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Delirium Treatment With Acupuncture in Internal Medicine Departments

NCT03398928 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 81

Last updated 2020-09-18

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Summary

Delirium frequently occurs in hospitalized older people, and treatment options are limited. Acupuncture has been shown to reduce agitation in the setting of dementia. The investigators will test the hypothesis that it may also assist in treating delirium.

Conditions

  • Delirium in Old Age

Interventions

OTHER

Acupuncture

Acupuncture added to usual care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bnai Zion Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Elad Schiff, M.D. · Bnai Zion Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-14
Primary Completion
2019-12-01
Completion
2020-06-01

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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