Status:

COMPLETED

Does Nightly Dexmedetomidine Improve Sleep and Reduce Delirium in ICU Patients?

Lead Sponsor:

Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Tufts Medical Center

Northeastern University

Conditions:

Sleep Deprivation

Delirium

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Specific Aims 1. Establish the feasibility of larger trial by implementing a sleep protocol in the ICU at 2 different sites. Specifically will be estimating the recruitment rates of patients and the ...

Detailed Description

The goal of this study is to determine whether a nocturnal protocol that incorporates a pharmacologic intervention associated with improved sleep (i.e. dexmedetomidine) will improve sleep quality and ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Current expectation on the part of the patient's admitting intensivist for patients to require ICU care for \>/= 48 hrs
  • Administered at least one sedative dose (scheduled or prn).

Exclusion

  • Patients with delirium (intensive care delirium screening checklist score ≥ 4) or disorientation (not oriented to person and/or place)
  • Patients in whom an ICDSC cannot be reliably completed (e.g. primary language is not French or English, baseline severe hearing impairment)
  • Inability by one of the investigators to obtain informed consent from the legally authorized representative
  • Treating physician refusal
  • Heart rate ≤ 50 BPM
  • Systolic blood pressure ≤ 90 mmHg despite the administration of norepinephrine ≥ 15 mcg/min and/or vasopressin ≥ 0.04 units/min
  • Admission with acute decompensated heart failure
  • History of heart block without pacemaker based on hospital admission note.
  • Acute alcohol withdrawal based on hospital admission note
  • History of end stage liver failure (based on presence of ≥ 1 or more of the following: AST/ALT ≥ 2 times ULN, INR ≥ 2, total bilirubin ≥ 1.5)
  • Irreversible brain disease consistent with severe dementia based on hospital admission note
  • Pregnancy (all women of child-bearing age will undergo a pregnancy test prior to study enrolment)
  • Known allergy or sensitivity to clonidine or dexmedetomidine
  • Current treatment with dexmedetomidine
  • p. Prognosis considered to be hopeless based on consultation with the ICU admitting physician q. Age ≥80 years r. Currently being managed with a high frequency oscillating mode (HFOV) of mechanical ventilation.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01791296

Start Date

January 1 2011

End Date

December 1 2016

Last Update

March 17 2017

Active Locations (2)

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Tufts Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111

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Maisonneuve Rosemont Hospital

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H1T 2M4