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Anaesthetic Depth and Short Term Delirium Post Cardiac Surgery Intervention (BISCAR)

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Centre Cardiologique du Nord

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

Post-operative Delirium
Anaesthetic Depth

Treatments

Behavioral: CAM-ICU (Confusion Assesment Method ICU) at day 3 post-operative
Drug: General anesthesia with propofol or sevoflurane

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05877326
2022-A02200-43

Details and patient eligibility

About

Postoperative delirium (POD) is a critical complication of major surgery and affects up to 70% of surgical patients over the age of 60 years.

The additional healthcare costs associated with delirium exceed €50,000 per patient per year due to prolonged hospital stay, increased risk of long-term care or institutionalization, and the risk of developing dementia or cognitive impairment . Therefore, prevention of POD is a major goal in the perioperative setting.

The investigator proposes this randomized study to evaluate the interest of a reduced anesthetic depth to prevent short-term cognitive disorders after cardiac surgery in elderly subjects.

Method: Patients over 75 years old scheduled to undergo one of the cardiac surgeries of interest (valvular, coronary bypass, aortic or combined surgery) will be randomized to 2 paralell arms :

  • Perioperative anesthesia with a BIS (Bispectral index) target of 35
  • Perioperative anesthesia with a BIS(Bispectral index) target of 55

The presence of mental confusion will be determined by CAM-ICU ( Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU ) at day 3 post procedure.

Ancillary study: To assess cognitive status at inclusion, discharge and third post operative month using the MOCA(Montreal Cognitive Assessment ).

Conclusion:The hypothesis of this study is that a lower depth of anesthesia will reduce post operative delirium in the first three days in patients older than 75 years who are planned for valvular, coronary artery bypass, aortic or combined cardiac surgery .

Full description

Multicenter, controlled, randomized trial with two parallel arms (Perioperative anesthesia with a BIS target of 35 / Perioperative anesthesia with a BIS target of 55).

Randomization will be stratified by center, type of surgery (valve vs coronary artery bypass surgery vs aortic surgery vs combined surgery), patient age (75-80 vs 81-85), Euroscore 2 score at inclusion (predicted mortality risk ≥ vs < to 30%).

An ancillary study with MOCA score measurement at inclusion, discharge and 3 months after cardiac surgery will be realized.

Primary Objective:

To demonstrate the benefit of lower anesthesia on the prevalence of delirium during the first 3 days postoperatively in patients aged 75 years and older having cardiac surgery (valvular, coronary bypass, aortic or combined surgery).

Primary endpoint:

Presence of mental confusion will be determined by CAM-ICU at day 3 post surgery.

The CAM-ICU is considered POSITIVE (confusion present) if criteria 1 and 2 + 3 or 4 are met.

Secondary objectives:

To evaluate the effects of the intervention on ICU and hospital length of stay, delirium durations, mortality at month 3 , prevalence of POD during the stay, duration of mechanical ventilation, rate of reintubation,total amount of propofol, opioids and neuromuscular blockade (au lieu de curares) during anesthesia .

Secondary endpoints:

CAM ICU at times day 1, Day 2 , and Day 3 , daily doses of benzodiazepines, opiates, propofol, dexmedetomidine, and neuroleptics, days without mechanical ventilation, ICU and total lengths of stay, vital status (phone call) at Month 3, duration of delirium, total amount of propofol, opioids and neuromuscular blockade during anesthesia .

In order to demonstrate a minimum difference in the confounding rate (according to CAM-ICU) of 20 points (50% expected in the BIS 35 arm versus 30% in the BIS 55 arm) and with a two-sided first-species risk of 5% and a minimum power of 80%, 186 analyzable subjects (93 per arm) are required.

In order to take into account possible loss of sight, we propose to include in this study a total of 200 subjects (100 per arm).

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

75 to 85 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patient aged between 75 and 85 years, who signed an informed consent, undergoing elective valvular, coronary artery bypass, aortic or combined cardiac surgery
  • Be affiliated to French Health Insurance

Exclusion criteria

  • Refusal of consent -Patient unable to read, write or understand French
  • Vulnerable patient according to article L1121-6 of the CSP,
  • Patient of legal age under guardianship or curatorship or under legal protection,
  • Patient unable to give personal consent according to article L.1121-8 of the CSP or adult protected by law,
  • Patient having already participated in the present study

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

200 participants in 2 patient groups

Perioperative anesthesia with a BIS target of 35
Active Comparator group
Description:
Anesthesia with a BIS target of 35
Treatment:
Behavioral: CAM-ICU (Confusion Assesment Method ICU) at day 3 post-operative
Drug: General anesthesia with propofol or sevoflurane
Perioperative anesthesia with a BIS target of 55
Active Comparator group
Description:
Anesthesia with a BIS target of 55
Treatment:
Behavioral: CAM-ICU (Confusion Assesment Method ICU) at day 3 post-operative
Drug: General anesthesia with propofol or sevoflurane

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Ellouze Omar, MD; Moussouni karima, CRA

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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