Haloperidol With or Without Chlorpromazine in Treating Delirium in Patients With Advanced, Metastatic, or Recurrent Cancer
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Official title
Haloperidol and/or Chlorpromazine for Refractory Agitated Delirium in the Palliative Care Unit
Brief summary
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This randomized phase II/III trial studies how well haloperidol with or without chlorpromazine works in treating delirium in patients with cancer that has spread to other parts of the body or has come back. Haloperidol and chlorpromazine may control the symptoms of delirium (loss of contact with reality) in patients with cancer.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03021486
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2, Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 70 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Chlorpromazine Drug
- Haloperidol Drug
- Quality-of-Life Assessment Other
- Questionnaire Administration Other
Drug · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 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
- Jun 4, 2017
- Primary completion
- Jun 4, 2021
- Completion
- Jun 29, 2027
- Last update posted
- Mar 17, 2026
2017 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M D Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- Last update posted Mar 17, 2026 · Synced Sep 10, 2026
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