Opioid Consumption and Disposal After Shoulder Arthroplasty

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Conditions studied: Opioid Use

In brief

Opioid medications are widely used after many orthopedic procedures and are routinely prescribed after shoulder replacement surgery. Despite the high prevalence of opioid abuse and misuse, there is no standardized mechanism for patients to dispose of unused opioid medications safely and securely and the average number of opioid pills required after shoulder replacement surgery is still unknown. In a prior pilot study conducted by our group (IRB# 202012142), opioid consumption patterns of patients undergoing shoulder arthroplasty were analyzed, as well as their adherence to a safe and secure disposal mechanism for excess opioid pills. A 94% retention rate was achieved and preliminary results showed that most of the subjects were 60 years of age and older. The objective of the current proposal is to: (1) develop pre-operative education materials related to post-operative opioid use following shoulder arthroplasty; (2) pilot the impact of this educational intervention; (3) examine the effect of providing disposal mechanisms for unused opioid pain medications following shoulder arthroplasty. The proposal is to conduct a single blinded randomized controlled trial of patients undergoing total shoulder replacement, both anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) and reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA), and Hemiarthroplasty at UIHC. This randomized controlled trial will compare: (1) education plus opioid disposal to the standard of care (SC). The investigators hypothesize that pre-operative opioid education modules combined with a structured opioid disposal program will decrease opioid consumption following shoulder arthroplasty.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05525975

Run by

Brendan M. Patterson

People needed

140

Starts

2022-11-21

Expected to finish

2024-04-26

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-15

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients seen at UIHC Shoulder Surgery Clinic that are indicated for primary total shoulder arthroplasty procedures.

You may not qualify if…

• revision shoulder arthroplasty
• arthroplasty for proximal humerus fractures
• patients with a history of chronic opioid consumption
• patients with contraindications for opioid consumption.

Where it is running

• University of Iowa — Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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