DeliriumBRAIN-ICUNCT00392795
The BRAIN Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Study: Bringing to Light the Risk Factors
An observational study of Delirium and Cognition Disorders, run by Vanderbilt University Medical Center at 2 sites in United States.
Trial summary
The primary purpose of this proposal will be to identify potentially modifiable risk factors of long-term cognitive impairment (i.e. development of delirium and exposure to sedative and analgesic medications) in ICU patients. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Delirium, Cognition Disorders, Dementia
- How many people
- 826 participants
- Where
- 2 sitesUnited States
- Study dates
- Jan 2007to Dec 2026
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Medical and Surgical ICUs
Who may be able to join
- Patients will be included if they are adult, patients in a medical and/or surgical ICU receiving treatment for any of the following: respiratory failure or cardiogenic or septic shock.
Who cannot join
- Patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be excluded if they meet any of the following criteria:
- Cumulative ICU time >5 days in the past 30 days, not including the current ICU stay, as this might create a state of flux regarding patients' cognitive baseline
- Severe cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases that prevent a patient from living independently at baseline, including mental illness requiring institutionalization, acquired or congenital mental retardation, known brain lesions, traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular accidents with resultant moderate to severe cognitive deficits or ADL dependency, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, severe Alzheimer's disease or dementia of any etiology
- ICU admission post cardiopulmonary resuscitation with suspected anoxic injury
- An active substance abuse or psychotic disorder, or a recent (within the past 6 months) serious suicidal gesture necessitating hospitalization. This exclusion will enrich follow-up rates by avoiding patients with whom it is particularly challenging to maintain long-term contact
- Blind, deaf, or unable to speak English, as these conditions would preclude our ability to perform the follow-up evaluation interviews.
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- Overly moribund and not expected to survive for an additional 24 hours and / or withdrawing life support to focus on comfort measures only.
- Prisoners.
- Patients who live further than 200 miles from Nashville and who do not regularly visit the Nashville area.
- Patients who are homeless and have no secondary contact person available. This exclusion will enrich follow-up rates by avoiding patients with whom it is particularly challenging to maintain long-term contact
- The onset of the current episode of respiratory failure, cardiogenic shock, or septic shock was > 72 hours ago.
- Patients who have had cardiac bypass surgery within the past 3 months (including the current hospitalization)
Trial locations and contacts
2 sites in 1 country.
United States2 sites
Saint Thomas Hospital
Nashville, Tennessee, 37205
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232
About this study
Official title: The BRAIN ICU Study: Bringing to Light the Risk Factors and Incidence of Neuropsychological Dysfunction in ICU Survivors
The primary purpose of this proposal will be to identify potentially modifiable risk factors of long-term cognitive impairment (i.e. development of delirium and exposure to sedative and analgesic medications) in ICU patients. The investigators will quantify the independent contribution of these risk factors to the incidence of long-term cognitive impairment, controlling for other established risk factors including age, pre-existing cognitive impairment, and apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype. Quantifying the contributions of these modifiable risk factors will pave the way for the development of preventive and/or treatment strategies to reduce the incidence, severity and/or duration of long-term cognitive impairment and improve functional recovery for patients with critical illness.
