# Low-dose Dexmedetomidine in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients

> **NCT03172897** · PHASE4 · SUSPENDED · sponsor: **Peking University First Hospital** · enrollment: 260 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Adult Disease
- Intensive Care Unit Syndrome
- Mechanical Ventilation Complication
- Delirium
- Dexmedetomidine

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Dexmedetomidine
- **DRUG:** Placebo (normal saline)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03172897
- **Lead sponsor:** Peking University First Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** SUSPENDED
- **Start date:** 2017-08-20
- **Primary completion:** 2017-08-21
- **Final completion:** 2025-12
- **Target enrollment:** 260 (ESTIMATED)
- **Why stopped:** The trial was stopped because of difficulty in recruiting patients (another trial had similar inclusion/exclusion criteria). No patients was recruited in this trial.
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-31

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03172897

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03172897, "Low-dose Dexmedetomidine in Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03172897. Licensed CC0.

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