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Opioid UseNCT04113252

Impact of Coaching Patients on Pain Control With and Without Financial Incentivization

A study testing Possible Incentive for Tablet Return, Incentive for Completed Diary and Coaching in people with Opioid Use, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

Opioids are commonly prescribed pain medications, but they can lead to addiction. The study team is trying to determine if providing someone with an incentive (money in the form of a Visa gift card) to use less pain medications will result in study participants actually using fewer pain tablets than allowed by their… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 89 years
Conditions the study is for
Opioid Use
What is being tested?
Possible Incentive for Tablet Return, Incentive for Completed Diary and Coaching
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
No sites listed yet
Study dates
May 2022to Aug 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 89 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients suffering from a burn injury of one or both hands/upper extremities
  • Patients staying less than 2 midnights after date of injury or presenting for first visit to the clinic 4 or less days after injury
  • Patients able to self-administer their oxycodone.
  • Aged 18-89 years old

Who cannot join

  • No burns on either hand or upper extremity
  • Patients suffering chemical or electrical burns
  • Patients with other traumatic injuries for which they might require opioids/pain treatment
  • Patients taking opioids prior to injury
  • Patients who are discharged with prescriptions other than oxycodone with a dosage of 5 milligrams by mouth every six hours as needed

About this study

Official title: The Economy of Pain: A Pilot Study of the Impact of an Opioid Buyback Program

Opioids are commonly prescribed pain medications, but they can lead to addiction. The study team is trying to determine if providing someone with an incentive (money in the form of a Visa gift card) to use less pain medications will result in study participants actually using fewer pain tablets than allowed by their health care provider. The study team also wants to know if providing the incentive (the Visa gift card alone) works the same as the incentive (the Visa gift card) plus providing additional information about addiction and alternative pain management.

Read the detailed description

Study participants will receive the standard of care for pain management at discharge. If study participants were not hospitalized at discharge, the study team will begin that standard of pain management at the participant's first outpatient clinic visit. Study participants will be randomized to 1 of 3 groups. All groups will receive a gift card if participants return the completed medication diary to the study team.

  • Group 1 will complete a medication diary. Also, group 1 will be encouraged to return any unused tablets to the study clinic.
  • Group 2 will be asked to complete a medication diary. Group 2 will also have a 50/50 chance of receiving money for each unused opioid tablet returned to the study clinic.
  • Group 3 will be the same as group 2 except in addition, they will be given a coaching session about the use of pain medication and a simple way that may help participants use less opioid pain medication.
Conditions
Opioid Use
Being tested
Possible Incentive for Tablet Return, Incentive for Completed Diary, Coaching
Keywords
opioid buyback, opioid misuse prevention

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Possible Incentive for Tablet ReturnOther

    Subjects who return completed diary will have the possibility to receive money for returned opioid tablets.

  • Incentive for Completed DiaryOther

    Subjects who return completed diary will receive a gift card.

  • CoachingBehavioural

    Subjects will receive coaching prior to starting pain medication.

Study groups in NCT04113252
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Group 1--Diary and Possible Opioid Return IncentiveExperimentalParticipants in this arm will be given incentives upon return of completed diary and will have the possibility to earn incentives for returning any leftover tablets to the study team.
Receives: Other: Possible Incentive for Tablet Return; Other: Incentive for Completed Diary
Group 2--Diary, Coaching, Possible Opioid Return IncentiveExperimentalParticipants in this arm will be given coaching. They will also be given incentives upon return of completed diary and will have the possibility to earn incentives for returning any leftover tablets to the study team.
Receives: Other: Possible Incentive for Tablet Return; Other: Incentive for Completed Diary; Behavioral: Coaching
Group 3--Diary and coachingExperimentalParticipants in this arm will be given coaching. They will also be given incentives upon return of completed diary.
Receives: Other: Incentive for Completed Diary; Behavioral: Coaching

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Mean number of opioid tablets used daily

    Measured: up through two weeks

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Oct 2019
  2. Study startMay 2022 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionAug 2022 (estimated)
  4. Study completionAug 2022 (estimated)

Why it stopped: Too difficult to see patients in required time intervals.

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04113252
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRB00058073
Status last verified
Aug 2021
First submitted
1 Oct 2019
Last updated
12 May 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Possible Incentive for Tablet Return, Incentive for Completed Diary and Coaching in people with Opioid Use, run by Wake Forest University Health Sciences.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 May 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Mean number of opioid tablets used daily (time frame: up through two weeks). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 May 2022.

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