Read the detailed description
Among Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors, subsequent cognitive and functional decline are the greatest threats to meaningful recovery. Six small cohorts indicate that an alarming 30% to 80% of the increasingly millions of ICU survivors develop an acquired long-term cognitive impairment (LTCI) functionally equivalent to mild/moderate dementia that may last years. Additionally, major deficits in health-related quality of life (HRQL), functional status, and an "ICU accelerated" frailty are common, especially in the elderly. A leading and potentially modifiable risk factor for these devastating outcomes may be ICU delirium, which is a predictor of higher mortality, higher cost, and poor cognitive function at discharge. Additionally, heavy and prolonged exposure to potent psychoactive medications routinely administered in high doses to ventilated patients may have lasting yet preventable cognitive and functional effects. In this proposal, Aims 1 and 3 will determine whether delirium is an independent risk factor for the incidence, severity, and/or duration of LTCI (Aim 1) and impaired HRQL (Aim 3) in ICU survivors. Likewise, Aims 2 and 4 will determine whether degree of exposure to sedative and analgesic medications in ICU patients is an independent risk factor for the incidence, severity, and/or duration of LTCI (Aim 2) and impaired HRQL (Aim 4). The study will be a prospective cohort study enrolling 800 mechanically ventilated medical and surgical patients from 3 diverse medical centers over a 39 month period with comprehensive follow-up testing at 3 and 12 months after hospital discharge. This study will quantify whether delirium and sedative/analgesic exposure are indeed risk factors for LTCI and HRQL, controlling for other covariates such as age, medical versus surgical ICU admission, pre-existing cognitive impairment, sepsis, and apoE genotype. This will pave the way for the development of preventive and/or treatment strategies to reduce long-term cognitive impairment and improve the functional recovery of older and younger ICU patients for decades to come. Major threats to recovery for ICU survivors are acquired cognitive and functional decline that can last years, especially in older patients. To pave the way for future preventive and interventional strategies, the cohort will determine to what degree delirium and potent sedatives and analgesics are risk factors for long-term cognitive impairment and functional decline following critical illness.
- Conditions
- Delirium, Cognition Disorders, Dementia
- Keywords
- Critical Care, Delirium, Long-term cognitive impairment, mechanical ventilation, Critical illness, dementia, sedatives and analgesics, aging
- Medical subject headings
- Delirium, Cognition Disorders, Dementia, Critical Illness
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted26 Oct 2006 (estimated)
- Study startJan 2007
- Primary completionDec 2010
- Study completionDec 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (19)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for DeliriumStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Vanderbilt University Medical CenterThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Prospective
- Enrolment
- 826 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Wes Ely, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Investigators
- E Wesley Ely, MD, MPH, Principal investigator, Vanderbilt University/VA TN Valley GRECC
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00392795
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- AG072472 01A1
- Other IDs
- R01AG027472
- Acronym
- BRAIN-ICU
- Status last verified
- Jan 2026
- First submitted
- 25 Oct 2006
- Last updated
- 2 Feb 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Ely EW, Shintani A, Truman B, Speroff T, Gordon SM, Harrell FE Jr, Inouye SK, Bernard GR, Dittus RS. Delirium as a predictor of mortality in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit. JAMA. 2004 Apr 14;291(14):1753-62. doi: 10.1001/jama.291.14.1753.
PubMed 15082703Ely EW, Truman B, Shintani A, Thomason JW, Wheeler AP, Gordon S, Francis J, Speroff T, Gautam S, Margolin R, Sessler CN, Dittus RS, Bernard GR. Monitoring sedation status over time in ICU patients: reliability and validity of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS). JAMA. 2003 Jun 11;289(22):2983-91. doi: 10.1001/jama.289.22.2983.
PubMed 12799407Ely EW, Inouye SK, Bernard GR, Gordon S, Francis J, May L, Truman B, Speroff T, Gautam S, Margolin R, Hart RP, Dittus R. Delirium in mechanically ventilated patients: validity and reliability of the confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit (CAM-ICU). JAMA. 2001 Dec 5;286(21):2703-10. doi: 10.1001/jama.286.21.2703.
PubMed 11730446Jackson JC, Gordon SM, Ely EW, Burger C, Hopkins RO. Research issues in the evaluation of cognitive impairment in intensive care unit survivors. Intensive Care Med. 2004 Nov;30(11):2009-16. doi: 10.1007/s00134-004-2422-2. Epub 2004 Sep 15.
PubMed 15372146Jackson JC, Gordon SM, Hart RP, Hopkins RO, Ely EW. The association between delirium and cognitive decline: a review of the empirical literature. Neuropsychol Rev. 2004 Jun;14(2):87-98. doi: 10.1023/b:nerv.0000028080.39602.17.
PubMed 15264710Ely EW, Wheeler AP, Thompson BT, Ancukiewicz M, Steinberg KP, Bernard GR. Recovery rate and prognosis in older persons who develop acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Ann Intern Med. 2002 Jan 1;136(1):25-36.
