Surgical Procedures, OperativeNCT03694899
The Excess Opioid Disposal Study
A study testing phone contact in people with Surgical Procedures, Operative, run by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study is designed to test the hypothesis that providing information to patients about excess opioid disposal, calling patients prior to their outpatient post-operative surgical appointment and providing a convenient drop box for opioid disposal will increase rates of FDA compliant disposal. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- What is being tested?
- phone contact
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 250 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 3 Oct 2018to 1 Mar 2020
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Having surgery with expected duration of admission of 2 days or more
Who cannot join
- Allergies to opioids
- Allergy or contra-indication to short term acetaminophen or ibuprofen
- Chronic opioid use
- History of opioid abuse
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756
About this study
This study is designed to test the hypothesis that providing information to patients about excess opioid disposal, calling patients prior to their outpatient post-operative surgical appointment and providing a convenient drop box for opioid disposal will increase rates of FDA compliant disposal.
Read the detailed description
It is hypothesized that:
- By providing pre-operative patient education, a drop-box in a convenient location (the hospital pharmacy near the surgical outpatient clinic) and a reminder phone call prior to the post-operative clinic appointment, an increase in FDA-compliant unused opioid disposal rates to at least 40% will be seen.
- The investigator's guideline for opioid prescribing after operations that require an inpatient admission which the investigator established for general surgical procedures will satisfy the opioid requirements of at least 85% of patients undergoing a variety of operations from differing specialties.
- The utilization of guideline opioid prescribing and FDA-compliant unused opioid disposal will decrease the percentage of patients who are taking opioids at 6 months and 1 year after their surgery to less than 1%.
The primary objective is to determine the effect of pre-operative patient education, a drop-box in the hospital pharmacy and a reminder phone call on the proportion of patients who dispose of unused opioids using a FDA-compliant method.
Secondary objectives include:
- Determine in a prospective study whether our guideline for opioid prescribing after surgery which requires inpatient admission fulfills the opioid requirements of at least 85% of patients undergoing a variety of operations.
- Determining the effect of guideline opioid prescribing and FDA-compliant unused opioid disposal on the proportion of patients who are on opioids 6 months and 1 year after their surgery.
- Conditions
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Being tested
- phone contact
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
phone contactBehavioural
patients will be called prior to their outpatient appointment
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| one | Experimental | acetaminophen 650 mg three times/day ibuprofen 600 mg three times/day opioid dose based on use in hospital day prior to discharge Receives: Behavioral: phone contact |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
opioid disposal rate
% of patients that dispose of excess opioids in an FDA compliant manner
Measured: 1 year
Secondary outcomes (2)
Does guideline predict opioid needs
1.Determine in a prospective study whether our guideline for opioid prescribing after surgery which requires inpatient admission fulfills the opioid requirements of at least 85% of patients undergoing a variety of operations.
Measured: 6 months
effect on long term opioid usage
Determining the effect of guideline opioid prescribing and FDA-compliant unused opioid disposal on the proportion of patients who are on opioids 6 months and 1 year after their surgery.
Measured: 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted3 Oct 2018
- Study start3 Oct 2018
- Primary completion1 Mar 2020
- Study completion1 Mar 2020
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Surgical Procedures, OperativeStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 250 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Richard J. Barth,Jr., Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03694899
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- D19001
- Status last verified
- May 2021
- First submitted
- 2 Oct 2018
- Last updated
- 25 May 2021
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Porter ED, Bessen SY, Molloy IB, Kelly JL, Ramkumar N, Phillips JD, Loehrer AP, Wilson MZ, Hasson RM, Ivatury SJ, Henkin JR, Barth RJ Jr. Guidelines for Patient-CenteredOpioid Prescribing and Optimal FDA-Compliant Disposal of Excess Pills after Inpatient Operation: Prospective Clinical Trial. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Jun;232(6):823-835.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.12.057. Epub 2021 Feb 25.
PubMed 33640521
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 25 May 2021. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Excess Opioid Disposal Study
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03694899
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- D19001
- Conditions
- Surgical Procedures, Operative
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 250 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 3 Oct 2018 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Mar 2020 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 Mar 2020 (actual)
- First posted
- 3 Oct 2018 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study is designed to test the hypothesis that providing information to patients about excess opioid disposal, calling patients prior to their outpatient post-operative surgical appointment and providing a convenient drop box for opioid disposal will increase rates of FDA compliant disposal.
Detailed description
It is hypothesized that:
- By providing pre-operative patient education, a drop-box in a convenient location (the hospital pharmacy near the surgical outpatient clinic) and a reminder phone call prior to the post-operative clinic appointment, an increase in FDA-compliant unused opioid disposal rates to at least 40% will be seen.
- The investigator's guideline for opioid prescribing after operations that require an inpatient admission which the investigator established for general surgical procedures will satisfy the opioid requirements of at least 85% of patients undergoing a variety of operations from differing specialties.
- The utilization of guideline opioid prescribing and FDA-compliant unused opioid disposal will decrease the percentage of patients who are taking opioids at 6 months and 1 year after their surgery to less than 1%.
The primary objective is to determine the effect of pre-operative patient education, a drop-box in the hospital pharmacy and a reminder phone call on the proportion of patients who dispose of unused opioids using a FDA-compliant method.
Secondary objectives include:
- Determine in a prospective study whether our guideline for opioid prescribing after surgery which requires inpatient admission fulfills the opioid requirements of at least 85% of patients undergoing a variety of operations.
- Determining the effect of guideline opioid prescribing and FDA-compliant unused opioid disposal on the proportion of patients who are on opioids 6 months and 1 year after their surgery.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| one | Experimental | Behavioral: phone contactacetaminophen 650 mg three times/day ibuprofen 600 mg three times/day opioid dose based on use in hospital day prior to discharge |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Having surgery with expected duration of admission of 2 days or more
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Allergies to opioids
- Allergy or contra-indication to short term acetaminophen or ibuprofen
- Chronic opioid use
- History of opioid abuse
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| phone contactpatients will be called prior to their outpatient appointment | Behavioural | one |
Primary outcome
opioid disposal rate
Time frame: 1 year
% of patients that dispose of excess opioids in an FDA compliant manner
2 secondary outcomes
Does guideline predict opioid needs
Time frame: 6 months
effect on long term opioid usage
Time frame: 1 year
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 25 May 2021.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 33640521Porter ED, Bessen SY, Molloy IB, Kelly JL, Ramkumar N, Phillips JD, Loehrer AP, Wilson MZ, Hasson RM, Ivatury SJ, Henkin JR, Barth RJ Jr. Guidelines for Patient-CenteredOpioid Prescribing and Optimal FDA-Compliant Disposal of Excess Pills after Inpatient Operation: Prospective Clinical Trial. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 Jun;232(6):823-835.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.12.057. Epub 2021 Feb 25.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing phone contact in people with Surgical Procedures, Operative, run by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 May 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
opioid disposal rate (time frame: 1 year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03694899, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 25 May 2021; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 27 Oct 2026.