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. 2018 Jul 19;2018(7):CD006732. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006732.pub4

NCT03134092.

Trial name or title The Life STORRIED Study
Methods RCT
Participants Inclusion criteria
  • Age 18 years to 70 years old.

  • Experiencing back pain or renal colic.

  • Text messaging and internet access including email capabilities or access to a smart phone ‐ anticipated discharge within 12 hours.


Exclusion criteria
  • Patients who take opioids for chronic pain or cancer treatments.

  • Patients who have taken opioids in the last month.

  • Patients who are pregnant, in police custody, intoxicated, cognitively impaired, or otherwise unable to fully consent and participate.

  • Patients who are hemodynamically compromised, in respiratory distress, or in severe emotional or physical distress.

  • Patients older than 70 or younger than 18.

  • Patients who will be admitted to hospital or deemed to have a critical illness

  • Patients who are cognitively impaired

  • Patients who are suicidal or homicidal ideation by chart review and clinician assessment

  • Patients who have evidence of current drug abuse, as measured by a DAST‐10105 score of 2 or greater

  • Patients with evidence of aberrant behavior based on clinical assessment.

  • Patients who do not have a phone, text messaging OR email address

  • Patients under police arrest at ED visit

  • Patients who are non‐English or Spanish speaking

  • Patients previously enrolled

  • Patient with any current contraindications for NSAIDs or opioid medications including allergies, chronic kidney disease (GFR90, if measured).

Interventions No Intervention: Generalized Risk Communication (GRC)
Active Comparator: Probabilistic Risk Communication (PRT)
Experimental: Narrative Enhanced Risk Tool (NERT)
Outcomes Primary outcome
  • Risk awareness and recall


Secondary outcomes
  • Patient reported use of opioid medication

  • Reported use of non opioid pain medication

  • Functional ability/return to usual activities

  • Patient‐reported shared decision making

  • Satisfaction with pain treatment

  • Trust in provider

  • Patient preference for treatment plan

  • Treatment plan agreement between patient preference and provider decision

Starting date June 2017
Contact information Erica B Goldberg, MSW, 215‐573‐2944, erica.goldberg@uphs.upenn.edu and Camille Lin, BA, 215‐746‐5608, camille.lin@uphs.upenn.edu
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