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Delirium treatment at the geriatric ward (DELTa G)
Treatment of delirium: rivastigmine or haloperidol as primary treatment for delirium in delirious patients on a geriatric ward.
A randomized placebo-controlled study.

No registrations found.

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Ethical review
Positive opinion
Status
Recruiting
Health condition type
-
Study type
Interventional

ID

NL-OMON29295

Source

NTR

Brief title

DELTa G

Health condition

radndomized placebo-controlled study on a geriatric ward.

Sponsors and support

Primary sponsor :
trial medication is sponsored by Novartis

Intervention

Outcome measures

Primary outcome

Length of delirium.

Secondary outcome

1. Length of stay in hospital;

2. Severity of delirium;

3. Need of escape medication;

4. Functional status, 3, 6 and 13 weeks after delirium;

5. Cognition.

Background summary

N/A

Study objective

Rivastigmine is as effective as haloperidol in the treatment of a delirium.

Study design

N/A

Intervention

1. Haloperidol;

2. Rivastigmine.

Public
Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Department Geriatrics,
P.O. Box 90153

P.L.J. Dautzenberg
Den Bosch 5200 ME
The Netherlands
+31 (0)73 6998629
p.dautzenberg@jbz.nl
Scientific
Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Department Geriatrics,
P.O. Box 90153

P.L.J. Dautzenberg
Den Bosch 5200 ME
The Netherlands
+31 (0)73 6998629
p.dautzenberg@jbz.nl

Inclusion criteria

Patients on a geriatric ward and delirium.

Exclusion criteria

1. Already use of rivastigmine/donepezil or galantamine;

2. Parkinson(ism).

Design

Study type :
Interventional
Intervention model
:
Other
Allocation :
Randomized controlled trial
Masking :
Double blinded (masking used)
Control :
Placebo

Recruitment

NL
Recruitment status
:
Recruiting
Start date (anticipated) :
Enrollment :
100
Type :
Anticipated

Positive opinion
Date :
Application type :
First submission

Followed up by the following (possibly more current) registration

No registrations found.

Other (possibly less up-to-date) registrations in this register

No registrations found.

In other registers

Register ID
NTR-new NL491
NTR-old NTR533
Other : N/A
ISRCTN Incomplete data for ISRCTN

Summary results

N/A