Overview

Efficacy of Quetiapine for Pediatric Delirium

Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2016-12-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
This study is designed to assess the safety and efficacy of quetiapine as treatment for pediatric delirium.
Phase:
Phase 1/Phase 2
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Treatments:
Quetiapine Fumarate
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Any patient in the PICU aged 1 year to 21 years old who is diagnosed with delirium

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age <1

- Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) score of -4 or -5 (deeply sedated or
unarousable).

- current treatment for alcohol withdrawal

- hepatic encephalopathy

- pregnancy

- diagnosis of major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder

- diagnosis of movement disorder

- diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis

- baseline QTc >500 milliseconds

- non-English speaking subjects and/or parent/guardian