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. 2019 Sep 3;2019(9):CD011749. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011749.pub2

NCT03392376.

Trial name or title Agents intervening against delirium in intensive care unit (AID‐ICU)
Methods Multi‐site (23), quadruple‐blind, randomized placebo‐controlled trial taking place in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Spain. Target enrolment: 1000 patients
Participants Acutely admitted adult (> 18 years) patients diagnosed with delirium via the CAM‐ICU or ICDSC
Interventions Participants randomized to receive haloperidol (2.5 mg IV thrice daily with additional, as needed doses up to a maximum of 20 mg/d) or placebo (0.5 mL IV isotonic saline thrice daily, with additional, as needed doses up to a maximum of 4 mL/d)
Outcomes Primary
  1. Days alive out of the hospital within 90 days post randomization


Secondary
  1. Number of days alive without delirium or coma in the ICU

  2. Number of patients with 1 or more serious adverse reactions or the total number of serious adverse reactions to haloperidol compared with placebo, or both

  3. Usage of escape medicine and dosage of escape medicine per patient

  4. Number of days alive without mechanical ventilation within 90 days post randomization

  5. Mortality

  6. Quality of life (EQ‐5D‐5L total score 1 year post randomization)

  7. Quality of life (EQ‐Visual Analogue Scale 1 year post randomization)

  8. Cognitive function 1 year after randomization (at selected sites)

  9. Executive function 1 year after randomization (at selected sites)

  10. Health economics analysis

  11. Cognitive function at admission

Starting date 12 June 2018
Contact information Lone Musaeus Poulsen, MD (lmp@regionsjaelland.dk)
Nina Christine Andersen‐Ranberg, MD (ncan@regionsjaelland.dk)
Notes Subset of sites currently recruiting
Study sponsor: Zealand University Hospital
Study registered: at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03392376