Better surgery and pain care for people with opioid use disorder
Improving Perioperative Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
This project will develop and try care pathways to help adults with opioid use disorder manage pain and reduce opioid-related harms around the time of surgery.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Ann Arbor, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11194319 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you have opioid use disorder and are having surgery, researchers will ask about your pain and opioid use before and after the operation and collect that information from many hospitals across Michigan. They will use those patient reports and clinical data to identify patterns in pain control, opioid use, and overdose risk after surgery. The team will design a clinical care pathway to coordinate pain management and overdose prevention tailored to people with opioid use disorder. That care pathway will then be implemented across a large, diverse hospital network and outcomes will be tracked to see if it improves recovery and safety.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults (21 years and older) with opioid use disorder who are scheduled for elective or non-elective surgery at participating Michigan hospitals are the ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People without opioid use disorder, those under 21, or patients having surgery outside the participating hospital network are unlikely to directly benefit from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the project could lead to clearer, safer post-surgical pain plans and fewer opioid-related harms for people with opioid use disorder.
How similar studies have performed: Some smaller studies and guideline efforts have looked at perioperative pain or opioid-sparing strategies, but few large prospective programs have focused specifically on perioperative care for people with opioid use disorder, making this networked approach relatively novel.
Where this research is happening
Ann Arbor, United States
- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor — Ann Arbor, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Bicket, Mark — University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
- Study coordinator: Bicket, Mark
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.