The PATHFINDER Study: A Feasibility Trial (PATHFINDER)

January 27, 2021 updated by: Balachundhar Subramaniam, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Perioperative Multimodal General Anesthesia Focusing on Specific CNS Targets in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgeries

The main purpose of this study is to determine whether a rational strategy of EEG guided multimodal general anesthesia using target specific sedative and analgesics could result in enhanced recovery after anesthesia and surgery, decrease in postoperative delirium, and decrease in long term postoperative cognitive dysfunction up to 6 months following cardiac surgery.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The main purpose of this study is to determine whether a rational strategy of EEG guided multimodal general anesthesia using target specific sedative and analgesics could result in enhanced recovery after anesthesia and surgery, decrease in postoperative delirium, and decrease in long term postoperative cognitive dysfunction up to 6 months following cardiac surgery.

Specific Aim 1: The feasibility of implementing multimodal general anesthesia strategy in the Operating Rooms (OR) Specific Aim 2: The feasibility of implementing EEG guided sedation until extubation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Specific Aim 3: The enhancement of recovery after surgery (shorter ventilation time, ICU stay, hospital length of stay) Specific Aim 4: To estimate the effect size of decrease in postoperative day (POD) and postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) to power future large randomized trials

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

22

Phase

  • Early Phase 1

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

  • United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
        • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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

60 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age ≥ 60 years
  2. Undergoing any of the following types of surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass limited to coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), CABG+valve surgeries and isolated valve surgeries.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) <30%
  2. Emergent surgery
  3. Non-English speaking
  4. Cognitive impairment as defined by total MoCA score < 10
  5. Currently enrolled in another interventional study that could impact the primary outcome, as determined by the PI
  6. Significant visual impairment
  7. Chronic opioid use for chronic pain conditions with tolerance (total dose of an opioid at or more than 30 mg morphine equivalent for more than one month within the past year)
  8. Hypersensitivity to any of the study medications
  9. Known history of alcohol (> 2 drinks per day) or drug abuse Active (in the past year) history of alcohol abuse (≥5 drinks/day for men or ≥4 drinks/day for women) as determined by reviewing medical record and history given by the patient
  10. Liver dysfunction (liver enzymes > 4 times the baseline, all patients will have a baseline liver function test evaluation), history and examination suggestive of jaundice.

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

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Multimodal General Anesthesia

Intraoperative

The anesthesiologists involved in this study will be trained to infer differences in anti-nociception, unconsciousness movement and changes during other perioperative events by monitoring EEG. They will also be trained in titrating hypnotic and nociceptic medications based on changes in EEG.

  1. Routine anesthetic induction
  2. Bilateral Pectoro-interfascial block (PIFB) with 20 mL of 0.25% ropivacaine on either side of the sternum after anesthetic induction but before surgical incision
  3. Ketamine (0.06 to 0.12 mg.kg/hr)
  4. Remifentanil (0.05-0.2 mcg/kg/min)
  5. Dexmedetomidine (0.2-1.0 mcg/kg/hr)
  6. Rocuronium intermittent bolus (TOF)
  7. Propofol infusion ± Sevoflurane titrated based on EEG monitoring

Postoperative

  1. Standard pain management protocol
  2. Dexmedetomidine infusion 0.2-1.4 mcg/kg/hr (EEG guided)
  3. Infusion continued till extubation
  4. Propofol infusion may be added/used for sedation based on the treating physician's discretion
Drug: Ketamine
Intraoperative infusion
Drug: Remifentanil
Intraoperative infusion
Drug: Dexmedetomidine
Intraoperative infusion
Drug: Rocuronium
Intraoperative intermittent bolus
Drug: Propofol
Intraoperative infusion
Drug: Ropivacaine
Intraoperative bilateral PIFB block with 20 mL of 0.25% Ropivicaine on either side of the sternum after anesthetic induction but before surgical incision
Drug: Sevoflurane
Intraoperative inhaled as needed
Drug: Dexmedetomidine
Post-operative infusion
Drug: Propofol
Post-operative infusion
Device: EEG monitoring
Perioperative monitoring
Other: Standard Practice with EEG monitoring
The initial 2 patients will receive standard anesthesia practice and perioperative EEG monitoring will be recorded to learn the patterns associated with our standard practice.
Device: EEG monitoring
Perioperative monitoring

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Incidence of Delirium
Time Frame: Participants will be followed for the duration of the hospital stay, an average of 5 days
Incidence of delirium will be analyzed in patients treated with the multi-modal approach. Delirium will be defined as an acute change in pre-operative baseline condition with additional features of inattention and either disorganized thinking and altered loss of consciousness, as defined by the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM)Assessment Method (CAM) algorithm postoperatively until discharge.
Participants will be followed for the duration of the hospital stay, an average of 5 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Time to extubation
Time Frame: Time of ICU admission until time of extubation in ICU, an average of 6 hours
Time to extubation will be noted from ICU data
Time of ICU admission until time of extubation in ICU, an average of 6 hours
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
Time Frame: On the day of discharge, an average of 6 days
MoCA scores (total possible score is 30 points; a score of 26 or above is considered normal) at discharge will be reported in order to assess the occurrence of postoperative cognitive decline. Study staff trained in administering the assessments will collect the data.
On the day of discharge, an average of 6 days
Pain scores
Time Frame: At 4-8 hourly intervals every day until discharge, an average of 6 days
Patient reported pain scores on a scale from 0-10 (0 no pain,10 extreme pain), until discharge for the index admission.
At 4-8 hourly intervals every day until discharge, an average of 6 days
Total opioid and supplemental analgesic consumption
Time Frame: 48 hours, post-operative
The total opioid dosage and supplemental analgesic dosage received in the first 48 hours postoperatively will be abstracted from the medical record.
48 hours, post-operative
ICU
Time Frame: Time of ICU admission until time of discharge to hospital floor; through the hospital stay, an average of 5 days
Total duration of stay in ICU for the index admission
Time of ICU admission until time of discharge to hospital floor; through the hospital stay, an average of 5 days
ICU/hospital length of stay
Time Frame: Time of stay in the hospital until discharge to floor or rehab, an average of 5 days
Their stay in the hospital for the index admission
Time of stay in the hospital until discharge to floor or rehab, an average of 5 days
In-hospital complications
Time Frame: 7 days post-op on an average
stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), acute kidney injury, pneumonia, reintubation, congestive heart failure, sepsis, reopening of sternum and all-cause mortality
7 days post-op on an average
Follow up incidence of delirium
Time Frame: Patients will be assessed for delirium at 1 month and 6 months following the date of surgery
The follow up incidence of delirium will be analyzed at 1 month and 6 months after discharge. Delirium will be defined as an acute change in pre-operative baseline condition with additional features of inattention and either disorganized thinking and altered loss of consciousness, as defined by the MoCA/t-MoCA.
Patients will be assessed for delirium at 1 month and 6 months following the date of surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 20, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 19, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

July 7, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 9, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 10, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

July 11, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 28, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 27, 2021

Last Verified

January 1, 2021

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2019P000407

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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