Trial Comparing a Multi-Modal Pain Protocol With and Without Opioids Following Total Joint Arthroplasty
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2020-07-28
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
To help curb the use of opioid medications following orthopedic surgery investigators have
developed a new multi-modal pain pathway. Investigators aim to compare this regimen with and
without the inclusion of opioid medications. This study will be performed in a randomized,
double-blinded, placebo-controlled fashion in patients undergoing primary total knee or total
hip arthroplasty. Investigators hypothesize that the opioid devoid pathway will show
equivalent pain scores to the pathway that includes opioids while also having less
constipation, nausea, and vomiting following surgery. If successful, this would create a
dramatic decrease in opioid consumption following orthopedic surgery while still providing
appropriate pain relief to patients.