Autopsy report · NCT02604459

Does Optimized General Anesthesia Care Reduce Postoperative Delirium?

“Limited availability of subjects meeting inclusion criteria resulting in early termination (lack of funding) before meeting target enrollment.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 5 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 2 years 9 months before it stopped.
• 145 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 5 years 8 months after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

University of Missouri-Columbia

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Hip Fractures; Anesthesia; Delirium

Interventions

cerebral oximeter (Fore-Sight); depth of anesthesia monitor (BIS); BP management; General anesthesia; propofol; fentanyl

Participants

145

Sites

1

Countries

United States

Trials that died the same way

• Treatment of West Nile Virus With MGAWN1
  “Early termination due to the inability to enroll (13 of 120 subjects enrolled)” (74% match in meaning)
• Evaluation of a Novel Technique to Diagnose Carotid Artery Stenosis
  “Low enrollment due to inclusion/exclusion criteria” (74% match in meaning)
• Study of Epoetin Alfa to Treat Anemia After Kidney Transplantation
  “low enrollment, termination of funding” (71% match in meaning)
• Lung Transplantation in Chronic HCV Infection With Post Transplant EPCLUSA Treatment
  “Enrollment terminated due to not having any other eligible participants.” (70% match in meaning)
• A Trial of Systemic Chemotherapy in Combination With Conventional Transarterial Chemoembolization in Patients With Advanced Intra-Hepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
  “Study terminated due to low enrollment making it unlikely to meet recruitment goals.” (70% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.