Pre-surgery pain class may ease joint replacement recovery
NCT ID NCT07362589
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving patients a pain education booklet and video before knee or hip replacement surgery helps them feel less anxious and have less pain afterward. About 70 adults scheduled for elective joint replacement will be randomly assigned to receive the education or usual care. Researchers will measure pain, anxiety, painkiller use, and hospital stay length.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pain education booklet and video
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this simple education approach could help patients feel less anxious and experience less pain after joint replacement surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 70 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is just education, so it may not meaningfully change pain or anxiety.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2026
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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Anyone
- 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: * Being 18 years of age or older, * Providing voluntary informed consent to participate in the study, * Scheduled to undergo elective knee or hip joint replacement (arthroplasty) surgery, * Having no communication barriers, * Having no history of alcohol or substance dependence, * Having no concurrent diagnosis of malignant disease and not receiving cancer treatment, * Not using opioid medications regularly in the preoperative period, * Having an ASA score of III or below, * Having no cognitive impairment that would affect the ability to comprehend the provided education, * Having no diagnosed neurological or psychiatric disorder and not using medications related to such conditions. Exclusion criteria: \- Patients who do not meet the specified inclusion criteria will not be included in the study. Elimination criteria: * Indication for postoperative intensive care, * Development of major complications after surgery, such as massive bleeding or pulmonary embolism, * Requesting to withdraw from the study at any stage, * Use of a patient-controlled analgesia device postoperatively
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Yeditepe Üniversitesi Hastanesi
Istanbul, Kayişdaği, Turkey (Türkiye)
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