Status:

COMPLETED

Dexmedetomidine in Patients After Intracranial Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Capital Medical University

Conditions:

Central Nervous System Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Dexmedetomidine is a highly selective a2-adrenoreceptor agonist that produces dose-dependent sedation and analgesia without respiratory depression. Dexmedetomidine has been used in critically ill medi...

Detailed Description

The PASTrial is a non-commercial, multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled, double blinded clinical trial. The study compares dexmedetomidine versus normal saline (placebo) in patients after intra...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult patients after intracranial surgery with delayed extubation

Exclusion

  • emergency operation
  • brain stem operation
  • preoperative consciousness disorders or epilepsy
  • bradycardia, hypotension, acute myocardial infarction, second- or third degree heart block, or need continuous infusions of vasopressor before the start of study drug infusion
  • patients enrolled in another trial

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

192 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01445639

Start Date

October 1 2011

End Date

February 1 2013

Last Update

January 28 2014

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Neuro-ICU, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100050