van der Burg 2005.

Trial name or title	Randomised double‐blind placebo‐controlled study of post‐operative haloperidol versus placebo for prevention of post‐operative delirium after acute hip surgery
Methods	Double‐blind randomised placebo‐controlled study
Participants	Patients aged 75 and over undergoing surgery for hip fracture
Interventions	Intervention: Haloperidol 1 mg twice daily for 72 hours Control: Placebo 1 mg twice daily for 72 hours
Outcomes	Primary outcomes: Incidence of postoperative delirium in 72 hours postoperative period Secondary outcomes: Length of stay; mortality; ADL dependence at 3 months; adverse outcomes
Starting date	November 2005
Contact information	Boke Linso Sjirk Borger van der Burg, Department of Surgery, Bronovo Hospital
Notes	ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00250237 Study completed October 2008. Results not published.