- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03706989
Predicting Postoperative Delirium Using EEG, Genetics and Neurobiomarkers of Cerebral Injury (POD-01)
Predicting Postoperative Delirium Using Intraoperative EEG Alpha Wave Analysis, APOE Genotyping and NfL as a Biomarker of Cerebral Injury
The overall goal of this research project is to elucidate underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of postoperative delirium (POD) and to specifically validate perioperative predictive factors that will help in indentifying patients at higher risk of developing POD.
- The main objective is to evaluate whether intraoperative frontal alpha power in unprocessed electroencephalogram (EEG), under general anesthesia, is associated with the occurrence of POD, and whether specific patterns worrelate with the patient's preoperative cognitive status.
- As apolipoprotein E (APOE) polymorphism has been shown to be a risk factor of POD, we will specifically analyze whether patients who are APOEe4 carriers present different intraoperative EEG patterns in terms of anteriorization of the alpha frequency band under general anesthesia, and investigate whether the APOEe4 carriers are at higher risk of POD.
- In this research project, we will also analyze the perioperative kinetics of serum neurofilament light chain protein (NfL), a biomarker of neuronal injury. We will specifically analyze whether preoperative, as well as postoperative serum NfL levels are higher in patients presenting POD, compared to those who do not experience POD. This will allow studying whether neuronal damage may be involved in the pathogenesis of POD.
Study Overview
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Detailed Description
POD is defined as a "fluctuating disturbance in attention that represents an acute change from baseline, accompanied by disturbed cognition or perception, and not due to a pre-existing neurocognitive disorder or occurring in the context of a severely reduced arousal level". Depending on the type of surgery and the studied population, it can occur in 20 to 45% of the older patients. POD is a burden to the health care providers. Indeed, it is strongly associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The pathophysiology of POD is multifactorial and not yet completely elucidated. The aging brain is more vulnerable to the development of POD. However, more than the chronological age, the patient's overall vulnerability and their preexisting cognitive status are indicators of their ability to cope with these perioperative stressors. Indeed, the patient's cognitive status is a leading cause of POD and models predicting POD show poor accuracy because they do not take into account the patient's preoperative cognitive status. Preoperative neurocognitive assessment could be performed but these tests are time-consuming and subject to various influencing factors. Hence, objective tools are required to distinguish patients with preoperative cognitive impairment.
First hypothesis: The presence of a specific intraoperative EEG signal pattern may provide a tool for such identification of patients with underlying preoperative cognitive frailty. Commonly used anesthestic agents for induction and maintaining general anesthesia (e.g. sevoflurane or propofol) provide a typical electroencephalographic pattern with slow/delta and alpha oscillations, predominantly in the frontal cerebral cortex. More specifically, alpha oscillations actually originate from parieto-occipital sites in awake patients and migrate towards frontal regions after the induction of anesthesia. This phenomenon is called the "anteriorization" of the alpha frequency band. Besides, amongst all EEG frequencies, the contribution of alpha oscillations to the global tracing evolve throughout adulthood : the alpha power tends to decrease with age, and this decrease is more pronounced in the presence of underlying cognitive disorder (e.g. mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease). More importantly, it has been demonstrated that a lower frontal alpha band anteriorization during general anesthesia is associated with lower preoperative cognitive scores. Moreover, these patients might be at higher risk of intraoperative EEG suppression in case of an overdose of anesthetics or, even often, despite a lower dose of anesthetics. In this regard, the presence and the power of frontal alpha oscillations under general anesthesia may be indicators of the patient's preoperative cognitive status and may therefore predict the risk of developing POD.
Second hypothesis: Genetic studies have demonstrated a correlation between specific genotypes and the risk of cognitive decline. APOEe4 genotype is a known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), and has been shown to be also a risk factor of POD. However, APOEe4 allele is neither necessary nor exclusive to develop AD, and this may also hold true for POD, as this late hypothesis has been rejected in other previous studies. Otherwise, few studies have looked at some EEG particularities according to APOEe4 genotyping, in AD patients and control subjects. Unfortunately, their results regarding the presence of the e4 allele and associated EEG abnormalities are conflicting. To date, no study has related APOE genotyping and intraoperative EEG patterns under general anesthesia.
