Does Nightly Dexmedetomidine Improve Sleep and Reduce Delirium in ICU Patients?

Summary

Specific Aims 1. Establish the feasibility of larger trial by implementing a sleep protocol in the ICU at 2 different sites. Specifically will be estimating the recruitment rates of patients and the compliance with both interventions. 2. Measure the safety and tolerance of adding night-time sedation with dexmedetomidine using adverse effects and withdrawal rates as indicators. 3. Measure the effect of nocturnal dexmedetomidine on pertinent clinical outcomes and use this outcome data to plan a larger, multicenter trial in this area. The goal of this study is to determine whether a night-time protocol that incorporates a pharmacologic intervention associated with improved sleep (i.e. dexmedetomidine) will improve sleep quality and reduce the incidence of delirium and sub-syndromal delirium in critically ill patients.

Timeline

Start

2011-01

Primary completion

2016-06

Completion

2016-12

Publications

• Duprey MS, Devlin JW, Skrobik Y. Is there an association between subjective sleep quality and daily delirium occurrence in critically ill adults? A post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2020 Aug;7(1):e000576. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2020-000576.
• Skrobik Y, Duprey MS, Hill NS, Devlin JW. Low-Dose Nocturnal Dexmedetomidine Prevents ICU Delirium. A Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 May 1;197(9):1147-1156. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201710-1995OC.

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