Ambulatory Gynecologic Surgery: Finding the Optimal Opioid Prescription

Phase 2 Completed 120 enrolled Montefiore Medical Center

RandomizedParallel-groupSingle-blindTreatment

Summary

Currently there is a nationwide epidemic in opioid abuse and overdose deaths. While the opioid epidemic is multi-factorial one major source of excess opioids may be over-prescribing in the post-operative period. There is wide variation in the prescribing practices for post-operative pain control and there is no standard of care for pain control after minor laparoscopic surgery in general or after gynecologic laparoscopy. There is also evidence to show that on average half of the opioids prescribed are unused by the patient. The aim of the study is to evaluate two opioid prescription regimens.

Timeline

Start: 2018-08-08
Primary completion: 2019-07-04
Completion: 2019-08-04

Publications

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Oxycodone	Other / unclassified	5 mg	—
Background	Acetaminophen	Small molecule	500 mg	—
Background	Ibuprofen	Small molecule	600 mg	—

Indications

No indication recorded.