Preoperative Education

NeuroTherapia, Inc.

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Other: Video on analgesic education; Other: Video on general perioperative education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04970069

21-626

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators will evaluate the effect of preoperative education on postoperative opioid.

Full description

The investigators propose a randomized trial to be performed at the Cleveland Clinic. Patients will be assigned to: 1) an educational video focused on postoperative analgesia modalities, opioids, and realistic pain expectations (analgesic education); or, 2) an educational video focused on other aspects of the perioperative experience.

Enrollment: 1,057 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Modified informed consent
• Adults ≥18 years
• American Society of Anaesthesiologists physical status 1-4
• Scheduled for hip arthroplasty, laparoscopy assisted colorectal surgery
• Personal visit the PACE clinic
• Anticipated overnight postoperative hospitalization
• Reasonable English fluency

Exclusion criteria

• Opioid use for more than 30 consecutive days within three preoperative months, at a daily dose of 15 mg or more of morphine or equivalent
• Regional block or epidural analgesia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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1,057 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Analgesic education

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Video on analgesic education

General perioperative education

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Video on general perioperative education