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Decreasing Unused Opioids in the Home Post Supracondylar Fracture Repair

NCT ID: NCT04059055

Last Updated: 2021-12-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

175 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-01

Study Completion Date

2020-09-30

Brief Summary

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Over the past two decades, the misuse of prescription opioids has significantly increased. A recent systematic review reported as much as 67% to 92% of opioids dispensed on discharge post-surgery go unused. This culture of overprescribing is consistently observed across surgical specialties. Less frequently observed is the potential for opioid use and misuse in children and adolescents post-surgery. The research to date in this area has been poorly performed with heterogenous data collection, analysis and reporting, as well as large loss of patients to follow-up.

The investigators' previous prospective observational deception study identified three areas of concern:

1. There is a culture of postoperative opioid over-prescribing at discharge as demonstrated by heterogenous opioid dosing and duration of treatments across practitioners for single procedures
2. This overprescribing is in excess of patients' home-requirements and results in significant quantities of leftover opioids
3. There is a culture of inappropriate storage and lack of safe disposal of prescribed opioids in the community

Detailed Description

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This study focuses on addressing and minimizing pediatric surgical over-prescribing. It aims to reduce the amount of opioids prescribed by focusing prescribers and families on regular use of simple non-opioid analgesics, as well as decreasing the amount of opioids prescribed and dispensed.

Conditions

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Pain Management

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with supracondylar fractures undergoing surgical wire placement or pinning that return to fracture clinic at three weeks for removal of pins/wires.
* Patients discharged on the weekday.
* Families filling a prescription for opioids at Shoppers Drug Mart at SickKids Hospital.
* Parent has strong command of the English language (i.e., no interpreter required).

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with a history of chronic pain.
* Patient used opioid medication within the previous 6 months.
* Patients who are discharged on the weekend (as participant emails will need to be entered into redcap the day of recruitment, for data collection to commence the next morning).
Minimum Eligible Age

0 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The Hospital for Sick Children

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Conor McDonnell

Staff Anesthesiologist

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Conor Mc Donnell

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Staff Anesthesiologist

Locations

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The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

Other Identifiers

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1000064960

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id