Naloxone Education in Total Joint Patients

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Opioid Use, Pain, Musculoskeletal, Surgery, Overdose of Opiate

In brief

This study examines the efficacy of a brief pre-hospital naloxone education module added to the standard "Total Joint Class" curriculum on patient safety and experience. Participants will consist of 250 patient-and-support-person pairs. The primary outcome is "readiness to use" naloxone - a proxy for opioid overdose safety. Patient factors contributing to this primary outcome as well as the effect on patient attitude and experience will also be investigated.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04868552

Run by

Carilion Clinic

People needed

500

Starts

2021-09-01

Expected to finish

2022-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-03

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Patients and "primary support person" pairs in which
• the patient is planning total or partial elective hip replacement at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital OR
• the patient is planning total or partial elective knee replacement at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital OR
• willingness to participate in study activities

You may not qualify if…

• Age < 18 years
• Pregnancy
• Poor cognitive function
• Poor English language skills
• Inmate

Where it is running

• Institute for Orthopedics and Neurosciences — Roanoke, Virginia, United States

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