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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00315926
Date of registration: 18/04/2006
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen
Public title: Melatonin and Cardiac Outcome After Major Surgery
Scientific title: Melatonin and Cardiac Morbidity After Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurism Repair
Date of first enrolment: January 2007
Target sample size: 52
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00315926
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:     Bülent Kücükakin
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Affiliation:  Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Copenhagen in Gentofte
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Indication for elective abdominal aortic aneurism surgery or periphery
atheroscleroses with indicated protheses operation

- Patients between 18 and 80 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with ASA class > 3

- Anticoagulation therapy (marevan and marcoumar)

- Preoperative therapy with opioid, anxiolytic and hypnotic medication

- Renal insufficient (preoperative creatinin > 200 mmol/l)

- Well-known liver insufficient

- Alcohol consumption (more than 5 drinks)

- Compliance (language difficulty, mental problems etc.)

- Pregnancy and breast-feeding

- Lack of written consent



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Aortic Aneurysm
Intervention(s)
Drug: Melatonin
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Cardiac morbidity [Time Frame: 30 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Oxidative and inflammatory stress response [Time Frame: 3 days]
Secondary ID(s)
2612-3109
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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