Third hypothesis: In addition to perioperative episodes of cerebral hypoxia and/or hypoperfusion and neuroinflammation, pathophysiological mechanisms of POD also include a potential direct insult to the brain, induced by both anesthesia and surgery. Yet, the ideal biomarker, highly sensitive for brain injury, as well as highly specific for neuronal tissue remains to be identified. Indeed, the release of such proteins after a neuronal injury can ensue from many levels and some of them have extracranial sources. These sources may therefore influence the observed results. As a conseuquence, in clinical practice, none of the currently evaluated neurobiomarkers (e.g. interleukins, Neuron Specific Enolase, S100 calcium-binding protein B) has emerged as a reliable diagnostic and/or prognostic tool for assessing postoperative neurological complications. Recently, much focus has been given to neurofilaments, as this group of proteins is part of the scaffolding of axons and is exclusively expressed in neuronal tissue. As a consequence, abnormally high levels of neurofilaments in extracellular fluids, such as cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) or serum, correspond specifically to neuronal cell damage, which represents a significant advantage compared to other biomarkers previously tested. Among the three subunits of neurofilament, neurofilament light (NfL) subunit has been shown to be promising. High levels of NfL have been found in a large range of neurodegenerative disorders, but also in acute events such as traumatic brain injury and stroke. Since it has been possible to measure NfL in serum, obviating the need for cerebrospinal fluid samples, their analysis in the perioperative period has been facilitated. Indeed, serum NfL levels have been recently investigated in the perioperative period in various surgical patient populations. These studies provide us information about the kinetics of perioperative NfL release but they show conflicting results regarding a potential correlation between high perioperative NfL levels and the occurrence of POD.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Brussels, Belgium, 1200
- Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- patients who undergo elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Exclusion Criteria:
- non-French speaking patients
- hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass
- second (or more) cardiac intervention
- endocarditis
- preoperative delirium
- psychiatric disorders
- uncompleted preoperative neurocognitive tests
- preoperative anti-epileptic treatment
- chronic ethylism
- terminal kidney insufficiency with dialyses
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: EEG for cardiac surgery patients
Patients who undergo elective cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass, from 18 to >75 years old.
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EEG samples will be recorded before and during the cardiac surgery in order to perform spectral and coherence analyses
APOE genotyping will be performed for each patient
5 perioperative blood samples will be taken to measure the evolution of NfL in the serum (before and until postoperative day 5)
Each patient will benefit from a complete neurocognitive evaluation before surgery (battery of validated cognitive tests)
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
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Postoperative delirium (POD)
Time Frame: from postoperative awakening in ICU until discharge from the hospital (assessed up to 7 days postoperatively)
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Development of POD after cardiac surgery (using CAM, CAM-ICU, flow chart review)
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from postoperative awakening in ICU until discharge from the hospital (assessed up to 7 days postoperatively)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
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Length of stay
Time Frame: Up to one month
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Length of stay in the Intensive Care Unit and in hospital
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Up to one month
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Postoperative cognitive dysfunction
Time Frame: 6 months after surgery
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Brief cognitive evaluation by phone (TICS)
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6 months after surgery
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Mona Momeni, MD, PhD, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, UCL
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Giattino CM, Gardner JE, Sbahi FM, Roberts KC, Cooter M, Moretti E, Browndyke JN, Mathew JP, Woldorff MG, Berger M; MADCO-PC Investigators. Intraoperative Frontal Alpha-Band Power Correlates with Preoperative Neurocognitive Function in Older Adults. Front Syst Neurosci. 2017 May 8;11:24. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00024. eCollection 2017.
- Brown EN, Purdon PL. The aging brain and anesthesia. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2013 Aug;26(4):414-9. doi: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328362d183.
- de Waal H, Stam CJ, de Haan W, van Straaten EC, Blankenstein MA, Scheltens P, van der Flier WM. Alzheimer's disease patients not carrying the apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele show more severe slowing of oscillatory brain activity. Neurobiol Aging. 2013 Sep;34(9):2158-63. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.03.007. Epub 2013 Apr 12.
- Vasunilashorn S, Ngo L, Kosar CM, Fong TG, Jones RN, Inouye SK, Marcantonio ER. Does Apolipoprotein E Genotype Increase Risk of Postoperative Delirium? Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2015 Oct;23(10):1029-1037. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.12.192. Epub 2015 May 21.
- Evered L, Silbert B, Scott DA, Zetterberg H, Blennow K. Association of Changes in Plasma Neurofilament Light and Tau Levels With Anesthesia and Surgery: Results From the CAPACITY and ARCADIAN Studies. JAMA Neurol. 2018 May 1;75(5):542-547. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.4913.
- Halaas NB, Blennow K, Idland AV, Wyller TB, Raeder J, Frihagen F, Staff AC, Zetterberg H, Watne LO. Neurofilament Light in Serum and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Hip Fracture Patients with Delirium. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2018;46(5-6):346-357. doi: 10.1159/000494754. Epub 2018 Dec 6.
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Other Study ID Numbers
- 2018/20SEP/350
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