SCOSI-M: Preventing Prescription Drug Problems

Brandeis University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prescription Drug Problems

Treatments: Other: Educational Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT02210936

14047

Details and patient eligibility

About

Brandeis University and University of South Carolina (USC) have joined together to develop the South Carolina Opioid Safety Initiative - Military (SCOSI-M), to develop an academic detailing (medical education) intervention for physicians and evaluate its effectiveness in a pilot study. The goal of the intervention is to increase the use of safe prescribing and prescription monitoring practices among primary care physicians. The research team will design and pilot an educational intervention for physicians who treat military personnel, veterans, and their families with prescription opioids. The overall aim of SCOSI-M is to prevent the onset or progression of prescription drug problems among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, military members, and their families who are at high risk for developing problems if their treatment involves long-term use of an opioid.

Enrollment: 93 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. a physician within one of the 3 practice environments;
2. typically prescribes Schedule II opioids to 10 or more non-cancer pain patients each month;
3. if community office-based, a substantial number of patients must have TRICARE (e.g., 20%); and d) willing to provide written consent for data collection and release of own SCRIPTS data.

Exclusion criteria

1. non-physician providers who report data to the SCRIPTS (dentist, veterinarians, nurses),
2. surgeons, pediatricians, or physicians predominately treating pain in cancer or surgical patients, and,
3. not eligible to register as authorized SCRIPTS user.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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93 participants in 1 patient group

PDMP Data

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Educational Intervention