SAVE Trial: SAfe Opioid Use Video Education

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

The study will assess the efficacy of a standardized postoperative patient-centered intervention designed to educate patients on the opioid epidemic, the judicious use of opioids, and the proper disposal of opioids. This trial is a single-institution, randomized controlled trial comparing total post-discharge opioid use in breast reconstruction patients who view an educational video on proper opioid use to patients who do not receive intentional education (the current standard of care). This will be the first project to inform opioid prescribing guidelines for breast reconstruction patients based on actual opioid use data and will describe a patient-centered intervention that is easily incorporated into current postoperative workflows. Broadly, the results of the study aim to set the foundation to incorporate cost-effective educational interventions across multiple surgical specialties that require postoperative opioid prescription.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Female patients 18 years of age or older

• Patients undergoing abdominally based autologous free flap breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer or cancer prophylaxis

Locations
United States
Utah
University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute
RECRUITING
Salt Lake City
Contact Information
Primary
Jay Agarwal, MD
jay.agarwal@hsc.utah.edu
801-585-2318
Backup
Ethan Lester
ethan.lester@utah.edu
203-450-2599
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-10-27
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-08
Participants
Target number of participants: 68
Treatments
Experimental: Opioid Video
Patients in the opioid video cohort will watch a 3-minute education video on proper opioid use preoperatively. All patients who consent to study participation will be given the same surgical care and inpatient intraoperative and postoperative analgesic regimen regardless of cohort allocation.
No_intervention: Regular Care
All patients who consent to study participation will be given the same surgical care and inpatient intraoperative and postoperative analgesic regimen regardless of cohort allocation.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Utah

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