Status:

UNKNOWN

Evaluation if Physostigmine Reduces Symptoms in Patients Who Has Developed a Delirium in Intensive Care After a Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

PD Dr. Bertram Scheller

Collaborating Sponsors:

Goethe University

Dr. Franz Köhler Chemie GmbH (study medication and labeling)

Conditions:

Suspected Delirium After Elective or Emergency Heart Surgery

CAM-ICU Diagnosed Delirium

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Evaluation if physostigmine reduces symptoms in patients who has developed a delirium in Intensive care after a surgery

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients of both genders aged \> 18 years, \< 85 years of ICU C1 after elective or emergency heart surgery with or without extracorporeal circulation (heart-lung machine and/or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), with suspected delirium. (May be suspected if a patient does not show adequate improvement of vigilance 24 h after adequate reduction or stop of sedative medicine)
  • Patients (\>18a, \<85a) with CAM-ICU diagnosed delirium
  • Patients of legal capacity and patients with appointed representative

Exclusion

  • Asthma
  • hypersensitivity against Physostigmine salicylate, Sodium metabisulfite, Nitrogen
  • gangrene mechanical obstipation
  • mechanical urinary retention
  • Dystrophia myotonica
  • Depolarization block after depolarising muscle relaxants
  • Intoxications with "irreversibly acting" cholinesterase inhibitors
  • closed head trauma
  • obstructions at gastro-intestinal tract and at urinary tract
  • neurological diseases
  • left ventricular ejection fraction \< 40%
  • Simultaneous Participation in other clinical trials or participation ind other clinical trials in the last 30 days
  • untreated coronary heart disease
  • wish to have children, pregnancy or nursing
  • patients with addictive disorder in medical history

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

120 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02216266

Start Date

April 1 2014

End Date

December 1 2018

Last Update

March 10 2017

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Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive-Care Medicine and Pain Therapy

Frankfurt, Hessia, Germany, 60590