Status:

COMPLETED

Rivastigmine in the Management of Delirium

Lead Sponsor:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Collaborating Sponsors:

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Conditions:

Delirium

Eligibility:

All Genders

75+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an anticholinesterase treatment in patients aged 75 and over, hospitalized with delirium. Study type : Interventional Study design: randomized, do...

Detailed Description

Delirium affects up to 50% of hospitalized patients aged 75 and over. Delirium increases risk of comorbid illness, hospital length of stay, institutionalization, and death. Patients with diagnosed or ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients aged 75 and over
  • Hospitalization for delirium not correlated to surgery for less than 48 hours
  • Patients with delirium requiring the presence of features 1 (acute onset and fluctuation course), 2 (inattention), 3 (disorganized thinking) and 4 (altered level of consciousness) of the Confusion Assessment Model and DRS R-98 \> 10
  • Absence of any contraindications to a cholinesterase inhibitor treatment
  • Health insurance affiliation
  • Having signed an informed consent form
  • Caregiver/informant to provide information on patient

Exclusion

  • Use of IAchE or memantine medication
  • Contraindication to IAchE medication
  • Frontotemporal dementia
  • Diseases involving the short-term survival
  • Digestive bleeding
  • Ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke related to actual onset (including hemorrhagic contusion)
  • Natremia ≤120 mmol/l at the time of hospitalization
  • Post epileptic confusion
  • Hepato-cellular failure
  • Cardiorespiratory impairment at risk of transfer to intensive care unit
  • Major sensory deficits that could interfere with cognitive assessment (visual and auditory)
  • Not fluent in French
  • Being under guardianship
  • Absence of caregiver/informant to sign informed consent form

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

23 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01487317

Start Date

June 1 2011

End Date

February 1 2016

Last Update

July 20 2016

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Pitié Salpetriere Hospital

Paris, France, 75013