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Optimized Anesthesia to Reduce Postoperative Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02698982
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 4, 2016
Last Update Posted : December 26, 2017
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Céline Boudart, Erasme University Hospital

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The aim of this study is to demonstrate that in elderly and frail patients, a narrower control of intraoperative blood pressure (BP) by the use of a continuous and noninvasive BP monitoring, coupled with an adequate depth of anesthesia, will reduce the incidence of postoperative cognitive impairment and the hospital length of stay.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Elderly ; Moderate Risk Surgery Device: Depth of anesthesia monitoring (BIS, Covidien USA) and Continus non invasive blood pressure monitoring (Clearsight, Edwards LifeScience, USA) Procedure: moderate risk surgery Not Applicable

Detailed Description:

Postoperative cognitive impairment (delirium and cognitive dysfunction) are frequent and feared complications in the elderly; they increase the postoperative morbidity and mortality, worsen the cognitive and functional outcome with loss of independence and increase the hospitalization length and costs . However, the etiology of these postoperative cognitive impairment, although probably multifactorial, remains unclear and strongly debated.

The investigators hypothesize that excessive anesthesia depths associated with intraoperative hypotension may play a critical role in the pathogenesis of cognitive impairment following surgery.

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 41 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Official Title: Impact of Tight Intraoperative Blood Pressure and Depth of Anesthesia Control on the Incidence of Postoperative Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Patients
Study Start Date : May 2016
Actual Primary Completion Date : March 2017
Actual Study Completion Date : March 2017
Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Monitoring
Elderly scheduled for moderate risk surgery Depth of anesthesia monitoring and Continuous non invasive blood pressure monitoring accessible to the anesthesia provider.
 Device: Depth of anesthesia monitoring (BIS, Covidien USA) and Continus non invasive blood pressure monitoring (Clearsight, Edwards LifeScience, USA)
Procedure: moderate risk surgery
Sham Comparator: Sham
Elderly scheduled for moderate risk surgery Depth of anesthesia monitoring and Continuous non invasive blood pressure monitoring blinded to the anesthesia provider
 Procedure: moderate risk surgery
No Intervention: Control
elderly non scheduled for surgery


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. postoperative delirium detected by the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) [ Time Frame: 3 day postoperative ]
    Screening of postoperative delirium by the CAM, every day until the 3rd postoperative day


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. postoperative change in cognitive function detected by a battery of neuropsychological test. [ Time Frame: baseline and 1 week and 3 month postoperative ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   70 Years and older   (Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • elderly patients (over the age of 70) undergoing elective moderate risk surgery requiring a general anesthesia
  • Patients who provide written informed consent
  • patient fluent in french

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients under 70 years of age
  • Surgery under locoregional anesthesia or emergent surgery or minor risk surgery
  • Patients requiring invasive blood pressure monitoring (for medical reason or high risk surgery)
  • Patients with arrhythmia and/or atrial fibrillation
  • Patients with preoperative delirium or cognitive dysfunction (moca test < 26)
  • Patients not fluent in French
  • Patients without the capacity to give written informed consent or refusal of consent
  • Patients undergoing surgery or included in another protocol within 3 months
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Locations
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Belgium
Erasme Hospital
Brussels, Belgium, 1070
Sponsors and Collaborators
Erasme University Hospital
Investigators
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Study Director: Luc Van Obbergh, MD PhD Erasme hospital
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Responsible Party: Céline Boudart, MD, Erasme University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02698982    
Other Study ID Numbers: P2015/539
First Posted: March 4, 2016    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: December 26, 2017
Last Verified: December 2017
Keywords provided by Céline Boudart, Erasme University Hospital:
elderly
postoperative cognitive dysfunction
postoperative delirium
depth of anesthesia
intraoperative blood pressure monitoring
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Cognitive Dysfunction
Cognition Disorders
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
 Anesthetics
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs