Anesthesia-analgesia Methods and Postoperative Delirium
NCT ID: NCT01661907
Last Updated: 2020-07-08
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
1800 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2011-11-21
2015-06-24
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The occurrence of postoperative delirium is associated with worse outcomes. Studies showed that delirious patients have prolonged ICU stay, increased incidence of complications, prolonged hospitalization, high mortality rate, and increased health care costs. Delirium is also associated with increased risk of long-term cognitive decline and poor quality of life. A recent follow-up study (mean follow-up time 27.9 ± 3.1 months) by our research group found that, after adjusting factors such as age, occurrence of postoperative complications, and stage of cancer, etc, the occurrence of postoperative delirium still remained an independent predictor of long-term mortality.
The pathophysiology of delirium remains poorly understood. An universal phenomenon is that delirium frequently occurs in elderly patients after major complicated surgery, but is rarely seen after minor ambulatory surgery (such as cataract surgery). Studies also found that postoperative pain is an independent risk factor of delirium, whereas effective pain relief may help to reduce the incidence of delirium. Our recent studies showed that high serum cortisol level is an independent risk factor of postoperative delirium. In addition, inflammatory response may also contribute to the pathogenesis of delirium. Trauma, pain, cortisol secretion and inflammation are all important components of surgical stress response. The above results indicated that stress response produced by surgery might have an important role in the pathogenesis of delirium.
Previous studies demonstrated that, when compared with general anesthesia, neuraxial anesthesia attenuates the hypersecretion of cortisol, and decreases the intensity of inflammatory response more effectively after surgery. And epidural analgesia provides better postoperative pain relief than intravenous analgesia. It was also reported that, when compared with general anesthesia and intravenous analgesia, neuraxial anesthesia and analgesia reduces the occurrence of postoperative complications and mortality in high risk patients. Combined epidural-general anesthesia is frequently used in clinical practice, and is performed in about 1/4 of patients undergoing surgery in the applicant's hospital. Theoretically, this anesthetic method provides advantages of both epidural and general anesthesia, i.e. it blocks the afferent pathway of nociceptive stimulus by neuraxial blockade during and after surgery, and allow patients to endure long-duration complicated surgeries without any awareness. However, there is no evidence whether combined epidural-general anesthesia/postoperative epidural analgesia can decrease the incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing major surgery.
The objective of the study is to compare the effects of combined epidural-general anesthesia/postoperative epidural analgesia and general anesthesia/postoperative intravenous analgesia on the incidence of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Combined Epi-GA/PCEA
Patients assigned to this group (experimental group) will receive combined epidural-general anesthesia (combined Epi-GA) and patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA).
An epidural catheter will be placed before anesthesia induction. General anesthesia will be induced and maintained in the same manner as in the control group, with the addition of a continuous infusion or intermittent boluses of 0.375%-0.5% ropivacaine given through the epidural catheter for analgesia maintenance. Patient-controlled epidural analgesia will be provided for postoperative analgesia (established with 0.12% ropivacaine and 0.5 μg/mL sufentanil in 250 mL normal saline, programmed to deliver a 2-mL bolus with a lockout interval of 20 minutes and a background infusion of 4 mL/hr).
Combined Epi-GA/PCEA
An epidural catheter will be placed before the induction of general anesthesia. General anesthesia will be induced and maintained as in the control group, with the addition of epidural anesthesia which will be maintained with the use of 0.375%-0.5% ropivacaine during surgery. Patient-controlled epidural analgesia will be provided after surgery.
GA/PCIA
Patients assigned to this group (control group) will receive general anesthesia (GA) and patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA).
General anesthesia will be induced with midazolam, sufentanil, propofol and rocuronium. Anesthesia will then be maintained by inhalation of sevoflurane with or without nitrous oxide, and/or continuous intravenous infusion of propofol. Sufentanil and rocuronium will be given when needed. Patient-controlled intravenous analgesia will be provided for postoperative analgesia (established with 50 mg morphine in 100 mL normal saline, programmed to deliver a 2-mL bolus with a 6-10 minutes lockout interval and a 1 mL/hr background infusion).
GA/PCIA
General anesthesia will be induced with midazolam, propofol, sufentanil and rocuronium. Anesthesia will be maintained with either intravenous (propofol), inhalational (sevoflurane with or without nitrous oxide), or combined intravenous-inhalational anesthetics. Additional opioids (remifentanil, sufentanil, fentanyl, or morphine) and muscle relaxant (rocuronium, atracurium, or cisatracurium) will be administered when deemed necessary by the attending anesthesiologists. Patient-controlled intravenous analgesia will be provided after surgery.
Interventions
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Combined Epi-GA/PCEA
An epidural catheter will be placed before the induction of general anesthesia. General anesthesia will be induced and maintained as in the control group, with the addition of epidural anesthesia which will be maintained with the use of 0.375%-0.5% ropivacaine during surgery. Patient-controlled epidural analgesia will be provided after surgery.
GA/PCIA
General anesthesia will be induced with midazolam, propofol, sufentanil and rocuronium. Anesthesia will be maintained with either intravenous (propofol), inhalational (sevoflurane with or without nitrous oxide), or combined intravenous-inhalational anesthetics. Additional opioids (remifentanil, sufentanil, fentanyl, or morphine) and muscle relaxant (rocuronium, atracurium, or cisatracurium) will be administered when deemed necessary by the attending anesthesiologists. Patient-controlled intravenous analgesia will be provided after surgery.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. scheduled to undergo noncardiac thoracic or abdominal surgery with an expected duration of 2 hours or longer. For those who undergo thoracoscopic or laparoscopic surgery, the expected length of incision must be 5 centimeters or more;
3. agree to receive patient-controlled postoperative analgesia.
Exclusion Criteria
2. history of myocardial infarction within 3 months before surgery;
3. any contraindication to epidural anesthesia and analgesia, including abnormal vertebral anatomy, previous spinal trauma or surgery, severe chronic back pain, coagulation disorder (prothrombin time or activated partial prothrombin time longer than 1.5 times of the upper limit of normal, or platelet count of less than 80 × 10\^9/L), local infection near the site of puncture, and severe sepsis;
4. severe heart dysfunction (New York Heart Association functional classification 3 or above), hepatic insufficiency (Child-Pugh grades C), or renal insufficiency (serum creatinine of 442 μmol/L or above, with or without serum potassium of 6.5 mmol/L or above, or requirement of renal replacement therapy); or
5. any other conditions that were considered unsuitable for study participation.
60 Years
90 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Peking University People's Hospital
OTHER
Peking University Third Hospital
OTHER
Beijing Hospital
OTHER_GOV
Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University
OTHER
Peking University First Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Dong-Xin Wang
Professor and Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Principal Investigators
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Dong-Xin Wang, MD, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Peking University First Hopital
Locations
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Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital
Beijing, , China
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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ChiCTR-TRC-09000543
Identifier Type: REGISTRY
Identifier Source: secondary_id
PUCRP201101
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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