Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT00286936
Incidence of Delirium in Hip Fracture Patients Randomized to Regular Hypnotics vs Placebo
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 96 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Hvidovre University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 70 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
To examine the influence of regular hypnotic therapy on the incidence of delirium after hip fracture surgery
Detailed description
Delirium is prevalent after hip fracture surgery. Delirium has been linked to postoperative sleep disturbances. Zolpidem is a non-benzodiazepine hypnotic that preserves REM sleep. The present study investigates the incidence of delirium in hip fracture patients randomized to Zolpidem treatment 5 mg vs placebo in the perioperative phase.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Zolpidem |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2004-02-01
- Completion
- 2007-01-01
- First posted
- 2006-02-06
- Last updated
- 2011-08-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Denmark
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