# Patient Education and Use of Post Operative Pain Medication in Ambulatory Hand Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Trial

> **NCT03219177** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Hospital for Special Surgery, New York** · enrollment: 400 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Ambulatory Hand Surgery

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Patient education regarding indications for opioid use and side effects of opioid use after hand surgery
- **OTHER:** Standard of care post-operative counseling

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03219177
- **Lead sponsor:** Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2017-06-15
- **Primary completion:** 2022-12-06
- **Final completion:** 2022-12-06
- **Target enrollment:** 400 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-12-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03219177

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03219177, "Patient Education and Use of Post Operative Pain Medication in Ambulatory Hand Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Trial". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03219177. Licensed CC0.

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