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Postoperative Delirium: full-pipeline trial registry
8 of 9 indexed Postoperative Delirium trials are currently recruiting.
Corpus placement: #1,916 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
9 US clinical trials · 8 currently recruiting · #1,916 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Postoperative Delirium: 9 US clinical trials tracked, 8 recruiting.
Postoperative Delirium is the subject of 9 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 8 of them currently open to new participants. 3 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 2 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Columbia University, running 1 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition postoperative-delirium
OPEN 8 | RECR 89% | LATE 3 | EARLY 2 | RANK #1916 | SPON 1
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Acute Spinal Cord Injury (89% recruiting · 9 trials)
Postoperative Delirium lists 8 open slots (89% of 9 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →
Key findings
What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Postoperative Delirium on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.
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Postoperative Delirium is recruiting above its size-band peers.
8 of 9 indexed trials (88.9%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.
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Sponsorship of Postoperative Delirium trials is spread across many organizations.
Columbia University accounts for 1 of 9 trials (11.1%). 9 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Postoperative Delirium enrolment sits around 100 participants.
Median target enrolment is 100 among the 9 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 3 of those (33.3%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Postoperative Delirium research is mostly interventional.
7 interventional and 2 observational studies make up this index (77.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
9 total, page 1 of 1
A Clinical Trial of Intravenous Lidocaine After Spinal Surgery to Prevent Delirium and Reduce Pain
University of California, San Francisco
NCT05010148
Total Intravenous Versus Inhalational Anesthesia- A Geriatric Anesthesia Study
Oregon Health and Science University
NCT06036095
The Caffeine, Postoperative Delirium, and Change in Outcomes After Surgery (CAPACHINOS-2) Study
University of Michigan
NCT05574400
Building a Platform for Precision Anesthesia in the Geriatric Surgical Patient
Stanford University
NCT03839784
CEReBral AutorEgulation in Non-cardiac SuRgery and Relationship to Postoperative DeliriUm State
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
NCT06133842
Efficacy of Suvorexant on Post-operative Sleep Disturbance
Columbia University
NCT05823844
Daridorexant to Prevent Post-cardiotomy Delirium
University of Rochester
NCT07217912
Digital Sleep Optimization for Brain Health Outcomes in Older Surgical Patients
Massachusetts General Hospital
NCT06375265
Cerebral Oxygenation in Total Hip Arthroplasty Patients
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
NCT02325154
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 2 | 2 |
| Phase 3 | 1 |
| Phase 4 | 2 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Postoperative Delirium records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Postoperative Delirium trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.
Related
What to do with this Postoperative Delirium page
9 registered trials, 8 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 8 Postoperative Delirium trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- Columbia University sponsors the most Postoperative Delirium trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See Columbia University's trials
- Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide
Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.
Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Postoperative Delirium condition card totals 9 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state New York. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.