Reducing Chronic Opioid Use Among Veterans Undergoing Community Care Surgery Using a Transitional Pain Service

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The VA Community Care Program has provided an important resource to improve access to surgical care for Veterans unable to have treatment at VA Medical Centers (VAMC). However, there is an increased risk of developing chronic opioid use when at-risk surgical patients receive opioids from non-VA providers. A multidisciplinary approach to perioperative pain management known as the Transitional Pain Service (TPS) has been shown to effectively reduce chronic opioid use among Veterans after surgery, but it is unknown whether it can be used to achieve the same outcomes for Veterans using Community Care for high-risk surgery. Through this project, the investigators will generate important data to establish whether a telehealth TPS approach can serve as a scalable and effective strategy to ensure safe opioid use among Veterans undergoing orthopedic surgery. The investigators will randomize Veterans using Community Care for orthopedic surgery to telehealth TPS versus standard of care. Finally, the investigators will interview patients using Community Care to better understand barriers and facilitators to telehealth TPS and Veteran satisfaction with the approach to pain management.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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⁃ Aims 1 \& 3:

• The investigators will include Veterans who are referred to the Veteran Community Care Program (VCCP) for an orthopedic surgery procedure from any VA medical center throughout VISN-19.

• Additionally, these Veterans must be 18+ years of age who are not on chronic opioids at the time of surgery, and who have a VA primary care provider (PCP).

⁃ Aim 2:

• Veterans who received TPS (Aim 1) and referring VA Primary Care Providers.

Locations
United States
Utah
VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT
RECRUITING
Salt Lake City
Contact Information
Primary
Benjamin S Brooke, MD PhD
Benjamin.Brooke@hsc.utah.edu
(801) 582-1565
Backup
Michael J Buys, MD
michael.buys3@va.gov
(801) 582-1565
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-03-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-07-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 400
Treatments
Experimental: Telehealth Transitional Pain Service + Standard Postoperative Follow-Up Care
Telehealth Transitional Pain Service + Standard Postoperative Follow-Up Care
Active_comparator: Standard Follow Up Care
Standard Follow Up Care
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: VA Office of Research and Development

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov