A Pilot Study of Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Sleep and Inflammation in Critically Ill Patients

Completed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Sleep, Critical Illness

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess the short-term effect of sympatholysis on sleep quality and inflammation in critically ill patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00405847

Run by

University of Arizona

People needed

17

Starts

2006-07-01

Expected to finish

2007-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-10-27

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients requiring mechanical ventilation with a diagnosis of
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema
• Pneumonia
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who are considered too unstable to undergo this investigation by their primary physician
• Comatose patients, or patients with severe debilitating neurological disease
• Renal insufficiency (Sr. Creatinine > 2 mg/dL)
• Heart block (second or third degree heart block) or sinus bradycardia (heart rate < 60 beats per minute)
• Pregnancy

Where it is running

• Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System — Tucson, Arizona, United States

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