- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04805229
A Difference-In-Differences Analysis of New Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery
Using Difference-in-Differences to Evaluate the Effect of a Statewide Quality Improvement Program on New Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
In the United States, surgical care has become a gateway for chronic opioid dependence and its associated morbidity. Between 5-10% of patients who receive opioids for postoperative pain control go on to develop long-term opioid use. This translates to more than 2 million previously opioid-naïve individuals developing chronic opioid use after surgery each year. Persistent opioid use after surgery is associated with increased readmissions, healthcare utilization, and healthcare expenditures. Critically, long-term opioid use increases the risk of overdose and death in patients who, prior to their surgery, had no exposure to opioids.
Growing recognition of this problem has led to numerous efforts aimed at reducing opioid-associated morbidity after surgery. These include legislative limits on opioid prescribing for acute pain, procedure-specific prescribing guidelines based on patient-reported opioid use, and opioid-sparing pain management pathways. In Michigan specifically, the Michigan Opioid Prescribing and Engagement Network (M-OPEN) led a statewide quality improvement effort beginning in 2016 that focused on provider education using evidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines. Previously, these guidelines have been shown to significantly reduce excessive postoperative opioid prescribing across the state, however it is currently unknown whether these efforts have had any effect on the actual incidence of persistent opioid use after surgery.
Therefore, the current study will evaluate the incidence of new persistent opioid use before and after the establishment of M-OPEN in Michigan. Beginning in 2016, a statewide quality improvement initiative was undertaken in Michigan to improve postoperative opioid prescribing. In order to accomplish this goal, this study will use a difference-in-differences approach to compare new persistent opioid use in Michigan before and after 2016 to other states where no such quality improvement effort existed.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Michigan
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
- University of Michigan
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Adult patients (18 years and older)
- Patients undergoing one of the following procedures: laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic appendectomy, minor hernia repair (including laparoscopic or open inguinal, femoral, umbilical, and epigastric hernia repair), open and laparoscopic ventral/incisional hernia repair, laparoscopic colectomy, open colectomy, vaginal hysterectomy, laparoscopic hysterectomy, and open abdominal hysterectomy
- Patients who underwent surgery between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2019
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who are not opioid-naive at the time of surgery, defined as filling 1 or more opioid prescriptions between the 12 months to 31 days prior to surgery
- Patients without continuous insurance enrollment for at least 12 months before and at least 6 months after the date of surgery
- Patients still in the hospital on postoperative day 30
- Patients not discharged home after surgery
- Patients who underwent another surgery within 6 months of their index operation
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Patients undergoing surgery
Retrospective cohort of patients who underwent surgery between 1/1/13 to 12/31/19 and were sampled from the Truven Health MarketScan Database.
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Retrospective analysis of opioid use after one of the following surgical procedure categories: laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic appendectomy, minor hernia repair (including laparoscopic or open inguinal, femoral, umbilical, and epigastric hernia repair), open and laparoscopic ventral/incisional hernia repair, laparoscopic colectomy, open colectomy, vaginal hysterectomy, laparoscopic hysterectomy, and open abdominal hysterectomy.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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The change in the incidence of new persistent opioid use before and after July 2016 in Michigan compared to all other states.
Time Frame: Postoperative days 4 to 180
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Among patients who undergo surgery, new persistent opioid use is defined as filling an opioid prescription in post-discharge days 4-90 and filling another opioid prescription in post-discharge days 91-180.
This incidence will be measured from 1/1/13-6/30/16 (before M-OPEN established) and from 7/1/16-12/31/19 (after M-OPEN established) and the change before and after this date will be compared between Michigan and all other states (the difference-in-differences).
Outcomes will be measured at 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years post-intervention.
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Postoperative days 4 to 180
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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The change in the incidence of new persistent opioid use before and after July 2016 in Michigan compared to Indiana and Wisconsin
Time Frame: Postoperative days 4 to 180
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Among patients who undergo surgery, new persistent opioid use is defined as filling an opioid prescription in post-discharge days 4-90 and filling another opioid prescription in post-discharge days 91-180.
This incidence will be measured from 1/1/13-6/30/16 (before M-OPEN established) and from 7/1/16-12/31/19 (after M-OPEN established) and the change before and after this date will be compared between Michigan and Indiana/Wisconsin (the difference-in-differences).
Outcomes will be measured at 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years post-intervention.
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Postoperative days 4 to 180
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The change in the incidence of new persistent opioid use before and after July 2016 in Michigan compared to 11 other Midwest states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin).
Time Frame: Postoperative days 4 to 180
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Among patients who undergo surgery, new persistent opioid use is defined as filling an opioid prescription in post-discharge days 4-90 and filling another opioid prescription in post-discharge days 91-180.
