Can a smartphone app curb opioid misuse after surgery?
NCT ID NCT06124079
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a mobile app called OPY that helps patients manage pain and safely use opioids after surgery. Over 3,400 adults who had outpatient surgery and received an opioid prescription took part. The app provided daily tips, tracked pain and side effects, and encouraged patients to stop opioids and dispose of leftovers. The goal was to see if the app reduced opioid use and improved pain control compared to standard care.
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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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3,442 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Surgery at The M Health Fairview Clinics and Surgery Center - Maple Grove (Maple Grove) or M Health Fairview Clinics and Surgery Center - Minneapolis (CSC) ▪ Currently, only outpatient surgeries are performed at CSC and Maple Grove * Active opioid prescription (prescribed between 30 days prior to surgery, until day of surgery) * Patient class (outpatient or same day surgery) * Never previously randomized or exposed to OPY Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 * Chronic opiate use defined as: * Patients aged 18 and older and * 3 or more opioid dispensing events, in the last 12 months with at least 1 of these events in the last 6 months. * Any long acting opioid prescription in the last 6 months * Interpreter needed - YES selected (EPT840) * Patient has a Health Proxy (Legal Guardian) designated in Epic * Patients who have opted out of clinical research * Patients with an active palliative care referral
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55414, United States
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