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NCT number NCT05535790
Other study ID # SJ-899
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date September 1, 2022
Est. completion date May 1, 2024

Study information

Verified date August 2022
Source Zealand University Hospital
Contact Martin Ballegaard, MD, PhD
Phone (+45) 47 32 29 09
Email mbag@regionsjaelland.dk
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Light stimulates the human visual system and the biological functions in the retina, also referred to as non-visual responses, e.g. hormone production. Exposure to the correct light composition can produce acute alertness and increase good sleep quality (1). In this study, subjects will be exposed to 24-hour LED naturalistic lighting (intervention) or traditional lighting (control) during all days of hospitalization. Subjects will be blinded to the intervention as they will not be told if they are admitted to an intervention patient room or a control patient room. The primary outcome measure is cortisol levels measured in saliva samples. Secondary outcome measures are delirium rates, length of admission, use of constant observation, mortality and adverse advent. It is estimated that 80 subjects will be included in the study.


Description:

During hospitalization, patient rooms are often associated with poor lighting conditions, and patients are often not exposed to outdoor activities. Many patients have difficulties sleeping during hospital admission, which affects health outcomes and potentially leads to prolonged admission and rehabilitation and a higher risk of developing delirium. However, the circadian rhythm can be modified with LED light, as this technology can reach sufficient levels to affect the human melanopic equivalent daylight illuminance (Melanopic EDI). A high melanopic EDI during the day is supportive for alertness and a good night's sleep. A good night's sleep is essential to prevent the development of delirium. LED lighting, which can give melanopic EDI, is called naturalistic light (1,2). In this study, subjects will be exposed to 24-hour LED naturalistic lighting (intervention) or traditional lighting of fluorescent tubes (control) during all days of hospitalization. Subjects will be blinded to the intervention as they will not be told if they are admitted to an intervention patient room or a control patient room. The study includes subjects who are diagnosed with dementia (mild-moderate) or older adults (+65 years) who have cognitive impairments. Subjects will be screened before inclusion using a mini-mental state examination (MMSE) (3) and clinical examination by trained specialists. To test the effect of exposure to circadian light, the study is designed as a single-centre exploratory parallel-arm randomized controlled trial. The trial will be thoroughly reported according to the CONSORT (4) statement extended guidelines The primary outcome measure is cortisol levels measured in saliva samples. The samples are collected two times each day during hospitalization. One sample is collected at <30 minutes after the subject has woken in the morning (during the morning cortisol peak) and one sample in the evening when the highest level is expected. Secondary outcome measures are delirium rates, length of admission, need for escape prevention, mortality, use of antipsychotics and adverse advent e.g. patient related fall incidents. Delirium rates are collected by performing a confusion assessment method (CAM) (5) score two times a day. Additional measurements are collected in patient charts. To reach sufficient power, we estimate that 80 subjects will be included in the study. 40 subjects are admitted to the intervention room (with naturalistic lighting), and 40 are admitted to the control room (traditional/standard lighting conditions).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 80
Est. completion date May 1, 2024
Est. primary completion date January 1, 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 65 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patients with a recognized dementia diagnosis by the time of admission - Patients who, during admission, are found to have cognitive impairments - Patients who, during admission, are found to have delirium Exclusion Criteria: - Patients with psychiatric conditions which in and of themselves might account for the patients' cognitive impairment will be excluded - Inability to speak (aphasia) - Patients with a linguistic or cultural background other than Danish - Patients with ongoing abuse of alcohol, narcotics or sedative pharmaceutics - Patients with impaired level of consciousness due to other causes than delirium.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Naturalistic LED light
Naturalistic LED light (bright light therapy) which affects Melanopic Equivalent Daylight Illuminance.
Standard/traditional lighting
Standard/tradtional lighting environment with fluorescent tubes

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Zealand University Hospital Technical University of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

References & Publications (5)

Creavin ST, Wisniewski S, Noel-Storr AH, Trevelyan CM, Hampton T, Rayment D, Thom VM, Nash KJ, Elhamoui H, Milligan R, Patel AS, Tsivos DV, Wing T, Phillips E, Kellman SM, Shackleton HL, Singleton GF, Neale BE, Watton ME, Cullum S. Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection of dementia in clinically unevaluated people aged 65 and over in community and primary care populations. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Jan 13;(1):CD011145. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011145.pub2. Review. — View Citation

Figueiro MG, Nagare R, Price L. Non-visual effects of light: how to use light to promote circadian entrainment and elicit alertness. Light Res Technol. 2018;50(1):38-62. doi: 10.1177/1477153517721598. Epub 2017 Jul 25. — View Citation

Figueiro MG. Light, sleep and circadian rhythms in older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Neurodegener Dis Manag. 2017 Apr;7(2):119-145. doi: 10.2217/nmt-2016-0060. Epub 2017 May 23. Review. — View Citation

Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D; CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. BMC Med. 2010 Mar 24;8:18. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-8-18. — View Citation

Wei LA, Fearing MA, Sternberg EJ, Inouye SK. The Confusion Assessment Method: a systematic review of current usage. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 May;56(5):823-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01674.x. Epub 2008 Apr 1. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Cortisol Cortisol levels measured in saliva samples During intervention period
Secondary Delirium Delirium measured in CAM score During intervention period
Secondary Length of admission Length of admission collected from patient charts During intervention period
Secondary Pharmaceutics Use of pharmaceutics during hospitalization. Collected from patient charts. During intervention period
Secondary Mortality Mortality rates collected from patient charts During intervention period
Secondary Adverse advent Adverse advent, e.g. patient related fall incidents, collected from patient charts During intervention period
Secondary Constant observation Need of constant observation from health professionals, collected from patient charts During intervention period
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