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Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation on Patients with Delirium and Critical Illness (DeliTACS)
Sponsor: Kuopio University Hospital
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if transcranial alternating current stimulation can shorten the duration of delirium in intensive care setting. The main question it aims to answer: * Is it possible to shorten the duration of delirium with transcranial alternating current stimulation? Researchers will compare experimental treatment to sham. Participants will receive experimental or sham treatment on maximum of two days depending on their delirium status. Duration of delirium is recorded and reported as "days alive and free of delirium".
Official title: Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation on Patients with Delirium and Critical Illness: a Randomized, Controlled, Double Blind, Proof-of-concept Pilot Study
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
78
Start Date
2024-09-06
Completion Date
2028-12-31
Last Updated
2024-10-04
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (TACS)
Transcranial alternating sinusoidal current at frequency of 40 Hz applied for 60 min through a pair of saline-soaked surface sponge electrodes.
Sham TACS
Sham treatment with few seconds of actual electrical current and same electrode configuration
Locations (1)
Kuopio University Hospital
Kuopio, Finland