Narcotic vs. Non-narcotic Pain Regimens After Pediatric Appendectomy
NCT ID: NCT03528343
Last Updated: 2020-02-07
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Basic Information
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WITHDRAWN
PHASE1/PHASE2
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-09-05
2017-12-01
Brief Summary
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Pain control will be assessed with a post-operative pain scale, patient satisfaction survey, and parent satisfaction survey on the days following surgery and at post-operative follow-up.
The hypothesis is that the pain scores and patient satisfaction surveys will show no difference in post-operative pain control between the two arms.
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Detailed Description
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Children admitted after undergoing surgical management for a diagnosis of acute appendicitis will be randomized at discharge to a narcotic arm or a tylenol/motrin arm. The narcotic arm will receive the standard of care narcotic prescription. The tylenol/motrin arm will receive education to use tylenol and motrin for pain control as well as a paper prescription provided for the sole purpose of rescue.
Pain control will be assessed with a post-operative pain scale, patient satisfaction survey, and parent satisfaction survey on the days following surgery and at post-operative follow-up.
The hypothesis is that the pain scores and patient satisfaction surveys will show no difference in post-operative pain control between the two arms.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Tylenol/Motrin
Group of patients who will receive instructions to use tylenol and motrin for pain control, and parents will be sent home with a paper prescription with a rescue does of standard of care narcotics. They will be instructed to only use the rescue dose if pain is uncontrolled using over the counter medications.
Non-narcotic pain control
Education to use tylenol and motrin only for pain control unless this is unable to control pain. Rescue prescription provided.
Narcotic
Group of patients who will receive the standard of care narcotic prescription filled upon discharge.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Non-narcotic pain control
Education to use tylenol and motrin only for pain control unless this is unable to control pain. Rescue prescription provided.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Patients have undergone appendectomy by any technique (open, laparoscopic, single-port)
Exclusion Criteria
* Patient undergoes a more extensive or additional procedures at the time of operation due to complications or other indication
* Pregnancy
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Primary Children's Hospital
OTHER
University of Utah
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Sean Stokes
General Surgery Resident
Principal Investigators
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Stephen J Fenton, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Utah, Primary Children's Hospital
Locations
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Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Countries
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References
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Blakely ML, Spurbeck WW, Lobe TE. Current status of laparoscopic appendectomy in children. Semin Pediatr Surg. 1998 Nov;7(4):225-7. doi: 10.1016/s1055-8586(98)70035-6.
Buckius MT, McGrath B, Monk J, Grim R, Bell T, Ahuja V. Changing epidemiology of acute appendicitis in the United States: study period 1993-2008. J Surg Res. 2012 Jun 15;175(2):185-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.07.017. Epub 2011 Aug 9.
Tomecka MJ, Bortsov AV, Miller NR, Solano N, Narron J, McNaull PP, Ricketts KJ, Lupa CM, McLean SA. Substantial postoperative pain is common among children undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy. Paediatr Anaesth. 2012 Feb;22(2):130-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2011.03711.x. Epub 2011 Sep 29.
Gerbershagen HJ, Aduckathil S, van Wijck AJ, Peelen LM, Kalkman CJ, Meissner W. Pain intensity on the first day after surgery: a prospective cohort study comparing 179 surgical procedures. Anesthesiology. 2013 Apr;118(4):934-44. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31828866b3.
Finley AG, McGrath PJ, Forward PS, McNeill G, Fitzgerald P. Parents' management of children's pain following 'minor' surgery. Pain. 1996 Jan;64(1):83-87. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(95)00091-7.
Alkhoury F, Knight C, Stylianos S, Zerpa J, Pasaron R, Mora J, Aserlind A, Malvezzi L, Burnweit C. Prospective Comparison of Nonnarcotic versus Narcotic Outpatient Oral Analgesic Use after Laparoscopic Appendectomy and Early Discharge. Minim Invasive Surg. 2014;2014:509632. doi: 10.1155/2014/509632. Epub 2014 Apr 14.
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Abou-Karam M, Dube S, Kvann HS, Mollica C, Racine D, Bussieres JF, Lebel D, Nguyen C, Thibault M. Parental Report of Morphine Use at Home after Pediatric Surgery. J Pediatr. 2015 Sep;167(3):599-604.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.06.035. Epub 2015 Jul 21.
Liu Y, Seipel C, Lopez ME, Nuchtern JG, Brandt ML, Fallon SC, Manyang PA, Tjia IM, Baijal RG, Watcha MF. A retrospective study of multimodal analgesic treatment after laparoscopic appendectomy in children. Paediatr Anaesth. 2013 Dec;23(12):1187-92. doi: 10.1111/pan.12271. Epub 2013 Sep 25.
Alkhoury F, Malvezzi L, Knight CG, Diana J, Pasaron R, Mora J, Aserlind A, Stylianos S, Burnweit C. Routine same-day discharge after acute or interval appendectomy in children: a prospective study. Arch Surg. 2012 May;147(5):443-6. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2012.132.
Stessel B, Theunissen M, Fiddelers AA, Joosten EA, Kessels AG, Gramke HF, Marcus MA. Controlled-release oxycodone versus naproxen at home after ambulatory surgery: a randomized controlled trial. Curr Ther Res Clin Exp. 2014 Nov 28;76:120-5. doi: 10.1016/j.curtheres.2014.10.001. eCollection 2014 Dec.
Other Identifiers
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UU83426
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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