Preoperative Opioid Tapering Before Spine Surgery
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Opioid Consumption, Postoperative
Pain After Surgery
Opioid Dependency
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 45 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University · Other
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About This Trial
This is a pilot study in which patients taking opioids chronically who are scheduled for spine surgery at least 4 weeks in advance will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: opioid tapering with education alone or opioid tapering with education plus cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). The primary objective is to determine the proportion of each group that is successful in achieving their opio…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion:
* at least 18 years old
* scheduled for major spine surgery (i.e. at least 1 level of fusion) with hospital admission of at least one night
* scheduled for spine surgery at least 4 weeks ahead of time
* takes between 40 and 200 oral morphine equivalents daily
Exclusion:
* inability to …
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