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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03928236
Other study ID # B-Free.2019
Secondary ID
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date November 18, 2019
Est. completion date July 30, 2024

Study information

Verified date June 2024
Source Population Health Research Institute
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

B-FREE is a pragmatic, multicentre, cluster crossover trial evaluating whether a policy limiting the use of intra-operative benzodiazepine reduces post-operative delirium when compared with a policy of 'ad libitum' administration. The knowledge generated by this study will provide the basis for cardiac anesthesia practice guidelines.


Description:

Delirium, an acute state of confusion, occurs in approximately 1 in 5 adults after open heart surgery. Even though it is a temporary state, patients who experience delirium are at increased risk of serious problems that last after the delirium has resolved. These problems include decreases in thinking, mobility, self-care, and the ability to live independently in a community setting. Patients who experience delirium have longer stays in hospital, are more likely to be discharged to a nursing home, and are more likely to die. Benzodiazepines are a sedative and amnestic medication that may be associated with delirium. As such, benzodiazepines are rarely used for sedation in the intensive care unit after cardiac surgery. However, benzodiazepines continue to be used frequently in the operating room by anesthesiologists during open heart surgery because of their amnestic effects and limited impact on blood pressure. Nevertheless, practice is divided among cardiac anesthesiologists, with some never using benzodiazepines and others using them for nearly all patients. Because the best approach (routine benzodiazepines or restricted benzodiazepines) remains uncertain, we will compare the effect of a hospital policy of intraoperative medication use that includes benzodiazepines to a policy that uses alternative medications and no benzodiazepines on the incidence of delirium after open heart surgery. The findings of the study have the potential to improve the outcomes of tens of thousands of patients around the world and will provide the basis for cardiac anesthesiology practice guidelines.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Active, not recruiting
Enrollment 15886
Est. completion date July 30, 2024
Est. primary completion date July 30, 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Hospital is a major surgical center with a minimum of 250 cases of cardiac surgery per year. - Equipoise by the hospital physicians regarding the use of benzodiazepines during surgery (= 95% of hospital cardiac anesthesia group agrees to manage adult patients (age >18 years) as per the benzodiazepine policy in place during a given crossover period). - Hospital routinely assesses patients (age >18 years) for postoperative delirium at least once every 12 hours during the initial 72 hours after cardiac surgery as a part of routine clinical care using either the Confusion Assessment Method-ICU (CAM-ICU) or the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC). Exclusion Criteria: - Hospital does not meet inclusion criteria

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Limited Intraoperative Benzodiazepine
policy for limited use of intraoperative benzodiazepine
Liberal Intraoperative Benzodiazepine
policy for liberal use of intraoperative benzodiazepine

Locations

Country Name City State
Canada Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Edmonton Alberta
Canada Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Halifax Nova Scotia
Canada Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton General Hospital Hamilton Ontario
Canada Kingston General Hospital Kingston Ontario
Canada London Health Sciences Centre London Ontario
Canada Jewish General Hospital Montréal Quebec
Canada Montreal Heart Institute Montréal Quebec
Canada Royal Columbian Hospital New Westminster British Columbia
Canada Hôpital Laval Québec Quebec
Canada Regina General Hospital Regina Saskatchewan
Canada Royal University Hospital Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Canada Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke Quebec
Canada St. Michael's Hospital Toronto Ontario
Canada Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto Ontario
Canada Toronto General Hospital Toronto Ontario
Canada St. Paul's Hospital Vancouver British Columbia
Canada Vancouver General Hospital Vancouver British Columbia
Canada St. Boniface General Hospital Winnipeg Manitoba
United States Weill Cornell Medicine New York New York
United States Washington University School of Medicine Saint Louis Missouri

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Population Health Research Institute

Countries where clinical trial is conducted

United States,  Canada, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Incidence of Delirium Delirium assessed up to 72 hours after surgery using standardized and validated delirium scales up to 72 hours post cardiac surgery
Secondary Number of Days in ICU after Cardiac Surgery Length of Stay (LOS) in Intensive Care Unit after Cardiac Surgery through study completion, approximately 37 months
Secondary Number of Days in Hospital after Cardiac Surgery Length of Stay (LOS) in Hospital after Cardiac Surgery through study completion, approximately 37 months
Secondary Incidence of In-hospital Mortality Death from any cause after index cardiac surgery and during the index hospitalization through study completion, approximately 37 months
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