Does the Use of a Simplified Pain Questionnaire Impact Opioid Consumption Among People Receiving Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Knee Surgery?

NCT ID: NCT07065266

Last Updated: 2025-07-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

130 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-07-24

Study Completion Date

2026-07-01

Brief Summary

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The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to compare opioid consumption among patients who receive a binary pain scale compared to those who receive a standard 10-point pain scale after undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction Anterior Cruciate Ligament/Surgery

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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10-point pain scale

participants undergoing ACL reconstructive surgery are asked to use a 10-point NPRS pain scale to describe their pain post-operatively

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard 10-point pain scale used post-operatively to assess pain

Binary pain questionnaire

Participants undergoing ACL reconstructive surgery are asked to describe their pain as tolerable or intolerable post-operatively

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Binary pain questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

Post-operative questionnaire that asks if pain is 'tolerable' or 'intolerable'

Interventions

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Binary pain questionnaire

Post-operative questionnaire that asks if pain is 'tolerable' or 'intolerable'

Intervention Type OTHER

Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)

Standard 10-point pain scale used post-operatively to assess pain

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18+
* Undergoing ACL reconstruction surgery at Stanford Sports Medicine Redwood City, with autograft or allograft, with or without concomitant meniscal repair.

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant women
* Surgical history of the operated knee
* Known allergy to opioid medications
* Received extra-routine pain care (as compared with the average ACL patients at the Sports Medicine division) given by the anesthesiologists, such as the postoperative epidural analgesia or the ultra-sound guided femoral nerve block.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Todd Alamin

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Todd Alamin, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Stanford University

Locations

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Stanford Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine

Redwood City, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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45010

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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