# Dexmedetomidine for Postoperative Sedation in Patients Undergoing Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms

> **NCT00409344** · PHASE4 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Massachusetts General Hospital**

## Conditions studied

- Sedation
- Respiration, Artificial
- Length of Stay

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Dexmedetomidine
- **OTHER:** Normal Saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00409344
- **Lead sponsor:** Massachusetts General Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2007-01
- **Primary completion:** 2008-01
- **Final completion:** 2008-01
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Surgical approach changed therefore subject enrollment not possible.
- **Last updated:** 2009-09-22

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00409344

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00409344, "Dexmedetomidine for Postoperative Sedation in Patients Undergoing Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-12 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00409344. Licensed CC0.

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