Status:
COMPLETED
Opiates Prescribing for Knee Arthroscopies and ACL Reconstruction
Lead Sponsor:
Northwestern University
Conditions:
Knee Injuries
ACL Injury
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-89 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of the study is to determine if opiates are required to achieve adequate analgesia after knee arthroscopy and ACL reconstruction in outpatient surgery. The investigators hypothesize that ...
Detailed Description
Perioperative pain management is an important aspect of quality patient care. Opioid pain medications are increasingly being used for pain control, with the United States writing over 250 million pres...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All patients presenting to Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) or to a Northwestern orthopaedic surgery faculty member's clinic undergoing knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair and/or debridement
- 18 years old or greater
- Ability to read and speak English
Exclusion
- Revision surgery
- Oncologic surgery
- Arthroscopic knee surgery that involves procedures other than ACL or the meniscus (i.e PCL, LCL, MPFL)
- Patients currently taking narcotics, chronic pain management patients, history of substance abuse
- Adults unable to consent
- Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
- Pregnant women
- Prisoners
- Patients currently taking narcotics, chronic pain management patients, history of substance abuse
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 26 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 8 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
201 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03876743
Start Date
March 26 2018
End Date
July 8 2020
Last Update
October 14 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Northwestern Medicine Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611