Methadone in surgery: could it reduce opioid needs?
NCT ID NCT07092475
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study was designed to see if giving methadone during breast reconstruction surgery helps patients use fewer opioids for pain afterward. It planned to enroll women having autologous breast reconstruction after mastectomy. However, the trial was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled, so no results are available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- methadone
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Female patients 18 years of age or older * Patients undergoing unilateral or bilateral autologous breast reconstruction with abdominally-based free flaps after mastectomy for breast cancer or cancer prophylaxis Exclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing reoperations such as autologous breast reconstruction as a revision procedure following failed implant-based reconstruction * Patients undergoing multiple procedures such as mastectomy and immediate reconstruction * Patients with documented chronic opioid use prior to procedure, or chronic pain condition
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Joy Ha
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, United States
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