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NCT number NCT03171766
Other study ID # 2016.253(216-DEFI/205-CES)
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
First received May 29, 2017
Last updated June 22, 2017
Start date June 15, 2017
Est. completion date December 31, 2017

Study information

Verified date June 2017
Source Centro Hospitalar do Porto
Contact Pedro Amorim, MD
Phone + 351 22 207 7549
Email amorpedro29f@gmail.com
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The main goal of the investigation is to identify the incidence of cognitive dysfunction and POD in patients older than 65 years of age undergoing neurosurgical elective surgery and determine if an association between cognitive dysfunction, basal NIRS and POD exists.


Description:

Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common problem among elders who undergo surgery and anesthesia, with major health consequences. This investigation is expected to clarify and understand the role of neurocognitive reserve in the occurrence of POD, provide grounds to preoperative cognitive risk stratification and early preventive interventions to improve patients' outcomes. The surgical procedure and anesthesia are stressor events that interact with underlying risk factors and play an important role in the development of POD. Evidence is lacking to make recommendations on anesthesia related perioperative interventions. This investigation will contribute to better understand the association between types of anesthesia, medications, monitoring and other anesthesia related factors that can be a target for preventive interventions. This research will add knowledge and clarify the role of predictors and precipitant factors that might enlighten future research on risk stratification models and interventions, prognostic significance, and treatment implications for POD.

All patients scheduled for Neurosurgery will be approached the day before surgery to assess if inclusion criteria are met and obtain informed consent. If so, preoperative evaluation will be performed by two nurse investigators responsible for admission of patients in the Neurosurgical ward.

The Mini-Cog test and the will be administered before surgery to all participants as cognitive assessment tool. The social-economical status will be evaluated regarding the level of education in years, level of physical activity, occupation, income and number of languages spoken (all categorized with appropriate scales). Also, during the preoperative evaluation, demographic data, alcohol consumption, smoking, use of visual or hearing aids, comorbidities, usual medication and preoperative laboratory test results will be obtained and recorded in a form. On the day of the surgery, as the patient arrives at the Operating Room (OR), the anesthesiologist will check for informed consent and the patient will be monitored with the following with the standard ASA protocol.

The Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a technology widely used in clinical investigation as an index of brain and tissue oxygenation. The INVOS© Cerebral/Somatic Oximetry is used in high-risk patients or surgeries to provide continuous, real-time, regional oxygen saturation (rSO2. The monitoring parameters, excluding the INVOS©, will be continuously recorded on the software program RugloopII© Waves (Demed, Genk, Belgium).

In the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) the infrared pupillometer will be used to measure the patient pupillary reflexes 15 minutes after admission and before PACU discharge.

All included patients will be followed postoperatively from day 1 to the last day in-hospital, if hospitalized for less than 3 days, or until day 3. The investigator nurse will apply the Nu-DESC daily as a tool to screen delirium. The CAM will be applied to diagnose delirium if the patient is screened with POD. Pain will be evaluated using a standard 100mm VAS for pain (VAS=0 no pain, VAS=100 worst pain). Before hospital discharge all participants will retake the Mini-Cog test and the MMSE.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 100
Est. completion date December 31, 2017
Est. primary completion date October 15, 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 65 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- patients aged 65 years or older scheduled for elective Neurosurgery

Exclusion Criteria:

- refusal to give informed consent; inability to understand and cooperate to perform the Mini Cog test, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain score (including aphasia, motor disability, major neurocognitive disorder, etc); previous dementia documented on clinical records and Portuguese not first language.

Study Design


Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
It is simple scored form of the cognitive mental status examination which includes eleven questions and requires only 5 to 10 minutes.
Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain score (including aphasia, motor disability, major neurocognitive disorder, etc)
Mini Cog test
The Mini-Cog© test is another validated and simple tool to screen for dementia and cognitive dysfunction. It measures the cognitive reserve at the time of acute stress with a low degree of interobserver variability.

Locations

Country Name City State
Portugal Centro Hospitalar do Porto Porto

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Centro Hospitalar do Porto

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Portugal, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary POD Incidence of Postoperative Disfunction From day 1 to the last day in-hospital, if hospitalized for less than 3 days, or until day 3.
Secondary Mortality Occurrence of In-hospital mortality From day 1 to the last day in-hospital, if hospitalized for less than 3 days, or until day 3.
Secondary Complications Occurrence of Postoperative complications From day 1 to the last day in-hospital, if hospitalized for less than 3 days, or until day 3.
Secondary Hospital length of stay Hospital length of stay From day 1 to the last day in-hospital, if hospitalized for less than 3 days, or until day 3.
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