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General Anesthesia Versus Awake Surgery in Resection of Gliomas and Metastases of Motor Areas

Not Applicable
Suspended
Conditions
Gliomas Benign
Metastases to Brain
Glioma, Malignant
Interventions
Procedure: Tumor resection in awake patient
Procedure: Tumor resection in asleep patient
Registration Number
NCT05485038
Lead Sponsor
Sklifosovsky Institute of Emergency Care
Brief Summary

Objective of the study is to determine whether resection of gliomas and metastases of motor areas using awake surgery can achieve rarer motor deterioration after operation than using general anesthesia.

Detailed Description

Awake surgery is usually used for tumor resection located in language areas. But patient's awakening during removal of mass lesions from motor areas can give additional opportunities. Besides checking of muscle contractions and integrity of motor fibers a surgeon in awake patient can assess planning of movements, praxis, visual feedback and vestibular processing of motions. Preserving of voluntary movements can be an additional proof that cortical motor centers and corticospinal tract were not damaged. At the moment there are no published results of randomized trials showing advantage of awake surgery in removal of mass lesions from motor brain areas.

Objective of the study is to determine whether resection of gliomas and metastases of motor areas using awake surgery can achieve rarer motor deterioration after operation than using general anesthesia.

Participants of the study will be randomly operated using awake surgery or general anesthesia. In both groups intraoperative neuromonitoring will be used. Dynamics of motor functions will be assessed before and after surgery by blinded neurologists.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
SUSPENDED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
72
Inclusion Criteria
  • single gliomas without contrast enhancement in preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (presumed low-grade gliomas)
  • single gliomas with contrast enhancement in preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (presumed high-grade gliomas)
  • one or several brain metastases from any cancer
  • location near primary motor area or corticospinal tract
  • newly diagnosed
  • Karnofsky Performance Status 60-100%
  • muscle strength in assessed limbs 3-5 points in Medical Research Council scale
  • age 18-69 years
  • body mass index 29 and less
  • hemoglobin 110 and more
  • platelets 100 and more
  • international normalized ratio less than 2,0
  • presumed blood loss no more than 8-10 percents of circulating blood volume (no more than 450-650 milliliters)
Exclusion Criteria
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • persistent smoker (smoking index 11 and more)
  • major comorbidities
  • implanted pacemaker
  • inability to perform intraoperative tests before surgery
  • severe aphasia
  • psychiatric disorders
  • barely controlled seizures
  • contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging
  • previously performed brain radiotherapy
  • pregnancy
  • breast feeding

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Awake surgeryTumor resection in awake patientCritical steps of brain mapping and tumor removal will be performed in awake patient
General anesthesiaTumor resection in asleep patientBrain mapping and tumor removal will be performed in asleep patient
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Composite event of deterioration of early motor function, severe disturbance of consciousness or death from any causewithin 10 days after surgery

Motor function is assessed in Medical Research Council scale and is compared before and after surgery, deterioration of motor function means decline of 1 grade or more; level of consciousness is assessed in Glasgow Coma scale, it's severe disturbance means decline to 9 points or less

Dynamics of early motor function (in grades)within 10 days after surgery

Early motor function is assessed in Medical Research Council scale and is compared before and after surgery

Dynamics of late motor function (in grades)in 3 months after surgery

Late motor function is assessed in Medical Research Council scale and is compared before and in 3 months after surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Duration of hospital stay (in days)From admission to the hospital till hospital discharge, up to 365 days

How long patient was treated in the hospital from admission till discharge

Repeated hospital admission (Yes or No)within 3 months after surgery

Whether repeated hospital admissions were required due to postoperative complications

Composite event of deterioration of early speech, severe disturbance of consciousness or death from any causewithin 10 days after surgery

Speech function is assessed in Hendrix scale (2017) and is compared before and after surgery, deterioration of speech function means decline of 1 grade or more; level of consciousness is assessed in Glasgow Coma scale, it's severe depressing means decline to 9 points or less

Early speech function (in grades)within 10 days after surgery

Early speech function is assessed in Hendrix scale (2017)

Early Karnofsky performance status (in percents)within 10 days after surgery

Assesses patients' possibilities to self-service in Karnofsky Performance Status scale

Duration of surgery (in minutes)Intraoperatively

Duration of surgery from skin incision till last skin suture

Cerebral complicationswithin 3 months after surgery

Which cerebral complications arose after surgery

Somatic complicationsFrom admission to intensive care unit after surgery till hospital discharge, up to 365 days

Which somatic disorders arose after surgery

Extent of resection (in percents)within 48 hours after surgery

Extent of resection = (preoperative tumor volume - postoperative tumor volume) / preoperative tumor volume x 100

Gross total resection (Yes or No)within 48 hours after surgery

Absence of tumor tissue in postoperative magnetic resonance imaging

Intraoperative blood loss (in milliliters)Intraoperatively

Blood loss from skin incision till last skin suture

Duration of stay in intensive care unit (in days)From admission to intensive care unit after surgery till transfer to neurosurgical unit, up to 365 days

How long patient was treated in intensive care unit

Late speech function (in grades)in 3 months after surgery

Late speech function is assessed in Hendrix scale (2017)

Late Karnofsky performance status (in percents)in 3 months after surgery

Assessment of patients' possibilities to self-service in Karnofsky Performance Status scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sklifosovsky Institute of Emergency Care

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Moscow, Russian Federation

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