The purpose of the study is to gain a better understanding of how genetic variations can affect pain experience and the need and type of pain control medication after a total knee replacement.
The purpose of the study is to gain a better understanding of how genetic variations can affect pain experience and the need and type of pain control medication after a total knee replacement. People experience pain differently. The type and amount of medication required to control pain varies. Post-operative pain often requires narcotics to keep patients comfortable. It has been shown that there is a genetic difference in how people respond to pain and how they respond to the medications used for the relief of pain. Opioids are often used to relieve pain after surgery. These medications can be abused and have had a role in the current opioid crisis. Pharmacogenomics is the study of how patients respond to and metabolize drugs and medications based on their genetic profiles. This study will collect data on the pain experienced by participants and the narcotics used after total knee replacements. This will be correlated with the participants' pharmacogenomic profiles obtained though DNA testing. There are no treatment interventions in this study. Although a pharmacogenomic profile will be obtained at the first post-operative visit and reported approximately 3 weeks later, the subject will have completed the need for pain relief. The study is expected to last 2 years with 300 subjects enrolled.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
375
Daily recording of pain level after surgery and recording of medication taken for pain relief.
NorthShore University HealthSystem
Skokie, Illinois, United States
Determine how variation in a pharmacogenomics panel affects a patient's perception of pain.
The variation in genetics will be investigated using a standard 20 gene clinical pharmacogenomics panel. Three of these genes (CYP2D6, OPRM1, and COMT) have effects on opioid metabolism, opioid transport, pain perception, and opioid receptors. The results of the pharmacogenomics panel in relation to pain as assessed by the VAS (Visual Analog Scale) numeric pain scale completed by each subject for maximum pain experienced with activity, average pain, and lowest level of pain over the previous 24 hours. The VAS is a self-reported score which measures pain on a 0-10 scale with 10 being the most amount of pain possible and 0 being no pain.
Time frame: 30 days
Determine how variation in a pharmacogenomics panel affects the amount of opioids needed to control a patient's pain.
The results of the pharmacogenomics panel in relation to the amount of opioids needed to control post-operative pain for the first month following surgery will be assessed via a daily medication log completed by patients where they record the specific medication and dose taken in the previous 24 hour period each day of the month following surgery. This will be converted to morphine milligram equivalents (MME) and expressed as the total MME used in the first post-operative month.
Time frame: 30 days
A secondary outcome will be measuring changes in the KOOS Jr (Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score- Junior).
Study subjects will complete the KOOS Jr questionnaire at pre-op, 4 months and 1 year after surgery. KOOS, Jr is scored by summing the raw response (range 0-28) and then converting it to an interval score using the table provided below. The interval score ranges from 0 to 100 where 0 represents total knee disability and 100 represents perfect knee health.
Time frame: 1 year
Secondary outcome will be measuring changes in ROM (range of motion) as determined by the physician.
The knee exam/ROM will be completed by the patient's surgeon at standard-of-care clinic visits pre-op, 1 month, 4 months, and 1 year after surgery.
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Time frame: 1 year
Secondary outcome will be measuring changes in the PROMIS-43.
Subjects will complete the PROMIS-43 questionnaire at pre-op, 4 months and 1 year after surgery. The score comprises questions from seven domains: Depression, Anxiety, Physical Function, Pain Interference, Fatigue, Sleep Disturbance, and Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities as well as a numeric rating scale for pain from 0-10 with 10 being the worst. They may be reported as T-scores (difference compared to the population average, measure in standard deviations). A score of 50 is the average for the United States general population. For undesirable concepts such as Depression, a T-score of 60 is one standard deviation worse than average. Alternatively, a Depression T-score of 30 is two standard deviations better than average. For favorable concepts like Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities, a T-score of 60 is one standard deviation better than average while a T-score of 30 is two standard deviations worse than average.
Time frame: 1 year
Secondary outcome will be measuring changes in the VR-12 (Veterans Rand Item Health Survey).
Study subjects will complete the VR-12 at pre-op, 4 months and 1 year after surgery. The results of the VR-12 are summarized as two scores - a Mental Component Score (MCS) and a Physical Component Score (PCS). The score encompasses questions from seven domains: general health perceptions, physical functioning, role limitations due to physical and emotional problems, bodily pain, energy/fatigue levels, social functioning and mental health. The scores may be reported as Z-scores (difference compared to the population average, measured in standard deviations). The interval score ranges from 0 to 100 where 0 represents mental or physical disability and 100 represents perfect mental or physical health.
Time frame: 1 year