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Can liraglutide help prevent delirium after heart surgery in older diabetic patients?

Recruiting · PHASE 3 · The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School

What this means

This trial is testing whether a diabetes drug called liraglutide can prevent confusion after heart surgery. It is still recruiting people, so no answer is known yet.

Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.

Status
Recruiting
Who can join
Ages 60 and over
Where
1 site

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The science

Registered title
Liraglutide in Preventing Delirium in Diabetic Elderly After Cardiac Surgery
Phase
PHASE 3
Study type
interventional
Conditions
Delirium, Postoperative
What is tested
Liraglutide injection, Placebo injection
Sponsor
The Affiliated Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School
Ages
60 Years to no maximum
Dates
First posted Apr 11, 2024 · updated Dec 20, 2024

Registry summary

This study aims to clarify the preventive effect of perioperative liraglutide application on postoperative delirium in elderly patients with Type 2 diabetes undergoing cardiac surgery.

Sites (1)

  • Wenxue liu, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Related treatments

GLP-1 drugs

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