Multimodal Analgesia With NSAID vs. Narcotics Alone After Shoulder Instability Surgery

NYU Langone Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain

Treatments: Other: Oxycodone/acetaminophen (Percocet) 5 mg/325; Other: ibuprofen 600 mg

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04018768

17-01177

Details and patient eligibility

About

This will be a single-center, prospective observational study. The study will compare post- operative pain scores and narcotic consumption between two groups of patients - one cohort will receive ibuprofen (Motrin) and Percocet (to be used as needed) while the other cohort will receive only Percocet. Both pain management options are considered to be standard of care.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA class I-II
• Patients scheduled for arthroscopic shoulder instability surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindication to ibuprofen or oxycodone/acetaminophen (e.g. hypersensitivity, history of GI or bleeding disorder)
• Legally incompetent or mentally impaired (e.g. minors, Alzheimer's subjects, dementia, etc.)
• Younger than 18 years of age or older than 65
• Any patient considered a vulnerable subject
• Patients on pain medication prior to surgery

Trial design

80 participants in 2 patient groups

Ibuprofen + Percocet

Treatment:

Other: Oxycodone/acetaminophen (Percocet) 5 mg/325

Other: ibuprofen 600 mg

Percocet

Treatment:

Other: Oxycodone/acetaminophen (Percocet) 5 mg/325