A Randomized-controlled Trial of Post-operative Opiate Quantities After Urogynecologic Surgery

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Conditions studied: Postoperative Pain, Opioid Use

In brief

This is a randomized controlled trial to determine the effect of decreased post-operative prescriptions of opiate medications after urogynecologic surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03319277

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

118

Starts

2017-10-13

Expected to finish

2019-06-25

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-31

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women 18 years or older
• Women scheduled to undergo minimally invasive surgery within the urogynecology division at Cleveland Clinic with a plan to stay one night in the hospital afterwards for a benign indication which includes:
• Vaginal hysterectomies with prolapse repair
• Sacrospinous ligament fixations
• Hysteropexy
• Sacrocolpopexy
• Women able to provide consent for research participation and to sign an informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Women with chronic pain or chronic pain syndrome
• Women undergoing concurrent bowel surgery
• Women with pre-operative chronic opiate use
• Inability to comprehend written and/or spoken English
• Inability to provide informed consent
• Inability to take oxycodone
• Inability to take acetaminophen due to allergy or liver disease
• Women will be excluded if they undergo an unplanned laparotomy
• Pain catastrophization score

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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