Analgesics, Opioids, Surgery
Conditions
Keywords
Opioids, Drug disposal
Brief summary
The primary objective is to evaluate the difference in outcomes for mail-in vs. in-home disposal methods for leftover prescription opioids after discharge from surgery.
Interventions
OTHERIn-home drug disposal pouch
Will receive a drug disposal pouch to inactivate leftover prescription opioids for disposal after surgery.
OTHERMail-in prepaid envelope
Will receive a prepaid envelope to mail leftover prescription opioids for disposal after surgery
Sponsors
University of Michigan
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Anticipated to be prescribed and use an opioid medication to treat acute pain after elective outpatient surgery * Opioid-naive
Exclusion criteria
* Inability to receive email and/or phone calls for follow up assessment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Use of assigned disposal method | 2 weeks after surgery | Among patients who have leftover opioids, patient report of the use of their assigned mail-in or in-home method of disposal by 2 weeks after surgery. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Use of safe disposal method | 2 weeks after surgery | Patient-reported use of a method for disposal of leftover opioids that includes mail-in, in-home, pharmacy drop off, or flushing down the toilet by |
| Use of any disposal method | 2 weeks after surgery | Patient-reported use of any method to dispose of leftover opioids, that includes assigned methods, safe methods, and other methods such as placing in the trash |
| Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) | 2 weeks after surgery | — |
| Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) | 2 weeks after surgery | — |
| Patient-Reported Satisfaction with Use of Disposal Method (study derived question) | 2 weeks after surgery | Patient report of overall satisfaction with use of the assigned disposal method, on a 0 (worst) to 10 (best) numeric scale |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORMark Bicket, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
Outcome results
None listed