Dexmedetomidine Alleviates Postoperative Delirium After Brain Tumor Resections

Sponsor
Beijing Tiantan Hospital (Other)
Overall Status
Completed
CT.gov ID
NCT04674241
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common complication, and the incidence rate is about 25% in non cardiac surgery. Previous studies have reported that the total incidence of neurological pod ranged from 10% to 22%. Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is an a-2 adrenergic agonist for sedation. This kind of drug has little effect on respiratory function, is easy to wake up and has analgesic effect. It is a commonly used perioperative adjuvant drug. However, for neurosurgical patients with brain tumors, the role of DEX in POD is not clear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of DEX on POD in neurosurgical brain tumor surgery.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Actual Enrollment :
260 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Masking:
Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose:
Prevention
Official Title:
Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Postoperative Delirium in Patients Undergoing Brain Tumor Resections: a Randomized Controlled Study
Actual Study Start Date :
Jan 18, 2021
Actual Primary Completion Date :
Dec 31, 2021
Actual Study Completion Date :
Jan 28, 2022

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Active Comparator: DEX group

The DEX group will receives dexmedetomidine intraoperative.

Drug: Dexmedetomidine
Ten minutes after anesthesia induction and endotracheal intubation, patients assigned to dexmedetomidine group were given a loading dose of dexmedetomidine 0.6 μg/kg over 10 minutes, followed by continuous infusion at a rate of 0.4 μg/kg/h until the start of dural closure.

Placebo Comparator: Placebo group

The placebo group will receives 0.9% saline intraoperative.

Drug: 0.9% saline
0.9% saline is administered with the same volume at the same speed as the other group.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. The incidence of postoperative delirium [postoperative 5 day]

    Postoperative delirium is assessed by the combination of the Richmond Anxiety Scale (RASS) and the Confusion assessment method for intensive care unit (CAM-ICU) or the 3-minute diagnostic interview for CAM (3D-CAM) as applicable. Delirium consists of four main characteristics: acute onset of a change in mental status or a fluctuating level of consciousness, inattention, disorganized thinking and an altered level of consciousness. The patient was diagnosed as delirious if both the first and second features were present, and either the third or fourth was present. In the ICU, the delirium assessment was performed in two steps. The arousal level was first assessed by RASS. If the patient was not responsive to verbal stimuli (i.e. RASS score ≤-4), the remaining delirium assessment was aborted, and the patient was recorded as comatose. When the RASS score was greater than or equal to 3, delirium was evaluated using the CAM-ICU. Patients in general ward were evaluated by 3D-CAM.

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Pain score [within 5 days after surgery]

    Numerical Rating Scales, ranging from 0 to 10 points, with 10 representing the worst imaginable pain.

  2. Sleep quality [within 3 days after surgery]

    Quality of sleep was assessed by the Richards Campbell sleep questionnaire (RCSQ) and with a 0-100-mm visual analog scale, with higher scores indicating better sleep quality.

  3. Quality of recovery from surgery [1 day after surgery]

    Postoperative quality of recovery was assessed through the Quality of Recovery 15 item

  4. Intraoperative cardiovascular event. [From the study drug infusion to the end of surgery.]

    Including: hypotension was defined as systolic blood pressure <95 mm Hg or less than 30% below baseline; hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure > 180 mm Hg or more than 30% above baseline; bradycardia was defined by heart rate <40 bpm, and tachycardia was defined by heart rate >100 bpm.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Patients undergoing selective frontotemporal tumor resection.

  • Age ≥18 years.

  • Obtain written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:
  • Refusal to provide written informed consent.

  • Preoperative severe cognitive impairment (mini-mental state examination, MMSE ≤ 20).

  • Allergic to the study drug.

  • History of psychotropic drugs within past 30 days.

  • Pregnant or lactating women.

  • History of traumatic brain injury or neurosurgery.

  • Severe bradycardia (heart rate less than 40 beats per minute), sick sinus syndrome or second-to-third degree atrioventricular block.

  • Severe hepatic or renal dysfunction.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Beijing TianTan Hospital,Capital Medical University Beijing Beijing,China China 100070
2 PLA General Hospital Beijing China 100853

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Beijing Tiantan Hospital

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Yu Ming Peng, MD,Ph.D, Beijing Tian Tan Hospital

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.
Responsible Party:
Yuming Peng, Deputy chief of Department of Anethesiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT04674241
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • ChiECRCT20200436
First Posted:
Dec 19, 2020
Last Update Posted:
Apr 4, 2022
Last Verified:
Mar 1, 2022
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
No
Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 4, 2022