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- Clinical Trial NCT03485404
Preoperative Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid on POCD in Elderly Non-cardiac Surgical Patients (B12-POCD)
Effect of Preoperative Vitamin B12 on Post Operative Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Patients Undergoing Non-cardiac Surgery: A Multi-Center, Prospective, Randomized, Double-blinded, Controlled Clinical Trial
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
Vitamin B12 has long been suggested to have neural nutrient effect and widely used in clinical settings for patients with peripheral nerve injury as well as complementary medicine for patients with CNS disorders, including cognitive dysfunction. Evidences showed that, although no significant improvement in cognitive function was observed in healthy elderly after vitamin B12 supplementation, some studies suggested that patients with pre-existing CNS disorder may benefit from Vitamin B12. Post operational cognitive dysfunction (POCD) is severe, and long-lasting complication that affects as high as 53% of patients in high risk surgeries. Age is an independent risk factor for POCD. Researches have shown that serum vitamin B12 level decrease with age, and methylcobalamin (active form of Vitamin B12) content in the frontal cortex of aged patients are lower than that of younger patients. However, there are no report on effect of preemptive supplementation of vitamin B12 on POCD incidence. Therefore, the current research is aimed to explore the preoperative methylcobalamin supplementation (500 mg, 3/day for 7 days before surgery) on incidence of POCD. Folic acid supplementation is a common companion for vitamin B12 treatment in clinical settings because they are in the same methionine cycle, increase of one may result in deficiency of another. So we added 5 mg, 1/day of folic acid with methylcobalamin in the treatment group.
This study will recruit patients more than 65 years old eligible for non-cardiac surgery. Patients who participate will take either vitamin B12 and folic acid supplementation or placebo for 7 days before surgery. Neuropsychological test battery (NPB) will be tested before intervention and at discharge for determination of Post operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). Another group of non-surgical elderly participants will also be tested for NPB to account for learning effect in POCD diagnosis. The hypothesis is that preoperative vitamin B12 supplementation will reduce the incidence of POCD in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Changzheng Hospital
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Shanghai, China, 200072
- Shanghai 10th People's Hospital
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Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Forth People's Hospital
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Anhui
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Hefei, Anhui, China, 230001
- Anhui Provincial Hospital
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Guangdong
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Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
- Shenzhen University General Hospital
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Hebei
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Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
- The Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University
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Henan
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Zhengzhou, Henan, China
- Henan Provincial People's Hospital
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Jiangsu
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Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210008
- NanJing Drum Tower Hospital
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Shaanxi
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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710032
- Xijing Hospital
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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710032
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University
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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710032
- Shaanxi provincial people's hospital
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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710032
- Tangdu Hospital
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Shandong
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Jinan, Shandong, China
- ShanDong Provincial QianFoShan Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- 1. Age equals or over 65
- 2. Scheduled for spinal or joint replacement surgery under general anesthesia,estimated surgery time over 2h.
- 3. Signed written informed consent obtained
- 4. Non-surgical Controls are age and sex - matched community elderly residents.
Exclusion Criteria:
- 1. Disease of the central nervous system that impairs cognitive function, including all kinds of dementia, and depression
- 2. MMSE score < 24
- 3. Received education for less than 5 years
- 4. Currently taking sedative or antidepressant drugs
- 5. Has taken vitamin B12, folic acid or their derivatives (methycobalamin, cobalamin, tetrahydrofolic acid, etc.) within 6 months.
- 6. Has accepted cardiac or neurological surgery within one year.
- 7. Was admitted for other clinical trials within 3 month
- 8. Patients that regularly taking drugs that affect vitamin B absorption, including colchicine, neomycin, salicylate.
- 9. Has severe visual or auditory problems
- 10. Alcohol or drug dependent (alcohol dependent: drank more than 100 mL of Chinese liqueur with alcohol concentration over 40% everyday for the past 3 months).
- 11. Patients that are already admitted for this study can not be admitted the second time, no matter the cause of surgery
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: VB12+FA
Patients will receive oral supplementation of 0.5mg methylcobalamin, 3/day and 5 mg folic acid, 1/day for 7 days before non-cardiac surgery.
