Role of Absolute Cerebral Oximetry to Prevent Neurocognitive Injury in Elderly Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether brain oxygenation measured by cerebral oximeter has an impact on neurocognitive dysfunction.

Detailed Description
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Both postoperative delirium (PD) and postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) are well known complications seen in elderly patients after cardiac surgery. The etiologies of PD and POCD are unknown, but cerebral ischemia remains a prime candidate. Attempts to correlate reduced levels of systemic oxygenation (i.e. SpO2) with the development of PD/POCD have been to date disappointing. We believe that cerebral oximetry, a noninvasive technology that continuously monitors cerebral tissue oxygen saturation (SctO2), will enable us to answer the question of whether or not a correlation exists. The availability of an absolute cerebral oximeter (FORE-SIGHT), with its ability to establish and manipulate threshold values for SctO2, provides us the opportunity to assess the relationship between cerebral oxygenation and the development of neurocognitive complications. We propose a randomized, masked trial of 120 patients, adequately powered to assess the following: Is there an association between deficits in cerebral oxygenation and the occurrence of PD at some time in the 1st 5 days after the operation? Is there an association between deficits in cerebral oxygenation and changes in POCD scores shortly (5 days) after the operation and/or 4-6 weeks later? We hypothesize that individually tailored patient management guided with intraoperative and postoperative absolute cerebral oximetry monitoring using a tailored protocol designed to maintain SctO2 values above a specific threshold will result in improved neurocognitive outcomes in geriatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

Official Title
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Tailored Patient Management Guided With Absolute Cerebral Oximetry to Prevent Neurocognitive Injury in Elderly Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.

Conditions
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Post-Operative Delirium, Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: SctO2 < 60 %.


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: 65 and older Elective cardiac or thoracic aortic surgery Capable and willing to consent Participants literate in English Exclusion Criteria: Emergency Surgery Major Neurological Disease Gross Cognitive Dysfunction Patients not expected to be able to complete the 1 week and 3 months post-operative visit.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Active Comparator: Cerebral Desaturation, i.e; SctO2 < 60 % for 5 minutes<br>Once the cerebral desaturation is established, the study personnel will attempt to optimize the level of oxygen within the brain of the study patients. | Procedure: SctO2 < 60 %.<br>* The following intervention protocol will be applied when SctO2 level falls below 60 %. First, the patients head position will be checked for suitable position and the face will be observed for plethora. Then the efforts will be made to maintain PaCO2 between 40-50 mmHg and MAP of 60 - 80 mm Hg. Cardiac index will be maintained between 2.0 - 2.5 L/min/m2. The hematocrit should be more than 20 %. The red blood cells or hemoconcentration will be used for this purpose.<br>|
| No Intervention: Patients with SctO2 less than 60 %.<br>The study patients will not get any intervention in this arm if the Sct02 falls below 60% | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The association of Postoperative Delirium (PD) and Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD) with changes in cerebral tissue oxygen saturation (SctO2). |  | First 5 days after the cardiac surgery. | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality |  | 3 months postoperatively | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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PD, POCD, Post-op Delirium (PD), Post-op Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD)