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Study NCT ID: NCT00479661
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2010-08-13
First Post: 2007-05-25

Brief Title: Dexmedetomidine Versus Propofol for Continuous Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit ICU
Sponsor: Orion Corporation Orion Pharma
Organization: Orion Corporation Orion Pharma

Study Overview

Official Title: A Prospective Multi-centre Randomised Double-blind Comparison of Intravenous Dexmedetomidine With Propofol for Continuous Sedation of Ventilated Patients in Intensive Care Unit
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2010-08
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: Prodex
Brief Summary: Patients in the ICU who need help with their breathing are put onto a machine called a ventilator and are also given a medicine called a sedative which helps them to sleep and makes them more comfortable Propofol is a sedative that is routinely used for these purposes

For most patients the aim of sedation is to make them sleepy but still able to respond to nursing staff light sedation

Dexmedetomidine is a new sedative for use in intensive care and in this clinical studydexmedetomidine is compared to propofol It is thought that dexmedetomidine might be slightly better at allowing patients to be sleepy but still respond to people around them It also does not appear to affect patients breathing The purpose of this study is to test whether dexmedetomidine really does have these advantages compared to propofol

In this study we hope to show that dexmedetomidine is at least as good as propofol in helping patients to sleep better and making them more comfortable and that they are able to communicate and cooperate better with the staff treating them and that patients treated with dexmedetomidine require a shorter time on the ventilator than those treated with propofol
Detailed Description: This is a phase III multi-centre prospective randomised double-blind double-dummy active comparator study The study consists of three periods screening double-dummy treatment and follow-up period

All patients admitted to ICU will be pre-screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria prior to informed consent using available clinical data

Informed consent screening and randomisation procedures should be completed within 72 hours from the time of admission to ICU and within 48 hours from starting continuous sedation Eligible study subjects requiring light to moderate sedation Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale RASS 0 to -3 will be randomised to either continue on propofol or switch to dexmedetomidine Patients should not have received any other continuously or regularly administered sedative agent than propofol during the last 12 hours except for opioid analgesics Study treatments will be titrated to achieve an individually targeted sedation range determined on a daily basis Rescue treatment ie midazolam boli may be given if needed to achieve the target depth of sedation Continued need for sedation will be assessed at a daily sedation stop conducted at the same time each day First sedation stop may be 12-36 hours from randomisation depending on the time of day the study subject is randomised The duration of study treatment is limited to a maximum of 14 days from randomisation Following withdrawal of sedation study subjects will be monitored for 48 hours and contacted by telephone 31 and 45 days after randomisation

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None
Secondary IDs
Secondary ID Type Domain Link
EudraCT 2006-006030-17 None None None