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Last refreshed on: 20 June 2023
Main ID:  NCT02807467
Date of registration: 09/05/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Public title: Influence of Dexmedetomidine or Propofol on ICU Delirium
Scientific title: Comparison of Propofol and Dexmedetomidine to Treat Hyperactive and Mixed ICU Delirium - the Basel ProDex Randomized Trial
Date of first enrolment: March 1, 2019
Target sample size: 37
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02807467
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Alexa Hollinger, MD
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Affiliation:  University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult patients (age 18 years or older) in a state of delirium (hyperactive ore mixed
type) upon detection in the ICU (i.e., ICDSC >3).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Hypersensitivity to the active substance

- Advanced heart block (grade 2 or 3) unless implanted pacemaker

- Uncontrolled hypotension

- Severe cardiac dysfunction

- Bradycardia

- Egg allergy

- Soybean/soy allergy

- Age below 18 years

- Terminal state

- Pregnancy

- Active psychosis (of non organic origin = functional disturbances)

- Status epilepticus or postictal states following seizures on EEG



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Delirium
Intervention(s)
Drug: Propofol
Drug: Dexmedetomidine
Primary Outcome(s)
Reduction of ICU delirium duration assessed by ICDSC checklist [Time Frame: during stay at ICU, an average of 3 days; Delirium duration assessed every 8 hours starting with patient's ICU admission until delirium has subsided]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
Basel ProDex Study
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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