Role of Absolute Cerebral Oximetry to Prevent Neurocognitive Injury in Elderly Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

NCT ID: NCT00991328

Last Updated: 2016-09-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

15 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-09-30

Study Completion Date

2010-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether brain oxygenation measured by cerebral oximeter has an impact on neurocognitive dysfunction.

Detailed Description

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Both postoperative delirium (PD) and postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) are well known complications seen in elderly patients after cardiac surgery. The etiologies of PD and POCD are unknown, but cerebral ischemia remains a prime candidate. Attempts to correlate reduced levels of systemic oxygenation (i.e. SpO2) with the development of PD/POCD have been to date disappointing.

We believe that cerebral oximetry, a noninvasive technology that continuously monitors cerebral tissue oxygen saturation (SctO2), will enable us to answer the question of whether or not a correlation exists.

The availability of an absolute cerebral oximeter (FORE-SIGHT), with its ability to establish and manipulate threshold values for SctO2, provides us the opportunity to assess the relationship between cerebral oxygenation and the development of neurocognitive complications.

We propose a randomized, masked trial of 120 patients, adequately powered to assess the following:

* Is there an association between deficits in cerebral oxygenation and the occurrence of PD at some time in the 1st 5 days after the operation?
* Is there an association between deficits in cerebral oxygenation and changes in POCD scores shortly (5 days) after the operation and/or 4-6 weeks later? We hypothesize that individually tailored patient management guided with intraoperative and postoperative absolute cerebral oximetry monitoring using a tailored protocol designed to maintain SctO2 values above a specific threshold will result in improved neurocognitive outcomes in geriatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Conditions

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Post-Operative Delirium Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Caregivers Investigators

Study Groups

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Cerebral Desaturation, i.e; SctO2 < 60 % for 5 minutes

Once the cerebral desaturation is established, the study personnel will attempt to optimize the level of oxygen within the brain of the study patients.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

SctO2 < 60 %.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The following intervention protocol will be applied when SctO2 level falls below 60 %. First, the patients head position will be checked for suitable position and the face will be observed for plethora. Then the efforts will be made to maintain PaCO2 between 40-50 mmHg and MAP of 60 - 80 mm Hg. Cardiac index will be maintained between 2.0 - 2.5 L/min/m2. The hematocrit should be more than 20 %. The red blood cells or hemoconcentration will be used for this purpose.

Patients with SctO2 less than 60 %.

The study patients will not get any intervention in this arm if the Sct02 falls below 60%

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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SctO2 < 60 %.

The following intervention protocol will be applied when SctO2 level falls below 60 %. First, the patients head position will be checked for suitable position and the face will be observed for plethora. Then the efforts will be made to maintain PaCO2 between 40-50 mmHg and MAP of 60 - 80 mm Hg. Cardiac index will be maintained between 2.0 - 2.5 L/min/m2. The hematocrit should be more than 20 %. The red blood cells or hemoconcentration will be used for this purpose.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 65 and older
* Elective cardiac or thoracic aortic surgery
* Capable and willing to consent
* Participants literate in English

Exclusion Criteria

* Emergency Surgery
* Major Neurological Disease
* Gross Cognitive Dysfunction
* Patients not expected to be able to complete the 1 week and 3 months post-operative visit.
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Gregory Fischer, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Locations

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Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

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Other Identifiers

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GCO # 07-0332

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Identifier Source: org_study_id

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