The Excess Opioid Disposal Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Surgical Procedures, Operative

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03694899

Run by

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

People needed

250

Starts

2018-10-03

Expected to finish

2020-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Having surgery with expected duration of admission of 2 days or more

You may not qualify if…

• Allergies to opioids
• Allergy or contra-indication to short term acetaminophen or ibuprofen
• Chronic opioid use
• History of opioid abuse

Where it is running

• Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center — Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

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