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Prevention Of Delirium in Elderly With Obstructive Sleep Apnea (PODESA)

NCT02954224 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 220

Last updated 2022-11-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Delirium is a common complication in elderly patients following surgery. Patients who develop delirium after surgery are at increased risk for serious complications, and even death.This multi-centre randomized controlled trial will enroll elderly patients scheduled for elective hip/knee replacement surgery.The objective of this trial is to identify obstructive sleep apnea using ApneaLink Air and to determine whether auto-titrating CPAP treatment of obstructive sleep apnea will decrease the incidence of post-operative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective hip and knee replacement surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

CPAP treatment

Patients who are randomized to auto-titrating CPAP will use an auto CPAP device on postoperative days 1, 2, and 3

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Health Network, Toronto

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jean Wong, MD · University Health Network, Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-03-24
Primary Completion
2021-04-30
Completion
2021-12-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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