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A randomised controlled trial to compare normoxic versus standard cardiopulmonary bypass in cyanotic children undergoing cardiac surgery

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Children with a congenital heart defect which results in cyanosis and which are amenable to surgical repair
Surgery
Congenital malformations of cardiac chambers and connections
Registration Number
ISRCTN81773762
Lead Sponsor
niversity Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Brief Summary

2009 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19577081

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria

Current inclusion criteria as of 08/03/2013:
1. Cyanotic children undergoing operations to repair or palliate a heart defect
2. Children must be =1 month old to be eligible for all the neurocognitive assessments. Children <1 month old are eligible only for the 3 and 12 month post-operative neurocognitive assessments

Previous inclusion criteria until 08/03/2013:
1. Cyanotic children undergoing operations to repair or palliate a heart defect
2. Children aged >= 1 month of age

Previous inclusion criteria until 26/07/2012:
1. Cyanotic children (both males and females) undergoing operations to repair a heart defect
2. Children aged >= 1 month of age

Exclusion Criteria

Current exclusion criteria as of 08/03/2013:
1. Children with a preoperative diagnosis of Down?s syndrome or other developmental disorders are excluded from the neurocognitive assessments as part of the trial, but may be included in the main study
2. Emergency operations
3. Children requiring cardiovascular and/or respiratory support prior to study entry

Previous exclusion criteria until 08/03/2013:
1. Children with a preoperative diagnosis of Down's syndrome or other developmental disorders are excluded from the neurocognitive assessments as part of the trial, but may be included in the main study
2. Emergency operations
3. Patients undergoing arterial switch procedure
4. Neonatal patients (<1 month old)

Previous exclusion criteria as of 26/07/2012:
1. Preoperative diagnosis of Down's syndrome or other developmental disorders

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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