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ABSTRACT: Background
Through many years, the standard care has been to use continuous sedation of critically ill patients during mechanical ventilation. However, preliminary randomised clinical trials indicate that it is beneficial to reduce the sedation level. No randomised trial has been conducted comparing sedation with no sedation, a priori powered to have all-cause mortality as primary outcome.The objective is to assess the benefits and harms of non-sedation versus sedation with a daily wake-up trial in critically ill patients.Methods/design
The non-sedation (NONSEDA) trial is an investigator-initiated, randomised, clinical, parallel-group, multinational trial designed to include 700 patients from at least six ICUs in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.Inclusion criteria are mechanically ventilated patients with expected duration of mechanical ventilation >24 hours.Exclusion criteria are non-intubated patients, patients with severe head trauma, coma at admission or status epilepticus, patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia, patients with PaO2/FiO2?DiscussionThe trial investigates potential benefits of non-sedation. This might have large impact on the future treatment of mechanically ventilated critically ill patients.Trial register
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT0196768, 09.01.2014.
SUBMITTER: Toft P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4307177 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Toft Palle P Olsen Hanne Tanghus HT Jørgensen Helene Korvenius HK Strøm Thomas T Nibro Helle Lykkeskov HL Oxlund Jacob J Wian Karl-Andre KA Ytrebø Lars Marius LM Kroken Bjørn Anders BA Chew Michelle M
Trials 20141220
<h4>Background</h4>Through many years, the standard care has been to use continuous sedation of critically ill patients during mechanical ventilation. However, preliminary randomised clinical trials indicate that it is beneficial to reduce the sedation level. No randomised trial has been conducted comparing sedation with no sedation, a priori powered to have all-cause mortality as primary outcome.The objective is to assess the benefits and harms of non-sedation versus sedation with a daily wake- ...[more]