Does the Use of a Simplified Pain Questionnaire Impact Opioid Consumption Among People Receiving Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Knee Surgery?

Stanford University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Anterior Cruciate Ligament/Surgery; Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Reconstruction

Treatments: Other: Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS); Other: Binary pain questionnaire

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07065266

45010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to compare opioid consumption among patients who receive a binary pain scale compared to those who receive a standard 10-point pain scale after undergoing anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery.

Enrollment: 130 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18+
• Undergoing ACL reconstruction surgery at Stanford Sports Medicine Redwood City, with autograft or allograft, with or without concomitant meniscal repair.

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant women
• Surgical history of the operated knee
• Known allergy to opioid medications
• Received extra-routine pain care (as compared with the average ACL patients at the Sports Medicine division) given by the anesthesiologists, such as the postoperative epidural analgesia or the ultra-sound guided femoral nerve block.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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130 participants in 2 patient groups

10-point pain scale

Active Comparator group

Description:

participants undergoing ACL reconstructive surgery are asked to use a 10-point NPRS pain scale to describe their pain post-operatively

Treatment:

Other: Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)

Binary pain questionnaire

Experimental group

Description:

Participants undergoing ACL reconstructive surgery are asked to describe their pain as tolerable or intolerable post-operatively

Treatment:

Other: Binary pain questionnaire