# Perioperative Methadone Use to Decrease Opioid Requirement in Pediatric Spinal Fusion Patients

> **NCT02558010** · PHASE3 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Medical College of Wisconsin** · enrollment: 58 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Scoliosis
- Pain

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Methadone
- **OTHER:** Normal Saline
- **DRUG:** Morphine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02558010
- **Lead sponsor:** Medical College of Wisconsin
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-02-01
- **Primary completion:** 2022-01-01
- **Final completion:** 2023-01-01
- **Target enrollment:** 58 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2023-11-18


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02558010

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02558010, "Perioperative Methadone Use to Decrease Opioid Requirement in Pediatric Spinal Fusion Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02558010. Licensed CC0.

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