Evaluating the Use of Sublingual Sufentanil in Patients With Suboxone Treatment

Summary

In this case series study, the investigators are testing the hypothesis that sublingual sufentanil (Dsuvia) will improve postoperative pain management in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) in ambulatory surgery patients taking Suboxone.

Timeline

Start

2021-09-27

Primary completion

2022-11-17

Completion

2022-11-18

Publications

• Background Anderson TA, Quaye ANA, Ward EN, Wilens TE, Hilliard PE, Brummett CM. To Stop or Not, That Is the Question: Acute Pain Management for the Patient on Chronic Buprenorphine. Anesthesiology. 2017 Jun;126(6):1180-1186. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001633.
• Background Degenhardt L, Bucello C, Mathers B, Briegleb C, Ali H, Hickman M, McLaren J. Mortality among regular or dependent users of heroin and other opioids: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies. Addiction. 2011 Jan;106(1):32-51. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03140.x. Epub 2010 Nov 4.
• Background Johnson RE, Fudala PJ, Payne R. Buprenorphine: considerations for pain management. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2005 Mar;29(3):297-326. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2004.07.005.
• Background Alford DP, Compton P, Samet JH. Acute pain management for patients receiving maintenance methadone or buprenorphine therapy. Ann Intern Med. 2006 Jan 17;144(2):127-34. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-2-200601170-00010.
• Background Hansen HB, Siegel CE, Case BG, Bertollo DN, DiRocco D, Galanter M. Variation in use of buprenorphine and methadone treatment by racial, ethnic, and income characteristics of residential social areas in New York City. J Behav Health Serv Res. 2013 Jul;40(3):367-77. doi: 10.1007/s11414-013-9341-3.
• Background Roberts DM, Meyer-Witting M. High-dose buprenorphine: perioperative precautions and management strategies. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2005 Feb;33(1):17-25. doi: 10.1177/0310057X0503300104.
• Background Heel RC, Brogden RN, Speight TM, Avery GS. Buprenorphine: a review of its pharmacological properties and therapeutic efficacy. Drugs. 1979 Feb;17(2):81-110. doi: 10.2165/00003495-197917020-00001.
• Background Claxton AR, McGuire G, Chung F, Cruise C. Evaluation of morphine versus fentanyl for postoperative analgesia after ambulatory surgical procedures. Anesth Analg. 1997 Mar;84(3):509-14. doi: 10.1097/00000539-199703000-00008.
• Background Wheeler M, Oderda GM, Ashburn MA, Lipman AG. Adverse events associated with postoperative opioid analgesia: a systematic review. J Pain. 2002 Jun;3(3):159-80. doi: 10.1054/jpai.2002.123652. No abstract available.
• Background Felden L, Walter C, Harder S, Treede RD, Kayser H, Drover D, Geisslinger G, Lotsch J. Comparative clinical effects of hydromorphone and morphine: a meta-analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2011 Sep;107(3):319-28. doi: 10.1093/bja/aer232. Epub 2011 Aug 5.
• Background Minkowitz HS, Leiman D, Melson T, Singla N, DiDonato KP, Palmer PP. Sufentanil Sublingual Tablet 30 mcg for the Management of Pain Following Abdominal Surgery: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase-3 Study. Pain Pract. 2017 Sep;17(7):848-858. doi: 10.1111/papr.12531. Epub 2017 Feb 10.
• Background Jove M, Griffin DW, Minkowitz HS, Ben-David B, Evashenk MA, Palmer PP. Sufentanil Sublingual Tablet System for the Management of Postoperative Pain after Knee or Hip Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Study. Anesthesiology. 2015 Aug;123(2):434-43. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000746.
• Background Ringold FG, Minkowitz HS, Gan TJ, Aqua KA, Chiang YK, Evashenk MA, Palmer PP. Sufentanil sublingual tablet system for the management of postoperative pain following open abdominal surgery: a randomized, placebo-controlled study. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2015 Jan-Feb;40(1):22-30. doi: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000152.
• Background W.M. Tvetenstrand CD, Reduced Opioid Use and Reduced Time in the Postanesthesia Care Unit Following Preoperative Administration of Sublingual Sufentanil in an Ambulatory Surgery Setting., J Clin Anesth Pain Manag. 4 2.

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Indications

No indication recorded.