PubMed 11777361Ely EW, Evans GW, Haponik EF. Mechanical ventilation in a cohort of elderly patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Ann Intern Med. 1999 Jul 20;131(2):96-104. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-131-2-199907200-00004.
PubMed 10419447Hopkins RO, Weaver LK, Pope D, Orme JF, Bigler ED, Larson-LOHR V. Neuropsychological sequelae and impaired health status in survivors of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999 Jul;160(1):50-6. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.1.9708059.
PubMed 10390379Ely EW, Margolin R, Francis J, May L, Truman B, Dittus R, Speroff T, Gautam S, Bernard GR, Inouye SK. Evaluation of delirium in critically ill patients: validation of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU). Crit Care Med. 2001 Jul;29(7):1370-9. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200107000-00012.
PubMed 11445689Ely EW, Gautam S, Margolin R, Francis J, May L, Speroff T, Truman B, Dittus R, Bernard R, Inouye SK. The impact of delirium in the intensive care unit on hospital length of stay. Intensive Care Med. 2001 Dec;27(12):1892-900. doi: 10.1007/s00134-001-1132-2. Epub 2001 Nov 8.
PubMed 11797025Rengel KF, Wilson JE, Silver HJ, Hollingsworth E, Orun OM, Jackson JC, Mart MF, Hughes CG, Ely EW, Brummel NE. Associations Among Skeletal Muscle Health, Disability, and Self-Reported Physical Function in Survivors of Critical Illness: A Secondary Analysis of the Bringing to Light the Risk Factors and Incidence of Neuropsychological Dysfunction in ICU Survivors Study. CHEST Crit Care. 2025 Jun;3(2):100115. doi: 10.1016/j.chstcc.2024.100115. Epub 2024 Nov 29.
PubMed 40837197Hughes CG, Hayhurst CJ, Pandharipande PP, Shotwell MS, Feng X, Wilson JE, Brummel NE, Girard TD, Jackson JC, Ely EW, Patel MB. Association of Delirium during Critical Illness With Mortality: Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Anesth Analg. 2021 Nov 1;133(5):1152-1161. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005544.
PubMed 33929361Duggan MC, Morrell ME, Chandrasekhar R, Marra A, Frimpong K, Nair DR, Girard TD, Pandharipande PP, Ely EW, Jackson JC. A Brief Informant Screening Instrument for Dementia in the ICU: The Diagnostic Accuracy of the AD8 in Critically Ill Adults Suspected of Having Pre-Existing Dementia. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2019;48(5-6):241-249. doi: 10.1159/000490379. Epub 2020 Apr 7.
PubMed 32259825Hayhurst CJ, Patel MB, McNeil JB, Girard TD, Brummel NE, Thompson JL, Chandrasekhar R, Ware LB, Pandharipande PP, Ely EW, Hughes CG. Association of neuronal repair biomarkers with delirium among survivors of critical illness. J Crit Care. 2020 Apr;56:94-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.12.010. Epub 2019 Dec 16.
PubMed 31896448Wilson JE, Duggan MC, Chandrasekhar R, Brummel NE, Dittus RS, Ely EW, Patel MB, Jackson JC. Deficits in Self-Reported Initiation Are AssociatedWith Subsequent Disability in ICU Survivors. Psychosomatics. 2019 Jul-Aug;60(4):376-384. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2018.09.004. Epub 2018 Sep 29.
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Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 2 Feb 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The BRAIN ICU Study: Bringing to Light the Risk Factors and Incidence of Neuropsychological Dysfunction in ICU Survivors
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00392795
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- BRAIN-ICU / AG072472 01A1
- Conditions
- Delirium, Cognition Disorders, Dementia
- Keywords
- Critical Care, Delirium, Long-term cognitive impairment, mechanical ventilation, Critical illness, dementia, sedatives and analgesics, aging
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 826 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Study start
- Jan 2007
- Primary completion
- Dec 2010 (actual)
- Study completion
- Dec 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 26 Oct 2006 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The primary purpose of this proposal will be to identify potentially modifiable risk factors of long-term cognitive impairment (i.e. development of delirium and exposure to sedative and analgesic medications) in ICU patients. The investigators will quantify the independent contribution of these risk factors to the incidence of long-term cognitive impairment, controlling for other established risk factors including age, pre-existing cognitive impairment, and apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype. Quantifying the contributions of these modifiable risk factors will pave the way for the development of preventive and/or treatment strategies to reduce the incidence, severity and/or duration of long-term cognitive impairment and improve functional recovery for patients with critical illness.
