Perioperative Research Into Memory: Cognitive Outcome Following Major Burns

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

32 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-08-05

Study Completion Date

2017-10-30

Brief Summary

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The long term survival of patients who require admission to critical care (CC) following a major burn injury (MBI) continues to improve with advanced clinical management. There has been increasing interest into cognitive dysfunction (CD) due to neuroinflammation (NI) following CC, anaesthesia, surgery, and the association of NI with diseases characterised by CD such as Alzheimer's disease. Patients who suffer a MBI and who subsequently require admission to CC will be at uniquely high risk for CD. MBI produces an exaggerated and prolonged systemic inflammatory response, with NI demonstrated in animal models. Additionally NI can be exaggerated by insults such as sepsis, anaesthesia, and surgical trauma, common and often necessary following MBI. The aim of this study is to identify CD using cognitive tests to examine for deficits in working memory and executive function. Test proposed to use are the Hopkins Verbal Learning and Verbal Fluency tests, and a validated computerised battery (CogState). Neuroinflammation and underlying pathophysiology using fMRI and spectroscopy, known to demonstrate biomarkers for CD and NI. QoL will be assessed using the validated EQ-5D tool.

The Inclusion criteria; patients who survive their burns injury (greater than 15% total body surface area) and require mechanical ventilation. Primary exclusion criteria; admission with toxic epidermal necrolysis syndrome, and evidence of head trauma.

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Detailed Description

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This is a novel, proof of principle, prospective, cohort design, observational clinical study to assess for functional brain reorganisation, structural changes and long-term cognitive dysfunction following major burns injury and intensive care admission. The hypothesis is that following a major burns injury and intensive care admission patients will have neurocognitive dysfunction and demonstrable functional alterations seen on functional MRI due to neuroinflammation as a result of the primary injury and subsequent inflammatory insults.

Conditions

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Major Injury

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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5-10 years post severe burn injury

Interventions:

* Face-to-face neurocognitive tests examining attention, processing speed, working memory and executive function.
* Psychological screening for the symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder using the patient health questionnaire (PHQ9), generalised anxiety (GAD7) scoring systems and the trauma screening questionnaire.
* fMRI studies including resting state fMRI, T1w-mpr, T2w-FLAIR, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) with 30 directions, Spectroscopy CSI chemical shift imaging, Spectroscopy SVS single voxel, susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI), double inversion recovery (DIR) and Perfusion ASL.
* Quality of Life Self-Assessment data.

Face-to-face neurocognitive tests

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Assessment of attention, processing speed, working memory and executive function

Psychological screening

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Screening for the symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder

fMRI

Intervention Type OTHER

Brain volume, chemical markers, functional outcome

Quality of Life Self-Assessment data

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

EQ-5D will be converted into a utility score using standard EQ-5D UK tariffs

2-5 years post severe burn injury

Interventions:

* Face-to-face neurocognitive tests examining attention, processing speed, working memory and executive function.
* Psychological screening for the symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder using the patient health questionnaire (PHQ9), generalised anxiety (GAD7) scoring systems and the trauma screening questionnaire.
* fMRI studies including resting state fMRI, T1w-mpr, T2w-FLAIR, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) with 30 directions, Spectroscopy CSI chemical shift imaging, Spectroscopy SVS single voxel, susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI), double inversion recovery (DIR) and Perfusion ASL.
* Quality of Life Self-Assessment data.

Face-to-face neurocognitive tests

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Assessment of attention, processing speed, working memory and executive function

Psychological screening

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Screening for the symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder

fMRI

Intervention Type OTHER

Brain volume, chemical markers, functional outcome

Quality of Life Self-Assessment data

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

EQ-5D will be converted into a utility score using standard EQ-5D UK tariffs

1-2 years post severe burn injury

Interventions:

* Face-to-face neurocognitive tests examining attention, processing speed, working memory and executive function.
* Psychological screening for the symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder using the patient health questionnaire (PHQ9), generalised anxiety (GAD7) scoring systems and the trauma screening questionnaire.
* fMRI studies including resting state fMRI, T1w-mpr, T2w-FLAIR, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) with 30 directions, Spectroscopy CSI chemical shift imaging, Spectroscopy SVS single voxel, susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI), double inversion recovery (DIR) and Perfusion ASL.
* Quality of Life Self-Assessment data.

Face-to-face neurocognitive tests

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Assessment of attention, processing speed, working memory and executive function

Psychological screening

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Screening for the symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder

fMRI

Intervention Type OTHER

Brain volume, chemical markers, functional outcome

Quality of Life Self-Assessment data

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

EQ-5D will be converted into a utility score using standard EQ-5D UK tariffs

Control

Healthy age, gender, socioeconomic and educational level matched control.

Interventions:

* Face-to-face neurocognitive tests examining attention, processing speed, working memory and executive function.
* Psychological screening for the symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder using the patient health questionnaire (PHQ9), generalised anxiety (GAD7) scoring systems and the trauma screening questionnaire.
* fMRI studies including resting state fMRI, T1w-mpr, T2w-FLAIR, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) with 30 directions, Spectroscopy CSI chemical shift imaging, Spectroscopy SVS single voxel, susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI), double inversion recovery (DIR) and Perfusion ASL.
* Quality of Life Self-Assessment data.

Face-to-face neurocognitive tests

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Assessment of attention, processing speed, working memory and executive function

Psychological screening

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Screening for the symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder

fMRI

Intervention Type OTHER

Brain volume, chemical markers, functional outcome

Quality of Life Self-Assessment data

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

EQ-5D will be converted into a utility score using standard EQ-5D UK tariffs

Interventions

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Face-to-face neurocognitive tests

Assessment of attention, processing speed, working memory and executive function

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Psychological screening

Screening for the symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

fMRI

Brain volume, chemical markers, functional outcome

Intervention Type OTHER

Quality of Life Self-Assessment data

EQ-5D will be converted into a utility score using standard EQ-5D UK tariffs

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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- Hopkins Verbal Learning and Verbal Fluency tests - CogState computerised battery - Patient health questionnaire (PHQ9) - Generalised anxiety (GAD7) scoring systems - Trauma screening questionnaire The functional MRI (fMRI) protocol includes: - Resting state fMRI - T1w-mpr, T2w-FLAIR - Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) - Spectroscopy - Double inversion recovery (DIR) and Perfusion ASL - EQ-5D

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Survival following admission to Chelsea and Westminster Burns Intensive Care Unit between 2004-2013 with a burn injury \> 15% total body surface area, requiring intubation and ventilation

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients under 16.
* Patients with toxic epidermal necrolysis syndrome or evidence of head trauma.
* Patients with evidence of risk to psychological safety from inclusion in study: any patient currently held under section of the Mental Health Act, any patient receiving formal psychiatric treatment (including involvement in a Personality Disorder Unit, being under voluntary section, current re-occurrence of chronic self harm), any patient currently detained at her Majesty's pleasure, any current substance abuse, or at the discretion of professional opinion following historical assessment of notes. - Patients with contraindications to MRI (patients with non-compatible pacemakers, patients with metallic foreign bodies e.g. metal sliver in their eye, patients with non-compatible surgical metal work, patients with severe claustrophobia).
* Patient refusal or inability to give full informed consent.
* Patients unable to understand plain verbal or written English.

Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes