Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

The Effect of the Sedo-Analgesia Protocol Applied to Intensive Care Unit Patients on Patient Outcomes

Lead Sponsor:

Cukurova University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit

Conditions:

Neurosurgical Surgery

Sedo-analgesia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-90 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Neurosurgical interventions are a leading cause of death and disability in adults, and managing intracranial hypertension in the acute phase is a critical treatment process to prevent secondary brain ...

Detailed Description

The study is planned as a randomized controlled intervention study to evaluate the effect of the sedo-analgesia protocol applied to intensive care patients on patient outcomes.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Over 18 years of age,
  • Undergoing elective or emergency neurosurgical surgery and admitted to intensive care after surgery,
  • Postoperative Glasgow Coma Score 9\>GCS \<13,
  • Requiring mechanical ventilation for at least 24 hours,
  • Having a RASS score ≥ -4,
  • Are hemodynamically stable,
  • Receiving intermittent sedation,
  • Patients whose relatives consent to the study will be included in the sample criteria.

Exclusion

  • Those with alcohol or substance abuse,
  • Those with known hearing loss,
  • Those diagnosed with brain death,
  • Those requiring deep sedation, such as those requiring the administration of muscle relaxants, a body mass index (BMI) \> 30, or those with conditions that affect consciousness such as hypercapnia, hyperglycemia, or hypoglycemic coma, or those requiring deep sedation such as pulmonary hypertension,
  • Those with cognitive impairment such as epilepsy surgery, Huntington's disease, or frontal lobe or cerebral cortex damage,
  • Those with any disease that impairs thermoregulation, such as damage to the hypothalamus, which controls the sleep-wake cycle, or damage to the thalamus, which causes disorders such as impaired brain motor functions,
  • Those with quadriplegia,
  • Those with a serious pulmonary condition (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), asthma, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, etc.),
  • Those with an allergy to opioids (e.g., fentanyl, remifentanil, sufentanil, morphine),
  • Those with severe liver disease and renal dysfunction.
  • Psychiatric history (schizophrenia, mania, delirium, cognitive impairment, mental retardation).
  • Patients who develop brain damage or complications during the study (such as a GCS \< 9 drop, rebleeding, status epilepticus, convulsions, mental status disturbance/delirium, vomiting, tremor, myoclonus) will be excluded from the study.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

August 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

42 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07148544

Start Date

July 1 2025

End Date

August 1 2026

Last Update

August 29 2025

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TC Adana City Training and Research Hospital

Adana, Turkey (Türkiye)