Post-Operative Analgesic Selection in Patients Planned for Third Molar Extraction After Undergoing Shared Decision Making Using 2- Versus 3-Option Decision-Aids

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Conditions studied: Pain Management, Shared Decision Making

In brief

This research protocol is exploring a behavioral intervention: shared decision making with the use of a decision aid to select a post-operative analgesic. Specifically, the investigators will examine the impact of shared decision making on analgesic selection for acute pain management when 2 options are presented to the patient as compared to 3 options which includes an opioid prescription for "just-in-case" pain management. The investigators hypothesize that significantly more patients will choice an opioid option when the "just-in-case option is included.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07011472

Run by

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

People needed

100

Starts

2025-06-16

Expected to finish

2026-05-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Be able to understand the informed consent.
• Provide signed and dated informed consent form
• Be able to understand all directions for data gathering instruments in English
• Be willing and able to comply with all study procedures
• Planning to undergo extraction of one or more 3rd molars
• Be 18 years or older

You may not qualify if…

• While the actual analgesic prescribed to the patient may be different then the analgesic selected by the participant (their actual analgesic is NOT part of the research protocol) participants who self-report inability to take ibuprofen, acetaminophen or an opioid are not eligible since the decision aid is designed to help a patient select between a combination of ibuprofen/acetaminophen and an opioid containing analgesic.
• Participants would also be excluded due to any additional criteria that would place the individual at increased risk or preclude the individual's full compliance with or completion of the study which includes:
• Prior participation in this study
• Inability or refusal to provide informed consent

Where it is running

• Rutgers School of Dental Medicine — Newark, New Jersey, United States (enrolling)

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