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Administrative data

NCT number NCT04730310
Other study ID # H20-03437
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date February 1, 2021
Est. completion date March 31, 2022

Study information

Verified date January 2023
Source University of British Columbia
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The role of regional anesthesia in lower extremity revascularization procedures on reducing graft failure and need for reoperation remains unclear. In this study, we will analyze data from the multicenter National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) to assess the association between regional anesthesia (RA) and graft outcomes, as compared to general anesthesia (GA). Our primary objective is to determine for patients undergoing elective open lower limb revascularization, whether RA (spinal, epidural, and peripheral nerve block), compared to GA or general anesthesia with regional anesthesia (GA+RA), is associated with higher rates of patent graft within 30 days postoperatively (primary outcome).


Description:

Lower limb (infrainguinal) revascularization surgeries are performed for patients with blood flow occlusion, with the goals of improving pain and function. Graft patency is associated with higher quality of life scores. However, open lower limb revascularization is associated with a significant risk of graft failure. Multiple anesthesia options exist for elective open lower limb revascularization, including general and regional (spinal, epidural, peripheral nerve block). The literature has shown mixed results regarding the superiority of regional anesthesia over general anesthesia for morbidity and mortality. In this study, we will analyze data from the multicenter National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) to assess the association between regional anesthesia (RA) and graft outcomes, as compared to general anesthesia (GA).Our primary objective is to determine for patients undergoing elective open lower limb revascularization, whether RA (spinal, epidural, and peripheral nerve block), compared to GA or general anesthesia with regional anesthesia (GA+RA), is associated with higher rates of patent graft within 30 days postoperatively (primary outcome). Our secondary outcomes are major reintervention, amputation, bleeding requiring transfusion or secondary procedure, venous thromboembolism (VTE), myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke, pneumonia, discharge destination, postoperative length of stay, readmission rate, and death, all within 30 days postoperatively. There will be two composite outcomes: thromboembolism, and morbidity and mortality. We hypothesize that the use of RA is associated with increased graft patency after elective lower limb revascularization compared to GA. Compared to GA, RA is associated with decreased rates of major reintervention, amputation, death (30 days), bleeding requiring transfusion or secondary procedure, VTE, MI or stroke, pneumonia, mortality, composite thromboembolism, and composite morbidity and mortality.; Compared to GA, RA is associated with increased rates of discharge destination being home.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 8893
Est. completion date March 31, 2022
Est. primary completion date February 28, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 110 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - All elective cases within the NSQIP Lower Extremity Open (LEO) procedure-targeted dataset (i.e. undergoing Lower extremity open revascularization) from 2014-2019 will be included. - Hybrid procedures (where patients had both open and endovascular repair) are included, as long as there is an open component. Exclusion Criteria: - Patients will be excluded if they underwent urgent or emergency surgery (identified using NSQIP variable EMERGNCY=1 OR ELECTSURG=0) - local was the only anesthetic technique listed in principal and additional anesthesia technique. - missing data on exposure, procedure name, or status of elective surgery. This includes having "other" or "unknown" for BOTH principal and additional anesthesia technique - Patients with INR >= 1.5 on day of surgery

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Regional Anesthesia, Vascular Grafting, Vascular Patency

Intervention

Procedure:
NSQIP Lower Extremity Open (LEO) procedure-targeted dataset (i.e. undergoing Lower extremity open revascularization) from 2014-2019
Infrainguinal, open lower extremity revascularization procedures

Locations

Country Name City State
Canada St. Paul's Hospital Vancouver British Columbia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of British Columbia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

References & Publications (13)

Barbosa FT, Juca MJ, Castro AA, Cavalcante JC. Neuraxial anaesthesia for lower-limb revascularization. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jul 29;(7):CD007083. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007083.pub3. — View Citation

Christopherson R, Beattie C, Frank SM, Norris EJ, Meinert CL, Gottlieb SO, Yates H, Rock P, Parker SD, Perler BA, et al. Perioperative morbidity in patients randomized to epidural or general anesthesia for lower extremity vascular surgery. Perioperative Ischemia Randomized Anesthesia Trial Study Group. Anesthesiology. 1993 Sep;79(3):422-34. doi: 10.1097/00000542-199309000-00004. — View Citation

Fereydooni A, O'Meara T, Popescu WM, Dardik A, Ochoa Chaar CI. Utilization and Outcomes of Local Anesthesia and Peripheral Nerve Block for Hybrid Lower Extremity Revascularization. J Endovasc Ther. 2020 Feb;27(1):94-101. doi: 10.1177/1526602819887382. Epub 2019 Nov 20. — View Citation

Gao C, Weng C, He C, Xu J, Yu L. Comparison of regional and local anesthesia for arteriovenous fistula creation in end-stage renal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 Aug 31;20(1):219. doi: 10.1186/s12871-020-01136-1. — View Citation

Ghanami RJ, Hurie J, Andrews JS, Harrington RN, Corriere MA, Goodney PP, Hansen KJ, Edwards MS. Anesthesia-based evaluation of outcomes of lower-extremity vascular bypass procedures. Ann Vasc Surg. 2013 Feb;27(2):199-207. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2012.04.006. Epub 2012 Sep 1. — View Citation

