The Excess Opioid Disposal Study
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Hospital |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 1/25/2019 |
| Start Date: | October 3, 2018 |
| End Date: | September 1, 2021 |
| Contact: | Richard J Barth, MD |
| Email: | Richard.J.Barth.Jr@hitchcock.org |
| Phone: | (603) 650-9479 |
This study is designed to test the hypothesis that providing information to patients about
excess opioid disposal, calling patients prior to their outpatient post-operative surgical
appointment and providing a convenient drop box for opioid disposal will increase rates of
FDA compliant disposal.
excess opioid disposal, calling patients prior to their outpatient post-operative surgical
appointment and providing a convenient drop box for opioid disposal will increase rates of
FDA compliant disposal.
It is hypothesized that:
1. By providing pre-operative patient education, a drop-box in a convenient location (the
hospital pharmacy near the surgical outpatient clinic) and a reminder phone call prior
to the post-operative clinic appointment, an increase in FDA-compliant unused opioid
disposal rates to at least 40% will be seen.
2. The investigator's guideline for opioid prescribing after operations that require an
inpatient admission which the investigator established for general surgical procedures
will satisfy the opioid requirements of at least 85% of patients undergoing a variety of
operations from differing specialties.
3. The utilization of guideline opioid prescribing and FDA-compliant unused opioid disposal
will decrease the percentage of patients who are taking opioids at 6 months and 1 year
after their surgery to less than 1%.
The primary objective is to determine the effect of pre-operative patient education, a
drop-box in the hospital pharmacy and a reminder phone call on the proportion of patients who
dispose of unused opioids using a FDA-compliant method.
Secondary objectives include:
1. Determine in a prospective study whether our guideline for opioid prescribing after
surgery which requires inpatient admission fulfills the opioid requirements of at least
85% of patients undergoing a variety of operations.
2. Determining the effect of guideline opioid prescribing and FDA-compliant unused opioid
disposal on the proportion of patients who are on opioids 6 months and 1 year after
their surgery.
1. By providing pre-operative patient education, a drop-box in a convenient location (the
hospital pharmacy near the surgical outpatient clinic) and a reminder phone call prior
to the post-operative clinic appointment, an increase in FDA-compliant unused opioid
disposal rates to at least 40% will be seen.
2. The investigator's guideline for opioid prescribing after operations that require an
inpatient admission which the investigator established for general surgical procedures
will satisfy the opioid requirements of at least 85% of patients undergoing a variety of
operations from differing specialties.
3. The utilization of guideline opioid prescribing and FDA-compliant unused opioid disposal
will decrease the percentage of patients who are taking opioids at 6 months and 1 year
after their surgery to less than 1%.
The primary objective is to determine the effect of pre-operative patient education, a
drop-box in the hospital pharmacy and a reminder phone call on the proportion of patients who
dispose of unused opioids using a FDA-compliant method.
Secondary objectives include:
1. Determine in a prospective study whether our guideline for opioid prescribing after
surgery which requires inpatient admission fulfills the opioid requirements of at least
85% of patients undergoing a variety of operations.
2. Determining the effect of guideline opioid prescribing and FDA-compliant unused opioid
disposal on the proportion of patients who are on opioids 6 months and 1 year after
their surgery.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Having surgery with expected duration of admission of 2 days or more
Exclusion Criteria:
- Allergies to opioids
- Allergy or contra-indication to short term acetaminophen or ibuprofen
- Chronic opioid use
- History of opioid abuse
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