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Self-management of Sedative Therapy by Ventilated Patients

NCT02819141

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to test the efficacy of dexmedetomidine for the self-management of sedative therapy (SMST) in a sample of critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilator support. The investigators hypothesis is that self-management of sedative therapy by mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), tailored to their individual needs will be more efficacious than nurse-administered sedative therapy in reducing anxiety, which may reduce duration of mechanical ventilator support and occurrence of delirium.

Timeline

Start
2016-11
Primary completion
2024-10
Completion
2024-12

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Dexmedetomidine Other / unclassified Intravenous