Goodney PP, Nolan BW, Schanzer A, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Bertges DJ, Stanley AC, Stone DH, Walsh DB, Powell RJ, Likosky DS, Cronenwett JL; Vascular Study Group of Northern New England. Factors associated with amputation or graft occlusion one year after lower extremity bypass in northern New England. Ann Vasc Surg. 2010 Jan;24(1):57-68. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2009.06.015. Epub 2009 Sep 11. — View Citation

Grip O, Wanhainen A, Michaelsson K, Lindhagen L, Bjorck M. Open or endovascular revascularization in the treatment of acute lower limb ischaemia. Br J Surg. 2018 Nov;105(12):1598-1606. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10954. Epub 2018 Jul 25. — View Citation

Jorgensen MS, Farres H, James BLW, Li Z, Almerey T, Sheikh-Ali R, Clendenen S, Robards C, Erben Y, Oldenburg WA, Hakaim AG. The Role of Regional versus General Anesthesia on Arteriovenous Fistula and Graft Outcomes: A Single-Institution Experience and Literature Review. Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Jan;62:287-294. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2019.05.016. Epub 2019 Aug 2. — View Citation

Levey AS, Stevens LA, Schmid CH, Zhang YL, Castro AF 3rd, Feldman HI, Kusek JW, Eggers P, Van Lente F, Greene T, Coresh J; CKD-EPI (Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration). A new equation to estimate glomerular filtration rate. Ann Intern Med. 2009 May 5;150(9):604-12. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-9-200905050-00006. Erratum In: Ann Intern Med. 2011 Sep 20;155(6):408. — View Citation

Nguyen LL, Moneta GL, Conte MS, Bandyk DF, Clowes AW, Seely BL; PREVENT III Investigators. Prospective multicenter study of quality of life before and after lower extremity vein bypass in 1404 patients with critical limb ischemia. J Vasc Surg. 2006 Nov;44(5):977-83; discussion 983-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.07.015. — View Citation

Roberts DJ, Nagpal SK, Kubelik D, Brandys T, Stelfox HT, Lalu MM, Forster AJ, McCartney CJ, McIsaac DI. Association between neuraxial anaesthesia or general anaesthesia for lower limb revascularisation surgery in adults and clinical outcomes: population based comparative effectiveness study. BMJ. 2020 Nov 25;371:m4104. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4104. — View Citation

Sgroi MD, McFarland G, Mell MW. Utilization of regional versus general anesthesia and its impact on lower extremity bypass outcomes. J Vasc Surg. 2019 Jun;69(6):1874-1879. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2018.08.190. Epub 2019 Feb 18. — View Citation

Wiis JT, Jensen-Gadegaard P, Altintas U, Seidelin C, Martusevicius R, Mantoni T. One-week postoperative patency of lower extremity in situ bypass graft comparing epidural and general anesthesia: retrospective study of 822 patients. Ann Vasc Surg. 2014 Feb;28(2):295-300. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2013.01.027. Epub 2013 Sep 29. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Confounders age, bleeding diathesis, severe COPD, total operating, time, renal failure, functional status, cardiac valvular disease, diabetes day of surgery
Other Confounders INR, PTT day of surgery
Primary Graft Patency Derived using NSQIP variables "Most Severe Procedural Outcome" LEO_MOSTSEVOUTCOME and "Untreated Loss of Patency" (i.e. not patent and no procedure done) LEO_ULP
Yes if LEO_MOSTSEVOUTCOME is any of
Clinically Patent Graft
Patent graft, no stenosis
Patent graft with stenosis
No if LEO_MOSTSEVOUTCOME is any of
Death
Image-proven graft thrombosis or clinically evident thrombosis with no planned intervention
Major Amputation
New bypass in the treated arterial segment
Not documented
Other
Revised graft with stenosis
Revised graft, no current stenosis
No if LEO_ULP = "yes"
30 days
Secondary Major reintervention 1. Major reintervention, using NSQIP variable "Major Reintervention on the Bypass" defined as ""Yes" if the patient underwent a subsequent procedure (new or revision lower extremity bypass operation, jump/interposition graft revision, bypass graft thrombectomy/thrombolysis) within 30 days of the original primary operation." 30 days
Secondary Amputation 2. Amputation, using NSQIP variable "Major Amputation (Transtibial or Proximal)", defined as ""Yes" if the patient underwent transtibial or more proximal amputation on the ipsilateral leg within 30 days of the original primary operation." 30 days
Secondary Bleeding requiring transfusion 30 days
Secondary Venous thromboembolism 30 days
Secondary MI or stroke 30 days
Secondary Pneumonia 30 days
Secondary length of postoperative hospital stay 30 days
Secondary Discharge destination dichotomize as home vs. not home 30 days
Secondary Readmission rate 30 days
Secondary death 30 days or in-hospital admission
Secondary Composite thromboembolism combination of venothromboembolism, MI, stroke 30 days
Secondary Composite Morbidity and Mortality combination of bleeding requiring transfusion, venothromboembolism, MI, stroke, pneumonia, death 30 days