(HalOPeridol: Effectiveness trial)
A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to compare the early administration of intravenous haloperidol versus placebo in the prevention and treatment of delirium in critically ill ventilated patients
EudraCT Number: 2009-017842-30
REC Number: 10/H0505/65
ISRCTN 83567338
Funding Body: National Institute for Health Research
Version Number: 8
Version Date 8th April 2012
Stage: Final
Protocol Substantial Amendments:
Amendment No Date of Amendment Date of approval
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9th February 2011 8th April
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21st December 2012 30th January
Role Name, address, telephone
Lead sponsor: West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Vicarage Road
Watford
WD18 0HB
Tel: 01442 213141 Ext: 2473
Email: Fiona.smith@whht.nhs.uk
Chief Investigator: Valerie Page, Consultant Critical Care
Department of Anaesthesia
Watford General Hospital
Vicarage Road
Watford
WD18 0HB
Tel: 01923 217604
Email: Valerie.page@whht.nhs.uk
Trial Co-ordinator: Ms Xiao Bei Zhao
Department of Anaesthesia
Watford General Hospital
Vicarage Road
Watford
WD18 0HB
Tel: 01923 217604
Email: ZhaoBei.Xaio@whht.nhs.uk
Trial Statistician: Dr Simon Gates
Warwick Clinical Trials Unit
University of Warwick
Tel:02476 575850
Email: s.gates@warwick.ac.uk
Health Economist Mr David Meads
University of Leeds
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
Leeds
Tel: 0113 343 6989
Fax: 0113 246 0899
Email: D.Meads@leeds.ac.uk
Trial Steering Committee
Dr Neil Soni (Chair) Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Dr Danny McAuley Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Dr Gavin Perkins Birmingham Heartlands Hospital Dr Tom Stambach West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust Ms Fiona Smith West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Simon Gates
Warwick Clinical Trials Unit
Professor Wes Ely
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Nashville
Dr James Pickett Research Grants Officer
Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee
Dr Martin Kuper (Chair) Consultant Intensive Care Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Dr Mike Grocott
Consultant Intensive Care
Southampton Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Yogi Amin
Consultant Neuroanaesthetist,
University College Hospital London
Dr David Wellsted
Senior Lecturer
University of Hertfordshire
Table of Contents
Title Page
Contact Names and Details
Table of Contents
List of abbreviations
1. Lay Summary
2. Background
2.1 Terminology
2.2 Pathophysiology
2.3 Outcomes
2.4 Rationale for using haloperidol
2.4.1 Delirium treatment
2.4.2 Lack of evidence
2.4.3 Potential benefits in ICU patients
2.4.4 Delirium prevention
2.4.5 The intervention is simple and cheap
2.4.6 Acceptable tolerability and side effects
2.4.7 Dosing regimen
2.4.8 Need for a trial
2.5 Rationale for plasma -amyloid levels
2.6 Good Clinical Practice
2.7 CONSORT Guidelines
3. Trial Design
3.1 Trial Summary
3.2 Flow Diagram
3.3 Trial Objectives
3.4 Trial Outcome
3.4.1 Primary Outcome
3.4.2 Secondary Outcomes
3.4.3 Definition primary outcome
3.4.4 Rationale
3.4.5 Definition of delirium and coma
3.4.6 Safety
3.5 Eligibility criteria
3.5.1 Inclusion Criteria
3.5.2 Exclusion Criteria
3.6 Screening of Patients not suitable for Trial
3.7 Consent
3.7.1 Patient Consent
3.7.2 Personal Legal Representative Consent
3.7.3 Professional Legal Representative Consent
3.7.4 Retrospective Patient Information
3.7.5 Withdrawal of Consent
3.8 Randomisation
3.9 Trial Procedures
3.9.1 Test treatment
3.9.2 Control (placebo) Treatment
3.9.3 Treatment Preparation and Supply
3.9.4 Treatment Administration
3.9.5 Treatment Reduction
3.9.6 Treatment termination criteria
3.9.7 Treatment compliance
3.9.8 Drug Accountability
3.9.10 Blood Sampling Mechanisms
3.10 Clinical Management of Patients in the Trial
3.10.1 Rescue protocol for delirium
3.10.2.Sedation Management
3.10.3 Extrapyramidal Symptoms
3.10.4 Prolonged QTc
3.10.5 Blinding and procedures for unblinding
3.11 Post treatment follow-up
3.12 Pharmacovigilance
3.12.1 Definition of Adverse Events
3.12.2 Assessment of causality
3.12.3 Adverse Event reporting period
3.12.4 Adverse Event reporting requirements
3.12.5 Adverse Event reporting
3.12.6 Serious Adverse Event reporting
3.13 End of Trial
4 Data Management
4.1 Training Issues
4.2 Data Collection and Management
4.3.Follow-up at 6 months
4.4 Data Storage
4.5 Archiving
5. Data Analysis
5.1 Sample Size Calculation
5.2 Statistical Analysis
5.3 Economic Evaluation
6. Trial Organisation
6.1 Sponsor
6.2 Trial Steering Committee (TSC)
6.3 Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee (DMEC)
6.3.1 Safety
6.4 Administration
6.5 Indemnity
6.6 Monitoring and Safety Procedures
6.7 Safety and well being of study subjects
6.8 Safety of Investigators
7. Ethics and Regulatory Approval
8. Protocol Amendments
9. Publication
10. References
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