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Environment Analysis Inside an Investigational Prescription Bottle

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The University of Texas System (UT)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronic Pain

Treatments

Other: Regular prescription Bottle
Other: Research Bottle

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03752411
18-0022

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to test a research prescription bottle that will monitor the physical environment inside the bottle.

Full description

The purpose of the study is to test a research prescription bottle that will monitor the physical environment inside the bottle. The participant will be asked to keep the medication in the bottle and to remove each pill immediately before taking it.

The participant will not store medications in pill organizers, other pill bottles, pockets, purses, etc. The participant will keep a record of when the participant removes a pill from the bottle and takes it. Certain aspects of this study will be withheld from the participant to preserve the integrity of the study. This information will be revealed at the conclusion of the study.

Enrollment

96 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • chronic pain > 3 months duration
  • major source of pain is due to low back pain diagnosis
  • prescribed only one type of opioid: hydrocodone 10mg/325 mg acetaminophen
  • Last urine drug study was done between 6-12 months ago
  • will have a return to clinic visit in 3 months

Exclusion criteria

  • concurrent use of other opioids
  • use of intrathecal device
  • use of spinal cord stimulator
  • presence of pain due to cancer, chemotherapy, radiation treatment and/or cancer related surgery
  • dementia
  • illiteracy

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

96 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Research Bottle
Experimental group
Description:
This group will have medication dispensed in a research bottle.
Treatment:
Other: Research Bottle
Regular prescription Bottle
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
This group will have medication dispensed in a regular prescription bottle
Treatment:
Other: Regular prescription Bottle

Trial contacts and locations

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