Status:

TERMINATED

How Your Patients' Non-REM Sleep Changes On Sedatives in the Intensive Care Units

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Conditions:

Delirium

Respiratory Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to study the effect of two standard of care sedative medications on sleep stages and total sleep time. The investigators hypothesize that the α2 agonist, dexmedetomidine, ...

Detailed Description

This is a single center randomized pilot study comparing the effects of an α2 agonist (dexmedetomidine) versus GABA agonists (propofol or a benzodiazepine) on total sleep time and sleep quality. For t...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit who require mechanical ventilation and are sedated with a GABA agonist with the expectation of being mechanically ventilated for greater than 24 hours.

Exclusion

  • Subjects who are less than 18 years
  • Subjects who are pregnant (a pregnancy test will be performed on all women of child bearing age)
  • Inability to obtain informed consent from the patient or his/her surrogate
  • Subjects who are physiologically benzodiazepine dependent, and at risk of withdrawal syndromes
  • Subjects with anoxic brain injuries, strokes, or neurotrauma
  • Medical team following patient unwilling to change sedation regimen
  • Subjects who are moribund and not expected to survive 24 hours or actively withdrawing medical support
  • Documented allergy to study medications
  • Subjects with advanced heart block at time of screening
  • Prisoners
  • RASS target of less than or equal to -4 at the time of screening
  • PSG equipment unavailable

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

6 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00826553

Start Date

January 1 2009

End Date

December 1 2013

Last Update

June 5 2017

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232