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The Prevention of Delirium and Complications Associated With Surgical Treatments Multi Center Clinical Trial

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01690988

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Brief summary

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Delirium is a medical term or condition that includes a temporary inability to focus attention and to think clearly. Delirium occurs commonly (10% to 70%) in patients older than 60 undergoing large surgeries. The purpose of this study is to test rigorously whether a drug called ketamine can decrease the chance that patients will experience delirium after their surgery. The investigators are also testing whether ketamine decreases postoperative pain, postoperative opioid consumption, postoperative nausea and vomiting, ICU and hospital length of stay, and adverse outcomes (e.g. hallucinations and nightmares).

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01690988
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Enrollment
746 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
60 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Jan 31, 2014
Primary completion
Jun 25, 2016
Completion
Jun 30, 2017
Last update posted
Jun 5, 2018

2014 – 2017

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Washington University School of Medicine St Louis Missouri 63110

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