Discharge Opioid Education to Decrease Opioid Use After Cesarean

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Conditions studied: Opioid Use

In brief

Background: The number of opioid overdose deaths in the United States has quadrupled in 15 years, a dramatic manifestation of the current opioid abuse epidemic. This rise parallels a sharp increase in the amount of legal prescription opioids dispensed. The abundance of prescription opioids available is a primary pathway for opioid abuse and diversion and higher opioid use after surgery has been associated with an increased risk of chronic opioid use. Reducing the amount of opioid used after cesarean delivery may decrease the risk of chronic opioid use and will help towards better estimating and reducing the amount of opioids prescribed at discharge. Objective: To to compare discharge opioid education to standard care to ascertain whether opioid education reduces opioid use after hospital discharge

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03678870

Run by

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

People needed

196

Starts

2018-09-01

Expected to finish

2019-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women 18-45 years old
• Women undergoing cesarean delivery at VUMC

You may not qualify if…

• Major post-surgical complications:
• cesarean hysterectomy, bowel or bladder injury, reoperation, ICU admission, wound infection or separation
• Chronic opioid use: Taking buprenorphine during pregnancy, taking an opioid for > 7 days during pregnancy.
• Women who do not speak English

Where it is running

• Sarah Osmundson — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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