Patient Satisfaction With Opioid Restriction After Urogynecologic Surgery

Launched by WALTER REED NATIONAL MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER · Dec 9, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This study is a 2 arm, unmasked, single center, randomized controlled, non-inferiority study comparing participant satisfaction with post-operative pain control between participants randomized to a restrictive opioid prescribing protocol versus a standard opioid prescribing protocol.

All females aged 18 years and older who are scheduled for a minor or major urogynecologic surgery who are receiving care at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) Urogynecology clinic will be eligible for the study. Of note, all those seen in the WRNMMC Urogynecologic clinic are female. Minor su...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Females 18 years of age and older
• • Scheduled for urogynecologic surgical procedure
• • Ability to follow study instructions and complete all required follow-up
• • DEERS eligible
• • Willing to take the SOC opioid dose or the restricted dose
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Ineligible for non-opioid pain medication, including allergy to acetaminophen or NSAIDS
• • History of opioid abuse determined by asking the potential participant about history of opioid abuse and reviewing potential participant's chart to look for prior or active diagnosis of opioid abuse.
• • Females who are breastfeeding, pregnant or planning a pregnancy during the study or who think that they may be pregnant at the start of the study, or females of childbearing potential who are unable or unwilling to use a reliable form of contraception during the study
• • Inability to speak or read English. Non-English speakers will be excluded from this study for ease of being able to allow the principal investigator to communicate with the patients during the consents, initial and all follow-up communication. Some of the questionnaires used have also only been validated in English.