Impact of a Behavioral Tele-health Program on the Quality of Recovery for Patients Undergoing Total Joint Replacement Surgery

May 4, 2022 updated by: Lucid Lane, Inc

Impact of Daily, Digital and Behavioral Tele-health Tapering Program for Perioperative Surgical Patients Exposed to Opioids.

The quality of recovery after surgery is multi-factorial and includes both physical and mental factors. Persistent pain after surgery is a common problem after major surgery and can result in persistent opioid use. The investigators will be evaluating if the addition of a pain coach/councilor before and after surgery, through a tele health platform (LucidLane) can improve participant's recovery from major joint surgery.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

103

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • California
      • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304
        • Recruiting
        • Palo Alto Division - VA Palo Alto Health Care System
        • Contact:
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Kyle T Harrison, MD

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

21 years to 90 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female patients between the ages of 21-90 years old
  • Patient is opioid naive i.e hasn't used opioid medication for 30 days prior to surgery
  • Patient willing to use Lucid Lane program to provide behavioral health support for up to 4 weeks before surgery and 4 weeks after surgery.
  • Patient is willing to discuss Lucid Lane progress with Palo Alto VA's medical team and prescribing clinicians.
  • Patient is willing to sign a Lucid Lane Client Agreement.
  • Patient is willing to sign an informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Serious mental illnesses including schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, severe bipolar disorder, and severe major depression.
  • Active suicidal ideations
  • Patient is on methadone or buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder(i.e. for treatment of addiction, and not for treatment of pain)
  • Patient unwilling to use or not possessing access to a device that allows for video visits(e.g. a smart phone, tablet, or computer)
  • Patients who are in palliative care
  • Unable to use English to participate in the consent process, the intervention or study assessments.
  • Unable to provide informed consent to participate

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Treatment

Patients participate in the Lucid Lane therapy program including working with a mental health pain coach for up to 4 weeks before surgery and 4 weeks after surgery.

All patients receive therapy provided by Lucid Lane, for 4 weeks after surgery

This intervention is designed to aid participants with pre-surgery anxiety management and surgery prep and pain management post-surgery. Participants will be assigned a Lucid Lane pain coach who will utilize mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, group therapy, and mind-body therapies, to accomplish those goals.
Active Comparator: Control

Patients will participate in a a surgery preparedness course provided by the VA before surgery (Standard of Care) and Lucid Lane therapy after surgery

All patients receive therapy provided by Lucid Lane, for 4 weeks after surgery

This intervention is designed to aid participants with pre-surgery anxiety management and surgery prep and pain management post-surgery. Participants will be assigned a Lucid Lane pain coach who will utilize mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy, group therapy, and mind-body therapies, to accomplish those goals.
This intervention is designed to help the participant prepare for their upcoming surgery. Classes will include discussions around managing chronic pain before surgery, building mental resilience, dealing with the uncertainty of a new diagnosis or treatment plan, questions to ask their anesthesiologist before and on the day of surgery, what to expect during their potential stay at the hospital, and how to optimize their recovery after surgery. Sessions will often include expert doctors who focus on surgery and medical management around it.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) or Hip Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) and
Time Frame: Up to 4 months
The KOOS and HOOS are questionnaires designed to assess short and long-term patient-relevant outcomes following knee/hip injury. They are self-administered and assess five outcomes: pain, symptoms, activities of daily living, sport and recreation function, and knee/hip-related quality of life. The scores are normalized on a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 indicates severe problems and 100 indicates no problems.
Up to 4 months
Change in Pain Catastrophizing scale
Time Frame: Up to 4 months
The Pain catastrophizing scale (PCS) is a self administered, 13-item questionnaire, used to assess a patient's tendency to magnify the threat value of a pain stimulus. It assess rumination, magnification and helplessness. Responses are recorded on a scale of 0-4, where 0 represents absence of the thought and 4 represents the presence of the thought all the time. The scale has a min score of 0 and a max score of 52. A higher score indicates more pain catastrophizing .
Up to 4 months
Change in Depression Scores
Time Frame: Up to 4 months
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a 9-item self administered questionnaire used to screen and monitor the severity of depressive symptoms. It inquires about depressive features, that align with the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, over the course of 2 weeks. Responses are recorded on a scale of 0-3, where 0 represents absence of the symptom and 3 represents its presence nearly every day.
Up to 4 months
Change in Anxiety Scores
Time Frame: Up to 4 months
The General Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) is a self administered, 7-item questionnaire used to measure general anxiety disorder and its severity. Responses are recorded on a scale of 0-3, where 0 represents an absence of the symptom and 3 represents presence nearly every day.
Up to 4 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Percent tapered off opioid (50% MME)
Time Frame: 4 weeks after surgery
4 weeks after surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 4, 2021

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2023

Study Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 22, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 4, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

May 10, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 10, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 4, 2022

Last Verified

May 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 56984

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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