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Opioid-Free Pain Treatment in Trauma Patients

United States250 participantsStarted 2023-11-01

Plain-language summary

Analgesic drug study that will compare pain outcomes of opioid analgesia and opioid-free analgesia in post-operative orthopedic patients.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient is over the age of 18 years old * Underwent surgical treatment for the injuries of interest (stated elsewhere) by an Orthopedic Traumatology Attending Physician at the University of Kansas Hospital Exclusion Criteria: * Patients that are unable to provide informed consent due to sustaining a head injury or incoherence from narcotics given to them post-injury * Chronic opioid use * Under the age of 18 years old * Undergoing revision surgery * Did not undergo surgical fixation * Pregnant/nursing women * Vulnerable populations as defined by the University of Kansas Medical Center IRB * Did not experience one of the following fractures listed in D.1. above. * Patients with CKD and/or cirrhosis will be excluded from the opioid-free pain block (block 2) and will only qualify for the standard of care opioid group (Block 1)

What they're measuring

Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) Pain Scores

Timeframe: From post surgery up until 6 months post surgery

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06078371

SponsorUniversity of Kansas Medical Center

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-10

Contact for this trial

Archie Heddings, MD

913-588-6164 aheddings@kumc.edu

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