The Oslo Study of Clonidine in Elderly Patients With Delirium
Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2017-09-12
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Delirium ("acute confusional state")is characterized by an acute decline in attention and
cognition, and is a common clinical syndrome in elderly patients.
The purpose of this randomised, controlled, parallel group pilot trial is to explore
superiority of clonidine vs placebo in decreasing delirium in patients diagnosed delirium at
the acute geriatric ward.
We will also study the feasibility of oral clonidine in a geriatric ward and effects of
clonidine upon a variety of outcomes as a means to design a more definite study later.