# Use of Dexmedetomidine to Facilitate Extubation in Surgical ICU Patients Who Failed Previous Weaning Attempts

> **NCT00464490** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **University of California, San Francisco** · enrollment: 42 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Intubation; Difficult
- Respiration Disorders

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Dexmedetomidine

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00464490
- **Lead sponsor:** University of California, San Francisco
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2007-11
- **Primary completion:** 2012-05
- **Final completion:** 2012-12
- **Target enrollment:** 42 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Lack of eligible participants
- **Last updated:** 2014-10-31


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00464490

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00464490, "Use of Dexmedetomidine to Facilitate Extubation in Surgical ICU Patients Who Failed Previous Weaning Attempts". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00464490. Licensed CC0.

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