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Study name	A multi‐center, cluster randomized controlled study comparing usual care and a multidisciplinary intervention such as the DELirium Team Approach program to manage delirium among hospitalized cancer patients
Methods	Cluster‐randomised controlled trial
Participants	9600 Hospitalised cancer patients (≥50 years)
Interventions	Group 1: implementation of the DELTA program with six components: (1) education of healthcare providers, (2) screening of delirium, (3) planning for delirium care, (4) prevention of occurrence and worsening of delirium, (5) scheduled assessment of delirium symptoms or risk factors, and (6) management and treatment of delirium. Group 2: standard care
Outcomes	Primary outcome (s): the incidence in events in medical safety such as falls, self‐removal of drip infusion or drain tube, restraint Secondary outcome (s): falls, self‐removal of drip infusion or drain tube, restraint, Barthel Index, level of nursing care needs, antipsychotic drug use, opioid use, duration of hospital stay, cost of medical care, hospital readmission within 1 month after discharge, mortality within 1 year after discharge
Starting date	11/12/2017
Contact information	Asao Ogawa, asogawa@east.ncc.go.jp National Cancer Center, Division of Psycho‐Oncology, Exploratory Oncology Research&Clinical Trial Center
Notes	Japan Primary Registries Network‐UMIN000030062 Status: no longer recruiting