outcomes in Spinal Fusion
Official title: Does Preoperative Pain Medication Management Influence Surgical Outcomes in Spinal Fusion: A Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Opioid Use
Spine Fusion
Lead sponsor: Stanford University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-09-19
Enrollment: 16
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: In light of the current opioid epidemic, there is an urgent need to address chronic opioid use prior to surgery before it is exacerbated by postoperative surgical pain. Our central hypothesis is that patients who taper their opioid use prior to surgery will have reduced postoperative opioid and pain medication usage, less postoperative pain, and improved patient reported outcomes relative to patients that do not taper prior to surgery. Our specific aims include: 1. Determine whether reducing patients' preoperative opioid usage through a structured tapering regimen reduces postoperative opioid and pain medication use. 2. Examine whether reducing patients' preoperative opioid usage through a structured tapering regimen reduces postoperative pain. 3. Determine whether reducing patients' preoperative opioid usage through a structured tapering regimen improves patient reported outcomes.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older
* Indicated for lumbar, lumbosacral, or thoracolumbar spinal fusion surgery in the departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
* Daily opioid use for at least 4 weeks prior to the preoperative planning appointment

Exclusion Criteria:

* Suboxone (buprenorphine) use
* Unable to complete patient reported outcome measures (PROMs)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Postoperative Opioid Pain Medication Dose
timeFrame: Weekly, month 3, month 6
measure: Change in Numeric Pain Scale Score
timeFrame: Weekly, month 3, month 6
measure: Change from baseline Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)
timeFrame: Weekly, month 3, month 6
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Redwood City
country: United States
facility: Stanford Hospital and Clinics
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: Stanford University
name: Serena Hu, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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