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UnknownNCT04423276

Efficiency of Donepezil in Elderly Patients for Prevention of POCD Dysfunction

Efficiency of Donepezil in Elderly Patients Undergoing Orthopedic Surgery Due to Underlying Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction, a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Status
Unknown
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
360 (estimated)
Sponsor
RenJi Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) occurs mainly in aged patients. POCD may increase the mortality and morbidity. However, the mechanism of POCD is not clear yet and no effective therapy method was proved. According to our previous study, the central cholinergic system impaired by the anesthesia and surgery play a very important role in the POCD and donepezil an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor can prevent the POCD after isoflurane anesthesia in aged mice. Donepezil is a commercial medicine used for the Alzheimer Disease, which is tolerable and has minimal adverse events. In present study a multi-center randomized case control study was conducted and we hypothesized that donepezil attenuate the POCD.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGDonepezilDonepezil a cholinesterase inhibitor, 5mg(1 pill)/ day for 7 days Po, was administrated from the day before surgery.
DRUGPlaceboPlacebo, 1 pill/ day for 7 days Po, was administrated from the day before surgery.

Timeline

Start date
2020-06-14
Primary completion
2021-12-01
Completion
2022-12-01
First posted
2020-06-09
Last updated
2020-12-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04423276. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.