Trial Comparing a Multi-Modal Pain Protocol With and Without Opioids Following Total Joint Arthroplasty

Summary

To help curb the use of opioid medications following orthopedic surgery investigators have developed a new multi-modal pain pathway. Investigators aim to compare this regimen with and without the inclusion of opioid medications. This study will be performed in a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled fashion in patients undergoing primary total knee or total hip arthroplasty. Investigators hypothesize that the opioid devoid pathway will show equivalent pain scores to the pathway that includes opioids while also having less constipation, nausea, and vomiting following surgery. If successful, this would create a dramatic decrease in opioid consumption following orthopedic surgery while still providing appropriate pain relief to patients.

Timeline

Start

2019-04-10

Primary completion

2020-07-28

Completion

2020-07-28

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.