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Naloxone Education in Total Joint Patients

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Led By Cassandra Mierisch, MD

Research Sponsored by Carilion Clinic

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 7 months (time from enrollment to 6 month follow-up phone call)

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial tests if adding a short naloxone education session to pre-surgery classes helps patients and their support persons be ready to use naloxone in case of an opioid overdose. It targets patients having hip or knee surgery who will use opioids for pain. Naloxone can save lives by reversing opioid overdoses. Naloxone is a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses and has been used in various community and clinical settings to reduce mortality.

Eligible Conditions

Muscle pain
Opioid Overdose
Opioid Use Disorder
Surgery

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 7 months (time from enrollment to 6 month follow-up phone call)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~7 months (time from enrollment to 6 month follow-up phone call)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 7 months (time from enrollment to 6 month follow-up phone call) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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Primary study objectives

Naloxone

Secondary study objectives

Amount of opioid used at home

Naloxone

Correlation between patient comorbidities (described by International Classification of Diseases 9/10 code and "Readiness to Use Naloxone"

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Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Naloxone educationExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

These participants will receive a pre-hospital naloxone education module during their pre-operative joint class

Group II: Standard EducationActive Control1 Intervention

These participants will receive the standard pre-hospital education including pain management and opioid safety, but will not specifically be given the new naloxone-education module in the pre-hospital setting

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