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Administrative data

NCT number NCT05759351
Other study ID # 202201
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date January 1, 2006
Est. completion date December 5, 2022

Study information

Verified date March 2023
Source Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Maternal acute appendicitis during pregnancy is the most common abdominal surgical emergency. Long-term neurodevelopmental issues were scarcely reported. The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of appendicitis and appendectomy during pregnancy in general anesthesia on the cognitive and psychomotor development of children.


Description:

Maternal acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common emergent abdominal surgical condition during pregnancy. Brain development in a fetus is dynamic and complex, and therefore much more vulnerable to different agents. Gastrointestinal operations during pregnancy are performed in general anesthesia and anesthetic neurotoxicity in the developing brain, through the period from a fetus to a child, delivered inconsistent results. Child development after AA or other intra-abdominal inflammatory/infective condition during pregnancy was not consistently reported or studied. In most reports, the length of fetal follow-up after appendectomy for AA during pregnancy is not defined, not stated, or declared as 'uneventful'. Investigators will make a study with a structured children's cognitive and neurodevelopmental follow-up whose mothers had operated acute appendicitis during pregnancy.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 30
Est. completion date December 5, 2022
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Female
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - all pregnant women operated for acute appendicitis (January 2006- December 2020) Exclusion Criteria: - pregnant women younger than 18 - nonpregnant women

Study Design


Locations

Country Name City State
Croatia University Hospital Center Zagreb Zagreb

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Croatia, 

References & Publications (23)

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Augustin G, Boric M, Barcot O, Puljak L. Discordant outcomes of laparoscopic versus open appendectomy for suspected appendicitis during pregnancy in published meta-analyses: an overview of systematic reviews. Surg Endosc. 2020 Oct;34(10):4245-4256. doi: 10.1007/s00464-020-07674-6. Epub 2020 Jun 16. — View Citation

Bleeser T, Van Der Veeken L, Devroe S, Vergote S, Emam D, van der Merwe J, Ghijsens E, Joyeux L, Basurto D, Van de Velde M, Deprest J, Rex S. Effects of Maternal Abdominal Surgery on Fetal Brain Development in the Rabbit Model. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2021;48(3):189-200. doi: 10.1159/000512489. Epub 2021 Feb 25. — View Citation

Bleeser T, Van Der Veeken L, Fieuws S, Devroe S, Van de Velde M, Deprest J, Rex S. Effects of general anaesthesia during pregnancy on neurocognitive development of the fetus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2021 Jun;126(6):1128-1140. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2021.02.026. Epub 2021 Apr 6. — View Citation

Cho HW, Cho GJ, Noh E, Hong JH, Kim M, Lee JK. Pregnancy Outcomes Following Laparoscopic and Open Surgery in Pelvis during Pregnancy: a Nationwide Population-based Study in Korea. J Korean Med Sci. 2021 Jul 26;36(29):e192. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e192. — View Citation

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Davidson AJ, Disma N, de Graaff JC, Withington DE, Dorris L, Bell G, Stargatt R, Bellinger DC, Schuster T, Arnup SJ, Hardy P, Hunt RW, Takagi MJ, Giribaldi G, Hartmann PL, Salvo I, Morton NS, von Ungern Sternberg BS, Locatelli BG, Wilton N, Lynn A, Thomas JJ, Polaner D, Bagshaw O, Szmuk P, Absalom AR, Frawley G, Berde C, Ormond GD, Marmor J, McCann ME; GAS consortium. Neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age after general anaesthesia and awake-regional anaesthesia in infancy (GAS): an international multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2016 Jan 16;387(10015):239-50. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00608-X. Epub 2015 Nov 4. Erratum In: Lancet. 2016 Jan 16;387(10015):228. — View Citation

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de la Fuente SG, Pinheiro J, Gupta M, Eubanks WS, Reynolds JD. Early postnatal behavior deficits after maternal carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum during pregnancy. Surg Endosc. 2003 Nov;17(11):1823-5. doi: 10.1007/s00464-002-8871-1. Epub 2003 Jun 17. — View Citation

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Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Hartman RE, Izumi Y, Benshoff ND, Dikranian K, Zorumski CF, Olney JW, Wozniak DF. Early exposure to common anesthetic agents causes widespread neurodegeneration in the developing rat brain and persistent learning deficits. J Neurosci. 2003 Feb 1;23(3):876-82. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.23-03-00876.2003. — View Citation

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Sun LS, Li G, Miller TL, Salorio C, Byrne MW, Bellinger DC, Ing C, Park R, Radcliffe J, Hays SR, DiMaggio CJ, Cooper TJ, Rauh V, Maxwell LG, Youn A, McGowan FX. Association Between a Single General Anesthesia Exposure Before Age 36 Months and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Later Childhood. JAMA. 2016 Jun 7;315(21):2312-20. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.6967. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Impact of maternal sociodemographic characteristics and inflammation of the appendix and appendectomy during pregnancy under general anesthesia on the cognitive and psychomotor development of children Analyzed data will include maternal sociodemographic characteristics- chronic diseases, psychiatric diseases, childhood disease, level of education, level of partner's education, working status, marital status, city or rural living, GPA (gravida, para, abortus) status, number of household persons January 2006 to December 2020
Primary Impact of obstetric factors and inflammation of the appendix and appendectomy during pregnancy under general anesthesia on the cognitive and psychomotor development of children Analyzed data will include obstetric factors- age at delivery, gestational week of delivery, delivery route, elective or emergent delivery, tocolysis, neonatal height, neonatal weight, APGAR score, complications during pregnancy, infections or pyrexias, congenital malformations) January 2006 to December 2020
Primary Impact of clinical-laboratory parameters and inflammation of the appendix and appendectomy during pregnancy under general anesthesia on the cognitive and psychomotor development of children Analyzed data will include clinical-laboratory parameters- differential blood count, C-reactive protein, platelets, axillary temperature, transabdominal ultrasound, Alvarado score, Tzanakis score) January 2006 to December 2020
Primary Impact of surgical factors and inflammation of the appendix and appendectomy during pregnancy under general anesthesia on the cognitive and psychomotor development of children Analyzed data will include surgical factors- open or laparoscopic appendectomy, type, and duration of antibiotic therapy, degree of appendiceal inflammation January 2006 to December 2020
Primary Impact of anesthesiologic factors and inflammation of the appendix and appendectomy during pregnancy under general anesthesia on the cognitive and psychomotor development of children Analyzed data will include anesthesiologic parameters- type and duration of anesthesia, anesthetics and analgesics used, maternal behavior and emotional status during pregnancy (presence and extent of stressful events, alcohol, medication, and/or drugs consumption, smoking, maternal nutrition and diet) January 2006 to December 2020
Primary Impact of pediatric factors and inflammation of the appendix and appendectomy during pregnancy under general anesthesia on the cognitive and psychomotor development of children Analyzed data will include pediatric parameters (child's growth and development, existence of congenital malformations, childhood diseases, medical conditions and procedures, need for surgical treatments, routine pediatric checkups, physical or speech therapy, referrals to specialists, early separations, exposure to highly stressful or traumatic events, and academic success for older children)
A psychiatry resident will led the interviews using a structured questionnaire for mothers designed for this study during interviews. Based on the parents' observations and assessment and available medical data, the child's psychomotor and cognitive development and medical status will be analyzed during a clinical interview with the mother.
January 2006 to December 2020
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