Melatonin for Post Operative Delirium Prevention in Elderly Patients

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

100

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

December 10, 2022

Primary Completion Date

July 2, 2023

Study Completion Date

July 5, 2023

Conditions
Delirium in Old Age
Interventions
DRUG

Melatonin

The patients will be given 5 mg melatonin the night before surgery, 12 hours before the scheduled time of surgery, followed by another 5 mg melatonin two hours before surgery.

DRUG

Placebo

The patients will be premedicated with placebo tablets, which will be administered at the same times as the melatonin group.

Trial Locations (1)

32511

Faculty of Medicine, Cairo

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Menoufia University

OTHER