Detailed description
Among Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors, subsequent cognitive and functional decline are the greatest threats to meaningful recovery. Six small cohorts indicate that an alarming 30% to 80% of the increasingly millions of ICU survivors develop an acquired long-term cognitive impairment (LTCI) functionally equivalent to mild/moderate dementia that may last years. Additionally, major deficits in health-related quality of life (HRQL), functional status, and an "ICU accelerated" frailty are common, especially in the elderly. A leading and potentially modifiable risk factor for these devastating outcomes may be ICU delirium, which is a predictor of higher mortality, higher cost, and poor cognitive function at discharge. Additionally, heavy and prolonged exposure to potent psychoactive medications routinely administered in high doses to ventilated patients may have lasting yet preventable cognitive and functional effects. In this proposal, Aims 1 and 3 will determine whether delirium is an independent risk factor for the incidence, severity, and/or duration of LTCI (Aim 1) and impaired HRQL (Aim 3) in ICU survivors. Likewise, Aims 2 and 4 will determine whether degree of exposure to sedative and analgesic medications in ICU patients is an independent risk factor for the incidence, severity, and/or duration of LTCI (Aim 2) and impaired HRQL (Aim 4). The study will be a prospective cohort study enrolling 800 mechanically ventilated medical and surgical patients from 3 diverse medical centers over a 39 month period with comprehensive follow-up testing at 3 and 12 months after hospital discharge. This study will quantify whether delirium and sedative/analgesic exposure are indeed risk factors for LTCI and HRQL, controlling for other covariates such as age, medical versus surgical ICU admission, pre-existing cognitive impairment, sepsis, and apoE genotype. This will pave the way for the development of preventive and/or treatment strategies to reduce long-term cognitive impairment and improve the functional recovery of older and younger ICU patients for decades to come. Major threats to recovery for ICU survivors are acquired cognitive and functional decline that can last years, especially in older patients. To pave the way for future preventive and interventional strategies, the cohort will determine to what degree delirium and potent sedatives and analgesics are risk factors for long-term cognitive impairment and functional decline following critical illness.
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Prospective
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Medical and Surgical ICUs
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Patients will be included if they are adult, patients in a medical and/or surgical ICU receiving treatment for any of the following: respiratory failure or cardiogenic or septic shock.
Key exclusion criteria (12 listed)
- Patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be excluded if they meet any of the following criteria:
- Cumulative ICU time >5 days in the past 30 days, not including the current ICU stay, as this might create a state of flux regarding patients' cognitive baseline
- Severe cognitive or neurodegenerative diseases that prevent a patient from living independently at baseline, including mental illness requiring institutionalization, acquired or congenital mental retardation, known brain lesions, traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular accidents with resultant moderate to severe cognitive deficits or ADL dependency, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, severe Alzheimer's disease or dementia of any etiology
- ICU admission post cardiopulmonary resuscitation with suspected anoxic injury
- An active substance abuse or psychotic disorder, or a recent (within the past 6 months) serious suicidal gesture necessitating hospitalization. This exclusion will enrich follow-up rates by avoiding patients with whom it is particularly challenging to maintain long-term contact
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Not reported in the source record.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 2 Feb 2026.
- Background: PubMed 15082703Ely EW, Shintani A, Truman B, Speroff T, Gordon SM, Harrell FE Jr, Inouye SK, Bernard GR, Dittus RS. Delirium as a predictor of mortality in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit. JAMA. 2004 Apr 14;291(14):1753-62. doi: 10.1001/jama.291.14.1753.