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methylcobalamin tablets, 0.5mg/tablet, 3 tablets/day.
Other Names:
folic acid tablets, 5mg/tablet, 1 tablet/day
Other Names:
patients elective for non-cardiac surgery will undergo scheduled surgery after 7 days of intervention
participants will accept Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), ADL, and NPB test before intervention, and NPB by discharge or similar time intermittent after the first assessment for non-surgical controls.
Also ADL will be tested again through telephone interview at 3 months after discharge.
Other Names:
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Patients with receive oral tablets of placebo for folic acid 1/d and placebo for methylcobalamin 3/d, which look exactly like the interventional drugs as oral supplementation for 7 days before non-cardiac surgery.
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patients elective for non-cardiac surgery will undergo scheduled surgery after 7 days of intervention
participants will accept Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), ADL, and NPB test before intervention, and NPB by discharge or similar time intermittent after the first assessment for non-surgical controls.
Also ADL will be tested again through telephone interview at 3 months after discharge.
Other Names:
orange tablets that looks exactly like methylcobalamin
yellow tablets that looks exactly like folic acid
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Other: Non-surgical controls
Age and sex-matched community elderly people are included for two sessions of NPB test evaluation for calculation of POCD incidence as normal control to in Z value calculation of POCd incidence to rule out learning effect.
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participants will accept Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), ADL, and NPB test before intervention, and NPB by discharge or similar time intermittent after the first assessment for non-surgical controls.
Also ADL will be tested again through telephone interview at 3 months after discharge.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Incidence of POCD at discharge or 7 days after operation
Time Frame: at discharge or at 7 days after operation if the patient is not discharged by then
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POCD incidence is defined as two or more test of the neuropsychological battery declined as compared to preoperative baseline.
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at discharge or at 7 days after operation if the patient is not discharged by then
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Activity daily living score
Time Frame: 3 months after operation
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Telephone interview of activity daily living score (14 items, 1-4 points per item, ranging 14-56 points with 56 being the worst-unable to complete any task of everyday living.)
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3 months after operation
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Serum level of vitamin B12, folic acid and homocysteine
Time Frame: Immediately before anesthesia, immediately after surgery and on the morning of postoperative day 1
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Ten ml of venous blood will be collected from patients to test the differences of serum levels of vitamin B12, folic acid and homocysteine to show the effect of preoperative supplementation and surgery stimulation on these parameters.
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Immediately before anesthesia, immediately after surgery and on the morning of postoperative day 1
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Serum level of cystatin C and myeloid differentiation protein 2
Time Frame: Immediately before anesthesia, immediately after surgery and on the morning of postoperative day 1
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Ten ml of venous blood will be collected from patients to test the differences of serum levels of cystatin C and myeloid differentiation protein 2.
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Immediately before anesthesia, immediately after surgery and on the morning of postoperative day 1
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Length of hospital stay
Time Frame: Date from hospital admission to hospital discharge. This length is usually around 7-14 days. It may be longer if the patient have one or more complications. The length will be documented at patient discharge, up to 100 weeks.
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to see if our intervention could reduce the total days of patient spent in hospital,
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Date from hospital admission to hospital discharge. This length is usually around 7-14 days. It may be longer if the patient have one or more complications. The length will be documented at patient discharge, up to 100 weeks.
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Incidence of in hospital complications
Time Frame: From date of hospital admission to date of hospital discharge after surgery. Usually 7-14 days, assessed up to 100 weeks.
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Overall rate of perioperative major complications including hemorrhage, deep vein thrombosis, cardiovascular complications, respiratory complications, acute kidney injury, infection or second operative needed, during patient's hospital stay.
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From date of hospital admission to date of hospital discharge after surgery. Usually 7-14 days, assessed up to 100 weeks.
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Study Chair: Lize Xiong, M.D., Ph.D., Xijing Hospital
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Other Study ID Numbers
- KY20172057-1
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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