Reducing Prescription Opioid Misuse: ROPEs Pilot Trial

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Treatments: Other: Active Comparator Control; Other: Responsible Opioid Prescriber Education (ROPES)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03691948

Pro00082658

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled pilot trial to establish methodological feasibility and determine whether a web-based, continuing dental education intervention regarding opioid prescribing risk mitigation strategies - consistent with ADA guidelines - produces pre-to-post changes in knowledge, motivation, and behavioral skills pertaining to the use of risk mitigation strategies when prescribing opioids in dental practice. The current study involves completion of a self-report pre-test (dentists), randomization to complete ROPEs or attention control intervention, completion of a self-report post-test (immediately following intervention/control completion), and completion of 1-month self-report follow-up assessment.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Male or female; any race or ethnicity; age 21-85 years.
2. Able to comprehend English.
3. Be either a licensed dental practitioner currently practicing or a Resident enrolled in the College of Dental Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina or a practicing dentist in the Charleston-county area or a licensed dental practitioner currently participating in the National Dental Practice Based Research Network (NDPBRN).
4. Report having ever prescribed an opioid analgesic to a patient
5. Must have Internet access
6. Must have a valid, usable email account
7. Must agree to complete all study measurements.

Exclusion criteria

1. Unable to provide informed consent due to mental or physical limitations.
2. Participation in ROPEs intervention development focus groups.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

ROPEs

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Responsible Opioid Prescriber Education (ROPES)

Control

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Active Comparator Control