- Background: PubMed 12799407Ely EW, Truman B, Shintani A, Thomason JW, Wheeler AP, Gordon S, Francis J, Speroff T, Gautam S, Margolin R, Sessler CN, Dittus RS, Bernard GR. Monitoring sedation status over time in ICU patients: reliability and validity of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS). JAMA. 2003 Jun 11;289(22):2983-91. doi: 10.1001/jama.289.22.2983.
- Background: PubMed 11730446Ely EW, Inouye SK, Bernard GR, Gordon S, Francis J, May L, Truman B, Speroff T, Gautam S, Margolin R, Hart RP, Dittus R. Delirium in mechanically ventilated patients: validity and reliability of the confusion assessment method for the intensive care unit (CAM-ICU). JAMA. 2001 Dec 5;286(21):2703-10. doi: 10.1001/jama.286.21.2703.
- Background: PubMed 15372146Jackson JC, Gordon SM, Ely EW, Burger C, Hopkins RO. Research issues in the evaluation of cognitive impairment in intensive care unit survivors. Intensive Care Med. 2004 Nov;30(11):2009-16. doi: 10.1007/s00134-004-2422-2. Epub 2004 Sep 15.
- Background: PubMed 15264710Jackson JC, Gordon SM, Hart RP, Hopkins RO, Ely EW. The association between delirium and cognitive decline: a review of the empirical literature. Neuropsychol Rev. 2004 Jun;14(2):87-98. doi: 10.1023/b:nerv.0000028080.39602.17.
- Background: PubMed 11777361Ely EW, Wheeler AP, Thompson BT, Ancukiewicz M, Steinberg KP, Bernard GR. Recovery rate and prognosis in older persons who develop acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. Ann Intern Med. 2002 Jan 1;136(1):25-36.
- Background: PubMed 10419447Ely EW, Evans GW, Haponik EF. Mechanical ventilation in a cohort of elderly patients admitted to an intensive care unit. Ann Intern Med. 1999 Jul 20;131(2):96-104. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-131-2-199907200-00004.
- Background: PubMed 10390379Hopkins RO, Weaver LK, Pope D, Orme JF, Bigler ED, Larson-LOHR V. Neuropsychological sequelae and impaired health status in survivors of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1999 Jul;160(1):50-6. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.1.9708059.
- Background: PubMed 11445689Ely EW, Margolin R, Francis J, May L, Truman B, Dittus R, Speroff T, Gautam S, Bernard GR, Inouye SK. Evaluation of delirium in critically ill patients: validation of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU). Crit Care Med. 2001 Jul;29(7):1370-9. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200107000-00012.
- Background: PubMed 11797025Ely EW, Gautam S, Margolin R, Francis J, May L, Speroff T, Truman B, Dittus R, Bernard R, Inouye SK. The impact of delirium in the intensive care unit on hospital length of stay. Intensive Care Med. 2001 Dec;27(12):1892-900. doi: 10.1007/s00134-001-1132-2. Epub 2001 Nov 8.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 40837197Rengel KF, Wilson JE, Silver HJ, Hollingsworth E, Orun OM, Jackson JC, Mart MF, Hughes CG, Ely EW, Brummel NE. Associations Among Skeletal Muscle Health, Disability, and Self-Reported Physical Function in Survivors of Critical Illness: A Secondary Analysis of the Bringing to Light the Risk Factors and Incidence of Neuropsychological Dysfunction in ICU Survivors Study. CHEST Crit Care. 2025 Jun;3(2):100115. doi: 10.1016/j.chstcc.2024.100115. Epub 2024 Nov 29.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 33929361Hughes CG, Hayhurst CJ, Pandharipande PP, Shotwell MS, Feng X, Wilson JE, Brummel NE, Girard TD, Jackson JC, Ely EW, Patel MB. Association of Delirium during Critical Illness With Mortality: Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Anesth Analg. 2021 Nov 1;133(5):1152-1161. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005544.
- ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group WebsiteLink provided by the sponsor.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
E Wesley Ely, MD, MPH principal investigator
Vanderbilt University/VA TN Valley GRECC
2 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Delirium and Cognition Disorders, run by Vanderbilt University Medical Center at 2 sites in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 12 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Feb 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 2 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00392795, which also lists 19 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Feb 2026.