NCT05370404

Prescribing Vs. Recommending Over-The-Counter (PROTECT) Analgesics for Patients with Postoperative Pain:

Prescribing Vs. Recommending Over-The-Counter (PROTECT) Analgesics for Patients with Postoperative Pain: a Project on Non-Opioid Pain Medication Use After Discharge from Elective Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 250 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a research project in which two standard of care practices will be evaluated to examine the difference in outcomes. The goal is to improve patient care and safety. One group will receive prescriptions for acetaminophen, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and magnesium. The other group will receive the recommendation to take acetaminophen, NSAIDs, and magnesium as over-the-counter drugs in the same dosage as the prescription group. The same doses and routes for non-opioid medications will be used in both groups.

Conditions

• Acute Pain
• Surgery

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Prescription by surgical team	The surgical team prescribes medications to the patient
OTHER	Recommendation by surgical team	The surgical team recommends the patient to take over-the-counter medications

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-09-30
• Primary completion: 2024-11-29
• Completion: 2024-11-29
• First posted: 2022-05-11
• Last updated: 2024-12-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States