The SOMNUS Study: Sedative Optimization Via Monitoring Neurological Status

NCT ID: NCT00469482

Last Updated: 2018-03-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

28 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-06-30

Study Completion Date

2016-09-30

Brief Summary

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A combined strategy of Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale (RASS) clinical targeting plus bispectral index (BIS) guided sedation in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients will decrease time on mechanical ventilation, decrease the duration of intensive care unit (ICU) delirium and coma, and will improve subacute neurocognitive function when compared to sedation guided by RASS targeting alone.

Detailed Description

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Sedatives and analgesics are used to maintain comfort in almost all mechanically ventilated patients. Unfortunately, these medications also have many deleterious effects. Sedatives increase time on mechanical ventilation, have adverse hemodynamic effects, disturb sleep architecture, and have been determined to be an independent risk factor for ICU delirium. Delirium is an independent determinant of longer hospital stay, higher costs, and higher mortality, and the presence of delirium is highly predictive of long-term neurocognitive deficits. In consideration of these facts, better methods are needed to guide sedation, avoid oversedation, and possibly reduce delirium.

Current guidelines recommend titration of sedation to a goal level based on bedside evaluation using a validated assessment tool, e.g. the Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale. These assessment tools, however, are underused and many ICU patients are oversedated with well described consequences. A practical method by which to determine where a patient lies may prove beneficial in optimizing our delivery of sedatives and improving patient outcomes.

While conventional EEG monitoring is not practical in the ICU, bispectral index (BIS) monitoring may be easily used in this clinical setting. BIS monitoring may provide a means to assess sedation level in unresponsive or paralyzed ICU patients and to decrease the total amount of sedatives/analgesics administered. Additional benefits of a combined clinical sedation scale and BIS-monitoring approach could include a decreased incidence and/or duration of delirium as well as a decreased incidence and severity of ICU-associated prolonged neurocognitive deficits.

The specific aims of this study are as follows:

Aim 1: To determine if sedative and analgesic medication delivery guided by clinical sedation scales and BIS monitor parameters of over-sedation will decrease time on mechanical ventilation.

Aim 2: To determine if sedative and analgesic medication delivery guided by clinical sedation scales and BIS monitor parameters of over-sedation will decrease the duration of delirium and coma when compared to the use of clinical sedations scales alone.

Aim 3: To determine if sedative and analgesic medication delivery guided by clinical sedation scales and BIS monitor parameters of over-sedation will decrease the incidence and severity of subacute cognitive impairment when compared to the use of clinical sedation scales alone.

Aim 4: To characterize polysomnography findings in critically ill patients at various BIS levels.

Aim 5: To determine if poor sleep quality is a factor in post critical illness neurocognitive dysfunction.

Conditions

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Delirium Cognitive Impairment Critically Ill

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Sedation, RASS Targeted

Patient sedation utilizing standard of care methods (RASS Targeted)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Sedation, RASS Targeted

Intervention Type OTHER

Patient sedation utilizing standard of care methods (RASS targeted)

Sedation,RASS Targeted plus BIS Monitoring

Providing patient sedation utilizing standard of care methods (RASS) plus BIS monitoring.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Sedation,RASS Targeted plus BIS Monitoring

Intervention Type OTHER

Providing patient sedation utilizing standard of care methods (RASS) plus BIS monitoring

Interventions

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Sedation,RASS Targeted plus BIS Monitoring

Providing patient sedation utilizing standard of care methods (RASS) plus BIS monitoring

Intervention Type OTHER

Sedation, RASS Targeted

Patient sedation utilizing standard of care methods (RASS targeted)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female adult patients admitted to the ICU for critical illnesses requiring mechanical ventilation with expectation of being mechanically ventilated for greater than 24 hours. Subjects must have an actual or a target RASS of -3 or deeper with 48 hours of initiation of mechanical ventilation.

Exclusion Criteria

* Subjects who are less than 18 years old.
* Inability to obtain informed consent from the patient or his/her surrogate.
* Subjects admitted with alcohol or drug overdoses, suicide attempts, or alcohol/delirium with tremors.
* Subjects with documented moderate to severe dementia.
* Subjects with anoxic brain injuries, strokes, neurotrauma, or neuromuscular disorders such as myasthenia gravis or Guillain Barre syndrome.
* Subjects whose family and/or physician have not committed to aggressive support for 72 hours or who are likely to withdraw within 72 hours.
* Subjects who are moribund or are not expected to survive hospital discharge due to preexisting uncorrectable medical condition.
* Subjects who have either Child-Pugh Class B or C cirrhosis.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Medtronic - MITG

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Wes Ely

Professor of Medicine

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Wes Ely, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Vanderbilt Universtiy

Locations

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Related Links

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http://www.ICUdelirium.org

This is an educational website about ICU delirium.

Other Identifiers

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SOMNUS

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

061218

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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