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Last refreshed on: 23 March 2015
Main ID:  NCT00290082
Date of registration: 09/02/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Hospital, Rouen
Public title: Randomized Double-blind Trial of Midazolam and Loxapine in Agitated Patients
Scientific title: Comparison Between Midazolam and Loxapine in the Treatment of Agitated Patients in the Emergency Department
Date of first enrolment: December 2005
Target sample size: 120
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00290082
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Fabienne FM Moritz, MD
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Affiliation:  University Hospital, Rouen
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Severely agitated patients (Richard Scale over or equal to 5) between 18 and 65 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

Hypoglycemia hypoxemia patients with known dementia blood pressure <90 mmHg known cocaine
or amphetamine intoxication pregnancy respiratory or liver insufficiency myasthenia
sedation before arrival to hospital



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acute Agitated Patients
Intervention(s)
Drug: Midazolam
Other: patient monitoring
Drug: Loxapine
Drug: loxapine, midazolam
Biological: blood sample
Primary Outcome(s)
Success of treatment at 20 min [Time Frame: 20 min]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Agitation level at 20,40 and 60 min [Time Frame: 20, 40 and 60mn]
Need for rescue medication [Time Frame: any time]
Sedation duration [Time Frame: No]
Success of treatment at 40 and 60 min [Time Frame: 40 and 60 mn]
treatment failure [Time Frame: one hour after treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
French state grant
2004/055/HP
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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