Shaping Anesthetic Techniques to Reduce Post-operative Delirium

NCT ID: NCT03133845

Last Updated: 2020-06-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

218 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-10-31

Study Completion Date

2020-05-25

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine if light sedation with spinal anesthesia reduces the incidence of delirium compared to receiving general anesthesia during spinal surgery in older adults.

Detailed Description

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Post-operative delirium is a common occurrence in older adults. Post -operative delirium has been associated with cognitive decline after hospitalization. Developing perioperative management strategies to prevent delirium may also reduce potential cognitive decline in older adults after surgery. The choice and dose of anesthetic and sedative drugs are known risk factors in the development of delirium. Excessive doses of anesthetic and sedation drugs during surgery have been associated with poor outcomes that occur after surgery. Currently depth of anesthesia can be measured by an additional monitoring technique called Bispectral Index (BIS).

The purpose of this study is to determine if light sedation with spinal anesthesia reduces the incidence of delirium compared to receiving general anesthesia during spinal surgery in older adults. Previous studies have shown that using light sedation and spinal anesthesia during surgery may reduce the incidence of delirium up to 50%.

Conditions

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Delirium Lumbar Radiculopathy Lumbar Osteoarthritis Lumbar Spine Disc Degeneration

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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General anesthesia

In this group patients will receive general anesthesia. Anesthetic induction will occur with propofol (generally 1-2 mg/kg), maintenance with a volatile anesthetic, muscle paralysis with a muscle relaxant, and pain control with fentanyl (generally 2-5 mcg/kg titrated). Patients on baseline opioids may receive additional opioids (such as dilaudid) based on clinical criteria. The anesthetic provider will be blinded to BIS values. Discretionary use of intrathecal morphine may be used.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Induction with propofol

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients having lumbar spinal surgery and receiving general anesthesia will receive propofol and their induction agent.

Maintenance anesthetic using a volatile anesthetic

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients having lumbar spinal surgery and receiving general anesthesia will receive a volatile anesthetic for their maintenance anesthesia.

Muscle relaxant during maintenance anesthesia

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients having lumbar spinal surgery and receiving general anesthesia with receive a muscle relaxant for muscle paralysis.

Pain control with fentanyl

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients having lumbar spinal surgery and receiving general anesthesia will receive fentanyl for their pain during surgery.

Bispectral Index (BIS) monitoring for depth of anesthesia

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

All patients will be monitored with Bispectral Index (BIS) to monitor the patient's depth of anesthesia.

Cerebrospinal fluid collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

8 ml of cerebrospinal fluid may be collected prior to the administration of intrathecal administration of morphine for pain control.

Administration of intrathecal morphine

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patient may receive intrathecal morphine for post-operative pain control.

Spinal anesthesia with light sedation

In this group patients will receive light sedation with propofol and a spinal anesthetic. Spinal anesthesia will be obtained by injecting approximately 10-15 mg of bupivacaine into the subarachnoid space. Up to 2 mg of midazolam may be given during spinal needle insertion. Although spinal anesthesia is sufficient for surgery, sedation is routinely administered using a propofol infusion, titrated to a BIS\>60-70. Discretionary use of intrathecal morphine may be used.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Light sedation with propofol

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients having lumbar spinal surgery and receiving spinal anesthesia will receive propofol for light sedation.

Bispectral Index (BIS) monitoring for depth of anesthesia

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

All patients will be monitored with Bispectral Index (BIS) to monitor the patient's depth of anesthesia.

Spinal Anesthesia

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patients receiving spinal anesthesia will receive bupivacaine into the subarachnoid space.

Midazolam administered during spinal anesthesia

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Midazolam may be administered during spinal needle insertion for patients receiving spinal anesthesia.

Cerebrospinal fluid collection

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

8 ml of cerebrospinal fluid may be collected prior to the administration of intrathecal administration of morphine for pain control.

Administration of intrathecal morphine

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Patient may receive intrathecal morphine for post-operative pain control.

Interventions

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Light sedation with propofol

Patients having lumbar spinal surgery and receiving spinal anesthesia will receive propofol for light sedation.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Induction with propofol

Patients having lumbar spinal surgery and receiving general anesthesia will receive propofol and their induction agent.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Maintenance anesthetic using a volatile anesthetic

Patients having lumbar spinal surgery and receiving general anesthesia will receive a volatile anesthetic for their maintenance anesthesia.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Muscle relaxant during maintenance anesthesia

Patients having lumbar spinal surgery and receiving general anesthesia with receive a muscle relaxant for muscle paralysis.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Pain control with fentanyl

Patients having lumbar spinal surgery and receiving general anesthesia will receive fentanyl for their pain during surgery.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Bispectral Index (BIS) monitoring for depth of anesthesia

All patients will be monitored with Bispectral Index (BIS) to monitor the patient's depth of anesthesia.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Spinal Anesthesia

Patients receiving spinal anesthesia will receive bupivacaine into the subarachnoid space.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Midazolam administered during spinal anesthesia

Midazolam may be administered during spinal needle insertion for patients receiving spinal anesthesia.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Cerebrospinal fluid collection

8 ml of cerebrospinal fluid may be collected prior to the administration of intrathecal administration of morphine for pain control.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Administration of intrathecal morphine

Patient may receive intrathecal morphine for post-operative pain control.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female patients age 65 and over.
* Patients undergoing lumbar fusion performed by Dr. Charles Edwards II, Dr. Charles Edwards, Dr. Clayton Dean , or Dr. Justin Park at Mercy Medical Center.
* Expected length of surgery \<3 hours.
* Ability to understand study procedures and to comply with them for the entire length of the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Contradictions to spinal anesthesia (severe aortic stenosis, anti-coagulant or antiplatelet medications, other)
* Body mass index \> 40 kg/m2
* prior lumbar fusion from L2-L5 in entirety
* Communication issues precluding delirium assessment or sedation
* Dementia or mini-mental status exam score \< 24
* Psychiatric disease that would preclude cooperation with sedation with spinal anesthesia
* Any other reason that the attending anesthesiologist or surgeon feels that clinical circumstances dictate a strong preference for either spinal or general anesthesia.
* Inability or unwillingness of individual or legal guardian/representative to give written informed consent.
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Mercy Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Johns Hopkins University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Charles C Edwards, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Mercy Hospital of Baltimore

Charles Brown, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Johns Hopkins University

Locations

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Mercy Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Brown CH 4th, Jones EL, Lin C, Esmaili M, Gorashi Y, Skelton RA, Kaganov D, Colantuoni EA, Yanek LR, Neufeld KJ, Kamath V, Sieber FE, Dean CL, Edwards CC 2nd, Hogue CW. Shaping anesthetic techniques to reduce post-operative delirium (SHARP) study: a protocol for a prospective pragmatic randomized controlled trial to evaluate spinal anesthesia with targeted sedation compared with general anesthesia in older adults undergoing lumbar spine fusion surgery. BMC Anesthesiol. 2019 Oct 27;19(1):192. doi: 10.1186/s12871-019-0867-7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31656179 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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IRB00113655

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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