Effect of Opioid Shortage on Drug Selection

Completed

Conditions studied: Opioid Use, Unspecified

In brief

This study will look at the effects of fentanyl shortage in laparoscopic cholecystectomy cases. The opioid shortage, specifically hydromorphone and fentanyl, caused a decrease in administration of opioid analgesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy intraoperatively.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04099030

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

1668

Starts

2019-04-05

Expected to finish

2019-12-13

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-16

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• All Genders
• History of laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• American Society of Anesthesiologist classification (ASA) 1-4 emergent and Non emergent
• Adult >18 years old
• Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Main Operating rooms

You may not qualify if…

• Regional Anesthetic
• ASA 5 and 6

Where it is running

• Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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