NCT03541408

Preventative Delirium Protocol in Elderly Patients

A Randomized, Controlled Trial Reviewing the Effectiveness of a Preventative Delirium Protocol in Elderly Patients While Analyzing Its Consequential Effects on Awareness, PONV, and/or Pain Control

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 263 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rush University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The current study aims to elucidate the effectiveness of a preventative delirium protocol in patients older than 65 years of age undergoing elective surgery.

Detailed description

A comprehensive analysis of patient specific risk factors and predisposing perioperative risk factors will be completed. The objective is to see if delirium incidences are significantly lower in the group that receives a preventative delirium protocol compared to a control group, while not increasing other adverse undesirable side effects. We hypothesize that a preventative delirium protocol will reduce the incidence of delirium compared to the control group (primary outcome), but this protocol may lead to increased side effects such as PONV, poor pain control, and increased awareness (secondary outcomes).

Conditions

• Delirium

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Control	Standard Of Care without Preventative Delirium Protocol
OTHER	Preventative Delirium Protocol	Preventative Delirium Protocol

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-05-01
• Primary completion: 2021-04-01
• Completion: 2021-04-01
• First posted: 2018-05-30
• Last updated: 2022-12-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States