Actively Recruiting

Phase 1
Age: 18Years +
All Genders
NCT06498713

Patient Controlled Administration of Liquid Acetaminophen

Led by Yale University · Updated on 2025-10-29

24

Participants Needed

1

Research Sites

53 weeks

Total Duration

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AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

This is a proof of concept pilot study investigating the feasibility and acceptability of patient controlled oral medication administration, using the commonly used and low risk medication in the hospital, oral acetaminophen.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Patient Controlled Administration of Liquid Acetaminophen

Who Can Participate

Age: 18Years +
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Adult patients older than 18 years old admitted for total shoulder or reverse total shoulder arthroplasty
  • Nurses who will administer acetaminophen to a study patient
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Pregnant patients
  • Patients unable to swallow pills or take liquids due to risk of aspiration
  • Emergency surgery patients
  • Patients with chronic pain
  • Patients on home opioids or other pain-modulating medications including benzodiazepine, Neurontin, or ketamine
  • History of substance abuse disorder including alcohol or marijuana misuse
  • History of psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, or cognitive dysfunction
  • Patients unable to provide informed consent on their own
  • Liver dysfunction limiting safe oral acetaminophen use
  • Baseline hyperbilirubinemia (e.g., chronic liver disease, Gilbert's syndrome)
  • Patients unable to take medications by mouth
  • Patients with neurologic, neuromuscular, or movement disorders unable to drink from a cup
  • Nurses not involved in direct care of study patients or uncomfortable with setting up the patient-controlled analgesia pump

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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Yale New Haven Hospital at St. Raphael's Campus

New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520

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Research Team

J

Jinlei Li, MD, PhD

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

NONE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

TREATMENT

Number of Arms

2

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