Autopsy report · NCT03337282

Incidence and Characteristics of Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Quebec Francophone Patients

“Elderly population difficult to recruit”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 2 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 4 years before it stopped.
• 23 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Sponsor

Ciusss de L'Est de l'Île de Montréal

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Delirium; Cognitive Impairment; Cognitive Decline; Cognitive Change; Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction; Postoperative Delirium

Interventions

Protocolized general anesthesia

Participants

23

Sites

1

Countries

Canada

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Look deeper

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

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