Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Development in Hospitalized Older Adults Under Isolation Conditions
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
- Where
- Germany1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 404 people, planned
- Started
- 5 Aug 2025
- Expected to end
- Nov 2027
- Type of study
- Observational, 2 groups
- Record updated
- 23 July 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 70 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- under isolation precautions for at least 24h
- 70 years and above
Who cannot take part
- intensive care treatment
- life expectancy 14 days or less
This trial has no sites in United States.
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this observational study is to examine if older patients who need to be under isolation precautions due to multidrug resistant bacteria or other reasons have an increased risk of suffering from delirium or cognitive decline compared to older patients without isolation precautions.
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To compare this, every person under isolation precautions is compared to other persons of the same age, gender, comorbidities, frailty status and hospital department. Delirium is assessed twice daily with a screening tool named 3D-CAM and cognitive performance is tested by the MOCA-Test six weeks after discharge from hospital and compared to baseline values which are assessed directly after study enrollment.
The study duration for each patient participating is from the time of enrollment during hospitalization until 6 weeks after hospital discharge.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Exposition
Patients under isolation precautions in hospital
- Control
Matched control, no isolation precautions
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
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- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Delirium Incidence and Cognitive Trajectories in Isolated Older Patients in the Inpatient Setting
- Record updated
- 23 July 2026