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TerminatedNCT00954603

A Double-blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Quetiapine Versus Haloperidol for the Treatment of Delirium

Compare Efficacy and Safety Between Quetiapine and Haloperidol in Treatment Delirium

Status
Terminated
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
52 (actual)
Sponsor
Chiang Mai University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years – 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether quetiapine, and haloperidol are effective and safe in the treatment psychiatric symptoms in patients with delirium.

Detailed description

A delirious state often founds in general hospitals and remains a significant cause of death. Existing methods of treatment includes identification and elimination of factors contributing to the delirium in addition to pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment interventions (Trzepacz et al., 1999). Antipsychotics can play an important role in the management of the symptoms of delirium.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGquetiapine25-100 mg
DRUGhaloperidol0.5-2 mg

Timeline

Start date
2009-06-01
Primary completion
2011-04-01
Completion
2012-07-01
First posted
2009-08-07
Last updated
2011-06-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00954603. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.