Opioid Use in Shoulder Arthroplasty Patients: A Stratification and Algorithm

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03808025

Enrollment

Registered

2019-01-17

Start date

2019-01-21

Completion date

2023-05-04

Last updated

2023-09-01

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Conditions

Opioid Use

Brief summary

The investigators aim to better understand opioid use in patients undergoing elective shoulder surgery. The investigators will prospectively determine actual postoperative opioid use, while evaluating whether implementation of an educational session with pain contract would help minimize opioid use.

Detailed description

The investigators aim to better understand opioid use in patients undergoing elective shoulder surgery. As part of a multi-part investigation, The investigators intend to prospectively determine actual postoperative opioid use, while evaluating whether implementation of an educational session with pain contract would help minimize opioid use. Through use of a teaching session and pain contract, it is hypothesized opioid use would decrease. The investigators hypothesize the use of a pain contract and thorough discussion regarding proper opioid use and side-effects, will decrease the amount of postoperative opioid use.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALopioid education

see arm/group descriptions

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

Patients who consent to the study will be prospectively randomized to one of two arms: one will receive educational intervention, the other will not. Investigators will be masked to patient intervention when assessing and collecting outcomes.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 18 years or older with capacity to consent * presenting to UC Davis Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery and planning to undergo elective shoulder surgery

Exclusion criteria

* unable to consent * prisoners * children * pregnant women

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Opioid use	6 months after surgery	Total opioid use

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of refills	6 months after surgery	Necessary refills related to surgical pain

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026