Transforming Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care
CompletedNot applicableNCT01909076
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Prescription opioid misuse is a significant public health problem as well as a patient safety concern. Primary care providers are the leading prescribers of opioids for chronic pain, yet few providers follow standard practice guidelines regarding assessment and monitoring. The investigators propose a novel system change in delivery of primary care services to decrease misuse of and addiction to prescription opioids for patients with chronic pain. The proposed intervention for the overall project includes a nurse-managed registry for planning individual patient care and conducting population-based care for a population of patients receiving opioids for chronic pain. Academic detailing to clinicians is another effective way to improve care. Finally, the researchers will create a knowledge management tool to facilitate guideline adherence. This tool will be accessible via an internet link, and will include validated instruments to assess patient status and also to facilitate physician adherence to suggested monitoring.
Study details
- Official title
- Implementing Opioid Risk Reduction Strategies Into Primary Care Practice
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Electronic decision support tools
- Behavioral: Enhanced patient education materials
- Behavioral: Nurse care management
- Behavioral: Electronic Patient Registry
- Behavioral: Academic detailing
- Sponsor
- Boston Medical Center
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Start date
- 2014-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * All PCPs (physicians, doctors of osteopathy, nurse practitioners, and physicians' assistants) at participating sites with 4 patients prescribed opioid treatment along with their patients greater than or equal to age 18 who have 1) 3 or more completed visits to the primary care practice; 2) long-term opioid treatment defined by 3 or more opioid prescriptions written at least 21 days apart within 6 months; and 3) an inpatient or outpatient ICD9CM diagnosis for musculoskeletal or neuropathic pain. In addition, non-PCP staff at the health centers and at the Massachusetts State PMP who agree to be included in the qualitative assessments will be included and will be considered subjects. Note that the investigators have limited inclusion in the study to PCPs with at least 4 patients on chronic opioid therapy because it was determined that for PCPs with fewer than 4 patients the time burden associated with the study (meeting with nurse care manager, receiving academic detailing etc) would not be justified. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients currently receiving care for cancer, except non-melanoma skin cancer. Patients with remote (\>5 years) histories being disease-free from other cancers (e.g. breast, colon, prostate) will not be excluded due to the low risk of current cancer related pain. PCPs and staff who do not consent to the study.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01909076