Pain Management After Knee Arthroscopic Surgery
This study is looking at different ways to manage pain after knee arthroscopic surgery (a type of knee surgery using small cuts and a camera). We want to see if common non-opioid medications like Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen work as well as the opioid medication Norco for pain relief. You would receive either Norco, Ibuprofen, or Acetaminophen for up to 7 days after your surgery. We are also studying if things like your gender or pre-surgery knee symptoms affect your pain or how much medication you use. This study is for people aged 18 to 80 who are having elective arthroscopic knee surgery. We will track your pain and medication use for two weeks after your surgery.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 148 participants to compare different pain medications after knee surgery.
- What's involved
- You would take study medication daily for 7 days and report your pain and medication use daily for 14 days after surgery.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your pain and medication use will be tracked daily for two weeks after your surgery.
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Opioids Versus Non-Opioids Postoperative After Knee Arthroscopic Surgery
At a glance
Conditions
NCT03858231
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Sanford Health
Fargo, North Dakotastudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Bruce Piatt, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Sanford Health
Who to contact
Opens a ready-to-send draft in your own email app — review before sending.
What this trial measures
- Change from Baseline Pain Assessment at 2 weeksDaily for 2 weeks post-operatively
Visual Analog Scale from 0 to 10 with 0 being no pain and 10 being worst possible, unbearable, excruciating pain
- Change from Baseline Medication Use at 2 weeksDaily for 14 days post-operatively
Patients will be asked how many study medication capsules have they taken.