Contribution of Preoperative Biological Data in Risk Assessment in Cardiac Surgery in Addition to the EuroSCORE (EuroSCOREbio) (EuroSCOREbio)

Contribution of Preoperative Biological Data in Risk Assessment in Cardiac Surgery in Addition to the EuroSCORE

In cardiac surgery, the assessment of operative risk and quality of care is a major challenge for both patient, and surgical team. It is also important for health care decisionmakers to have predictive tools to compare alternative technics such as conventional cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology. Since 1998, the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE), updated in 2012 (EuroSCORE II) is the most universally used system in this purpose. Its success is the result of a good balance between predictive capability and simplicity. It consists almost exclusively of clinical variables.

However, the objectivity and the predictive ability of some of those clinical items remain controversial, particularly those addressing severity of illness for high-risk patients. For instance, the degree of priority is submitted to the subjective assessment by the surgical team at the time of surgery. Objective data describing the severity of patients arriving in the operating room are still missing.

Many biomarkers are relevant in qualifying severity of syndromes: shock (PH, lactates, LDH), heart disease (N-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide (NTproBNP), troponin T and I), respiratory disorder (blood gaz analysis), liver insufficiency (TP, factor V), renal impairment (serum creatinine, creatinine clearance), inflammatory condition (fibrinogen, CRP), or the underlying medical condition such as diabetes (HbA1c, microalbuminuria) and nutritional status (albumin).

In ICU, many scores use biological data to measure, on daily basis, the severity of the patient status. Their routine use is simplified by applications available on smartphones. They are drawn into hospital information systems.

In cardiac surgery, some studies seem to demonstrate the measurement of some preoperative biological variables (eg NT Pro-BNP ...) in risk prediction. In terms of diabetes, HbA1c is of particular interest because it detects underlying diabetes if unknown (emergent situation) or reflects its poor control before surgery. This criterion could be more reliable than the simple information of patient treated by insulin (EuroSCORE II criterion).

Finally, the reinforcement of existing scores with biological variables is recommended by the group of recommendations in prognostic research strategy (PROGRESS 2014), rather than creating new scores ex nihilo.

The hypothesis is that adding biological data collected at the time of arrival of the patient in the operating room would better qualify the patients' severity condition and therefore increase the risk prediction of early mortality and severe morbidity after cardiac surgery. The purpose of this study is to test this hypothesis and especially test whether the biological data would increase the EuroSCORE II performance, by improving the prediction for high-risk patients.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

Main objective: To improve the EuroSCORE II predictive power on the 90-day mortality and/or severe hospital morbidity, incorporating immediate preoperative biological data.

Secondary objectives:

  1. Analyze EuroSCORE II calibration by risk group (external validation).
  2. Studying the improvement of the EuroSCORE II-bio predictive power by risk class, especially high risk.
  3. Refine selection and definition of discriminating criteria for diabetics for predicting surgical risk in cardiac surgery (the HbA1c value, the existence of microalbuminuria, the nature of treatment etc.).
  4. Compare the risk profiles of operated patients in the French Overseas Departments to those from different sites of Western Europe.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

9500

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Angers, France, 49100
        • CHU d'Angers
      • Bordeaux, France, 33600
        • CHU de Bordeaux
      • Clermont-Ferrand, France, 63000
        • CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
      • Dijon, France, 21000
        • CHU de Dijon
      • Limoges, France, 87000
        • CHU de Limoges
      • Paris, France, 75013
        • Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière (AP-HP)
      • Paris, France, 75018
        • Hôpital Bichat (AP-HP)
      • Saint-Denis, France, 97400
        • CHU de La Réunion
      • Toulouse, France, 31400
        • CHU de Toulouse
    • Martinique
      • Fort-de-France, Martinique, France, 97261
        • CHU de Martinique

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

All patients needed cardiac surgery during 1 year at the different sites (in France (8 sites), and in two French Overseas Departments (2 sites))

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient > 18 years old at the time of inclusion
  • All patients operated on extracorporeal circulation or beating heart
  • Patient affiliated to a social security scheme
  • Patient having been informed of the research objectives
  • Patient not objecting to participate in research

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient receiving heart transplant
  • Patient < 18 years old
  • Patient refusing to participate in the study
  • Pregnant women
  • Protected adult (person under guardianship and trusteeship) or deprived of liberty

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Other
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Cardiac surgery
All patients (planned and urgent) needed cardiac surgery, and agreed to participate

Patient's usual care as part of cardiac surgery, analysis of biological data collected at the time of arrival of the patient in the operating room.

Blood sample collection Urine sample collection

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Occurence of mortality at 90 days and/or occurence of severe morbidity during hospitalization.
Time Frame: 120 days

1- Mortality criterion 90-day mortality. In addition, the date of death from the surgery date and the release date from the hospital will clarify the subcategories (30-day mortality and hospital mortality).

2- Severe post operative morbidity Criteria

At least one of the following criteria:

i. Intensive care hospital stay> 8 days ii. Total post operative hospital stay> 21 days (full stay including intensive care) iii. Postoperative ventilation time> 72 H and/or need for tracheotomy iv. Need for a "neo-dialysis" in postoperative v. Need for cardiac reoperation after surgery vi. Postoperative mediastinal infection vii. Permanent stroke post operatively. viii. Need for intra-aortic balloon pump or circulatory support for acute cardiopulmonary failure.

120 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Evaluation criteria of risk profiles of population (French Overseas Department /Western Europe).
Time Frame: 120 days
The risk profile categories distribution in the EuroSCORE II grid, in the two subgroups (patients from French Overseas Department sites and patients of European sites).
120 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 24, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 24, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

May 26, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 1, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 31, 2019

Last Verified

July 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 15/E/01
  • 15.834 (Other Identifier: CCTIRS)
  • 1912114 (Other Identifier: CNIL)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

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