Continuous Deep Sedation Until Death

Completed

• Conditions: Terminal Care

• Registration Number: NCT05108792
• Lead Sponsor: Société Française d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation

Brief Summary

This research is a descriptive observational study conducted in multicenter (intensive care and continuing care units) in France. All data collected is part of the patient record. The main objective is to describe the end-of-life sedative practices following a decision to limit or stop therapy in intensive care unit and continuing care unit.

Detailed Description

All participating sites will include last 10 consecutive major patients deceased following a decision to limit or stop therapeutics. The study include only data from patients died before January 1, 2020. In the case report form the following information will be entered:

* the characteristics of the unit of intensive care or continuing care unit.

* Patient Characteristics

* Characteristics of sedative practices

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-02-26
• Primary Completion: 2021-10-01
• Study Completion: 2021-10-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-10-14
• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-11-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-11-04
• Study First Posted: 2021-11-05
• Last Update Posted: 2021-11-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 585

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult patients at the time of death (>18years)
• Died in intensive care or in continuing care unit
• Patient died before January 1st, 2020.
• Patients deceased following a decision to limit or stop therapeutics

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who died of brain death or unexpected cardiac arrest at death of unsuccessful cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Patient who expressed during his lifetime his opposition to the use of his data for scientific research

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Description of end-of-life sedative practices	after patient death (before january 1st 2020)	Information concerning end-of-life sedative practices are recorder in the CRF (treatments used, patient's and unit characteristics...)

Trial Locations

Locations (64)

CHU Amiens; 🇫🇷 Amiens, France

CHU Angers; 🇫🇷 Angers, France

CH Arras; 🇫🇷 Arras, France

CHR Metz Thionville; 🇫🇷 Ars-Laquenexy, France

CH Henri Mondor d'Aurillac; 🇫🇷 Aurillac, France

CHU Jean Minjoz; 🇫🇷 Besançon, France

Centre Hospitalier de Chateau Thierry; 🇫🇷 Château-Thierry, France

Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy; 🇫🇷 Clamart, France

CHU Clermont-Ferrand - Site de Gabriel Montpied - Neuroréanimation; 🇫🇷 Clermont-Ferrand, France

CHU Clermont-Ferrand - Site de Gabriel Montpied - Réa médico chir; 🇫🇷 Clermont-Ferrand, France

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