Pilot Trial of Opioid Taper Support

NCT ID: NCT01883882

Last Updated: 2016-10-24

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

35 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-06-30

Study Completion Date

2016-06-30

Brief Summary

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The proposed research will develop, demonstrate the feasibility of, and pilot test in a randomized controlled trial a prescription opioid taper support intervention. This intervention aims to prevent opioid misuse and adverse events among patients receiving chronic opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain without evidence of current substance abuse.

The project will yield information essential to planning a future, larger-scale RCT designed to evaluate: 1) the efficacy of the intervention in preventing prescription opioid abuse, misuse, overdose and other adverse events among patients receiving chronic opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain, 2) the effects of the intervention on opioid use, pain, pain related activity interference, and mood. Participants in our pilot study will be limited to those without current opioid abuse or other substance abuse, but past substance abuse will be allowed. This will provide a sample of patients at risk for opioid abuse, misuse and overdose, but who may be able to taper their opioids successfully. Hypothesis: Patients receiving chronic opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain who are randomized to the opioid taper support intervention, as compared with patients randomized to usual opioid prescribing care, will have lower opioid average daily doses at 22 and 34 weeks.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Chronic Non-cancer Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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taper support

Weekly visits with pharmacological and psychological support for opioid taper at 10% of original dose per week

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

opioid taper support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Weekly visits with physician's assistant (supervised by pain physician/psychiatrist and pain psychologist) who provides pharmacological and psychological support for opioid taper at 10% per week

Usual care

Usual care for chronic pain. All care allowed except buprenorphine.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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opioid taper support

Weekly visits with physician's assistant (supervised by pain physician/psychiatrist and pain psychologist) who provides pharmacological and psychological support for opioid taper at 10% per week

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* age 18-80 years;
* CNCP, defined as pain on more than half the days in the past six months, where indicated diagnostic workup is complete and treatment is focused on pain;
* currently on COT, defined as self-report of prescribed oral opioid medication use on a daily or near-daily (\>90% of days) basis for 90 days or more;
* mean daily opioid dose in the past 30 days of 25 mg MED or greater;
* willing to participate in the study arm to which they are randomly assigned (including opioid taper in-person sessions if randomized to that group);
* able to read, speak, and write English.

Exclusion Criteria

* currently receiving treatment for cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer);
* medical comorbidity with life expectancy less than a year (based on medical record review by the PI);
* recent use (past month) of parenteral, transdermal, or transmucosal opioids,
* currently residing in nursing home;
* currently using intrathecal pump for pain control;
* any current substance abuse according to the DSM-IV checklist (nicotine and marijuana will be allowed since Washington State allows medical marijuana for pain control);
* presence of illicit drug metabolite in baseline urine drug test,
* psychotic symptoms, psychiatric hospitalization or suicide attempts in the past year;
* current suicidal ideation with specific plan or intent;
* significant cognitive impairment (on 6-item screener Scale).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Washington

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mark Sullivan

Prinicipal Study Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Washington Center for Pain Relief

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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R34DA033384

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

43641-B

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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