Opioid-Free Shoulder Arthroplasty

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Opioid Use, Shoulder Osteoarthritis, Avascular Necrosis, Rotator Cuff Tear, Arthritis;Inflammatory

In brief

Purpose of Study: To identify and provide a safe, opioid-free treatment pathway for shoulder arthroplasty with a focus on perioperative pain control and postoperative symptoms from treatment

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03540030

Run by

OrthoCarolina Research Institute, Inc.

People needed

86

Starts

2016-09-01

Expected to finish

2019-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-14

Who can join

Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient undergoing elective primary total shoulder or reverse total shoulder arthroplasty for osteoarthritis, avascular necrosis, cuff tear arthropathy, or inflammatory arthritis etiologies
• Age greater than or equal to 50.

You may not qualify if…

• Revision total shoulder arthroplasty
• Chronic opioid therapy - per investigator discretion
• Liver or renal insufficiency - per investigator discretion
• Arthroplasty for fracture
• Sickle cell disease
• Workers compensation
• Inability to receive block
• Intervention Arm Only: Creatinine clearance less than 30 mL/min
• Intervention Arm Only: Allergy to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs).

Where it is running

• OrthoCarolina Research Institute — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

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