Status:
COMPLETED
Impact of Counseling and Education on Opioid Consumption After ACL Reconstruction
Lead Sponsor:
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Conditions:
Pain, Postoperative
Opioid Use
Eligibility:
All Genders
14+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Research question: Does an opioid limiting pain management counseling and education program result in decreased opioid consumption and improved pain control compared to traditional pain management pro...
Detailed Description
Prescription narcotic pain medications (opioids) were responsible for roughly 17,000 deaths in 2016 in the United States. Orthopedic surgeons were responsible for prescribing the third highest percent...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Men and women aged 14 years and older
- All patients scheduled to undergo an ACLR with or without concomitant procedures such as arthroscopic cartilage procedures, meniscus repair or meniscectomy, and/or lateral extraarticular tenodesis (anterolateral ligament reconstruction)
- Willing to participate in a perioperative pain management education and counseling program
- Willing to track pain levels and opioid consumption through surveys administered via text
- Willing to receive a perioperative regional nerve block
- Language skills and cognitive ability required to participate in the study
- Provision of informed consent
Exclusion
- Revision ACLR
- Concomitant open cartilage procedures or additional knee ligament repair or reconstruction
- Concomitant injury that would also influence pain management
- History of heroin use or opioid abuse requiring treatment
- If any previous ipsilateral knee surgery except for knee arthroscopy
- Preoperative Kellgren-Lawrence grade 3 and 4 on weightbearing radiographs
- An allergy to any of the study medications
- Previously enrolled in the CARE trial
- Anticipated problems with the patient returning for follow-up or accurate completion of survey
- If patient cannot reliably receive texts and use internet to complete surveys
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 12 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 29 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
121 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04885231
Start Date
May 12 2021
End Date
April 29 2025
Last Update
May 2 2025
Active Locations (1)
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University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21207