This incidence will be measured from 1/1/13-6/30/16 (before M-OPEN established) and from 7/1/16-12/31/19 (after M-OPEN established) and the change before and after this date will be compared between Michigan and 11 other Midwest states.
Outcomes will be measured at 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years post-intervention.
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Postoperative days 4 to 180
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Chad Brummett, MD, University of Michigan
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Brummett CM, Waljee JF, Goesling J, Moser S, Lin P, Englesbe MJ, Bohnert ASB, Kheterpal S, Nallamothu BK. New Persistent Opioid Use After Minor and Major Surgical Procedures in US Adults. JAMA Surg. 2017 Jun 21;152(6):e170504. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.0504. Epub 2017 Jun 21. Erratum In: JAMA Surg. 2019 Mar 1;154(3):272.
- Lee JS, Hu HM, Edelman AL, Brummett CM, Englesbe MJ, Waljee JF, Smerage JB, Griggs JJ, Nathan H, Jeruss JS, Dossett LA. New Persistent Opioid Use Among Patients With Cancer After Curative-Intent Surgery. J Clin Oncol. 2017 Dec 20;35(36):4042-4049. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.74.1363. Epub 2017 Oct 19.
- Hallway A, Vu J, Lee J, Palazzolo W, Waljee J, Brummett C, Englesbe M, Howard R. Patient Satisfaction and Pain Control Using an Opioid-Sparing Postoperative Pathway. J Am Coll Surg. 2019 Sep;229(3):316-322. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.04.020. Epub 2019 May 30.
- Waljee JF, Li L, Brummett CM, Englesbe MJ. Iatrogenic Opioid Dependence in the United States: Are Surgeons the Gatekeepers? Ann Surg. 2017 Apr;265(4):728-730. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001904. No abstract available.
- Harbaugh CM, Lee JS, Hu HM, McCabe SE, Voepel-Lewis T, Englesbe MJ, Brummett CM, Waljee JF. Persistent Opioid Use Among Pediatric Patients After Surgery. Pediatrics. 2018 Jan;141(1):e20172439. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-2439. Epub 2017 Dec 4.
- Howard R, Waljee J, Brummett C, Englesbe M, Lee J. Reduction in Opioid Prescribing Through Evidence-Based Prescribing Guidelines. JAMA Surg. 2018 Mar 1;153(3):285-287. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.4436. Erratum In: JAMA Surg. 2019 Mar 1;154(3):272.
- Hill MV, Stucke RS, Billmeier SE, Kelly JL, Barth RJ Jr. Guideline for Discharge Opioid Prescriptions after Inpatient General Surgical Procedures. J Am Coll Surg. 2018 Jun;226(6):996-1003. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.10.012. Epub 2017 Nov 30.
- Overton HN, Hanna MN, Bruhn WE, Hutfless S, Bicket MC, Makary MA; Opioids After Surgery Workgroup. Opioid-Prescribing Guidelines for Common Surgical Procedures: An Expert Panel Consensus. J Am Coll Surg. 2018 Oct;227(4):411-418. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.07.659. Epub 2018 Aug 14.
- Hah JM, Bateman BT, Ratliff J, Curtin C, Sun E. Chronic Opioid Use After Surgery: Implications for Perioperative Management in the Face of the Opioid Epidemic. Anesth Analg. 2017 Nov;125(5):1733-1740. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000002458.
- Brescia AA, Waljee JF, Hu HM, Englesbe MJ, Brummett CM, Lagisetty PA, Lagisetty KH. Impact of Prescribing on New Persistent Opioid Use After Cardiothoracic Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Oct;108(4):1107-1113. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.019. Epub 2019 Aug 22.
- Lee JS, Vu JV, Edelman AL, Gunaseelan V, Brummett CM, Englesbe MJ, Waljee JF. Health Care Spending and New Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery. Ann Surg. 2020 Jul;272(1):99-104. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003399.
- Babu KM, Brent J, Juurlink DN. Prevention of Opioid Overdose. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jun 6;380(23):2246-2255. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1807054. No abstract available.
- Vu JV, Howard RA, Gunaseelan V, Brummett CM, Waljee JF, Englesbe MJ. Statewide Implementation of Postoperative Opioid Prescribing Guidelines. N Engl J Med. 2019 Aug 15;381(7):680-682. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1905045. No abstract available.
- Brown CS, Vu JV, Howard RA, Gunaseelan V, Brummett CM, Waljee J, Englesbe M. Assessment of a quality improvement intervention to decrease opioid prescribing in a regional health system. BMJ Qual Saf. 2021 Mar;30(3):251-259. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2020-011295. Epub 2020 Sep 16.
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Other Study ID Numbers
- HUM00119139
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
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Drug and device information, study documents
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