Study of Opioid Use After Lumbar and Cervical Spine Surgery
CompletedNot applicableNCT02674711
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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)
The purpose of this project is to assess the impact of an educational video on the use of prescription opioid medication during a 6-month period following spine surgery. Subjects will be recruited from the pool of patients coming in for the pre-operative appointment prior to spine surgery. Patients that consent and enroll will be randomized to receive either a brief educational video at this appointment or usual care. Patients will be followed after surgery weekly for the first month, and then again at 6 months to determine their prescription opioid medication utilization patterns. Prescription data will also be pulled from electronic medical records.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of a Brief Pre-operative Pain Medication Educational Video on Post-operative Prescription Opioid Medication Use in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery. A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Opiate Addiction
- Neck Pain
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Educational Video
- Sponsor
- Brooke Army Medical Center
- Collaborators
- Baylor University
- Start date
- 2015-08
- Primary completion
- 2017-02-28
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Currently scheduled for a pre-operative appointment with an orthopaedic spine surgeon or neurosurgeon specifically for a lumbar surgery. 2. Surgery is taking place for a condition that has been ongoing for 6 months or longer (chronic) 3. Between the age of 18 - 65 years 4. Read and speak English well enough to understand the education, provide informed consent and follow study instructions Exclusion Criteria: a. Known aversion or allergy that would prevent the patient from taking any opioid based pain medication
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02674711