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. 2015 Oct 6;2015(10):CD008808. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008808.pub2

NCT01082016.

Trial name or title Sleep promotion in critically ill and injured patients cared for in the intensive care unit
Methods Interventional study
Participants Inclusion criteria
  • Received care in ICU for at least 3 days

  • Received care in ICU for no longer than 14 days

  • Score of 3 to 5 on the Riker Sedation‐Agitation Scale (SAS)

  • Aged 18 years to 55 years

  • Able to tolerate PO or have gastric access present (nasogastric/orogastric/PEG)


Exclusion criteria
  • Pregnancy

  • Incarceration

  • Admission diagnosis of closed head injury or traumatic brain injury

  • Evidence of delirium on Confusion Assessment Method (CAM‐ICU) Score

  • Haemodynamic instability

  • Sepsis

  • Multiple organ dysfunction

  • Acute renal failure

  • Known history of sleep disorder

  • Known psychiatric disorder

Interventions
  • Experimental: sleep promotion

  • No intervention: control

Outcomes Primary outcomes
  1. Polysomnography during sleep promotion protocol.

  2. Time in rapid eye movement (REM) Sleep

  3. Time in slow‐wave sleep


Secondary outcomes
  1. Systemic inflammatory mediators (cytokines)

  2. Safety profile

Starting date April 2010
Contact information Randall S Friese, MD
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Notes "Status unknown" (last update 2010)