Pre-Surgery video slashes opioid use after joint replacement?
NCT ID NCT05202080
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether watching a 30-minute online video before hip or knee replacement surgery can help patients use fewer opioids afterward. The video teaches safe use of painkillers and coping techniques. About 220 adults are taking part, and researchers will track how much opioid medication they use in the first 72 hours and at six weeks after surgery.
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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 220 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2022
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients must be adults (\> 18 years of age) undergoing knee or hip arthroplasty. * Patients will be ASA 1-3 undergoing elective surgery. * English speaking patients with internet and computer access at home will be included. * Patients with pre-existing psychological conditions who receive either pharmaceutical or talk-based therapy will be included. * Patients must meet a minimum cognitive capacity to understand the instructions for the Opioid Counseling and Pain Coping Skills presentation. This will be assessed by the administration of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment during screening (MoCA), whereby a minimum score of 18 will be required to meet inclusion into the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Significant cognitive impairment. * Chronic pain, long-term opioid therapy * Renal replacement therapy * Standing opioid requirements * Neuropathic pain * Fractures requiring emergency surgery * End stage cardiac or respiratory disease * Severe hepatic dysfunction, * Patients with severe psychiatric disorders * Vision loss * Allergy to local anesthesia. * Patients who refuse to consent to neuraxial anesthesia and/or peripheral nerve blocks will also be excluded.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada
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