Arrhythmias & electrophysiology
Study evaluating dexmedetomidine in the acute treatment of electrical storm (SEDATE): Rationale and design
Study context
- Population
- Patients admitted to an intensive care unit with electrical storm (ES)planned enrolment (will be randomized)
- Participants
- 192 patients
- Planned comparison
- Dexmedetomidine to placebo in the acute treatment of patients with ES
- Primary endpoint
- composite of:
- All-cause in-hospital mortality
- Recurrent ventricular arrhythmia prompting intervention
- Follow-up
- Duration of hospitalization
Methodological detailsrandomized in a 1:1 fashion, rationale and design
- Randomized in a 1:1 fashion
- Rationale and design
No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.
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Original publication
Study evaluating dexmedetomidine in the acute treatment of electrical storm (SEDATE): Rationale and design. Am Heart J. Published 25 January 2026. doi:10.
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