Non-sedation Versus Sedation With a Daily Wake-up Trial in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Me-chanical Ventilation - Effects on Cognitive Function

Non-sedation Versus Sedation With a Daily Wake-up Trial in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Me-chanical Ventilation - Effects on Cognitive Function

Substudy of the NONSEDA Trial (NCT01967680): Non-sedation Versus Sedation With a Daily Wake-up Trial in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Me-chanical Ventilation - Effects on Cognitive Function

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 in these patients. The NONSEDA trial is an investigator-initiated, randomised, clinical, parallel-group, multinational, superiority trial designed to include 700 patients from at least six ICUs in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, comparing no sedation with sedation and a daily wake-up trial during mechanical ventilation. This is a substudy of the NONSEDA trial, concerning 250 patients included at trialsite Kolding, Denmark. The aim of the substudy is to assess the effects of no sedation on delirium during admission and cognitive function after discharge from ICU. Our hypothesis is that critically ill patients who are not sedated during mechanical ventilation will have better cognitive function after discharge.

Patients are awake or have natural sleep during mechanical ventilation. Pain is treated with morphine iv.

Continuous iv-sedation (propofol first 48 hours, from then midazolam) to Ramsey 3-4 with a daily wake up attempt, where sedation is stopped until patient is awake.

Cognitive t-score, in percentage, difference between the two groups. The t-score for each patient will be diagnosed by the neuropsycologist at a personal interview and use of following tests: Span of numbers Coding test Trailmaking A+B Rey auditory verbal learning test (immediate, recall) Rey-Ostherrieth complex figure test (immediate, recall, recognition) Word finding test (S-word, animals) Stroop test (congruent+incongruent)

Occurrence of hypoactive delirium (RASS ≤ 0, CAM-ICU positive) in each group related to cognitive function at follow up

Occurrence of agitated delirium (RASS ≥ +2, CAM-ICU positive) in each group related to cognitive function at follow up

Inclusion Criteria: Endotracheally intubated Expected time on ventilator > 24 hours Age ≥ 18 years Informed consent Exclusion Criteria: Severe head trauma where therapeutic coma is indicated Therapeutic hypothermia where therapeutic coma is indicated Status epilepticus where therapeutic coma is indicated Patient has participated in the study before Patient is transferred from another ICU with length of stay > 48 hours Patient is comatose at admission PaO2/FiO2 ≤ 9, if sedation is necessary for oxygenation Patient does not speak Danish, swedish or norwegian at a reasonable level

Nedergaard HK, Jensen HI, Stylsvig M, Lauridsen JT, Toft P. Non-sedation versus sedation with a daily wake-up trial in critically ill patients recieving mechanical ventilation - effects on long-term cognitive function: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, a substudy of the NONSEDA trial. Trials. 2016 Jun 1;17(1):269. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1390-5.