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BRAIN-targeted Goal-directed Therapy in High-risk Patients undeRgOing Major electIve SurgEry: the BRAIN-PROMISE Study

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Surgery
Perioperative Complication
Interventions
Device: Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)
Device: Standard Care
Registration Number
NCT04266574
Lead Sponsor
Istituto Clinico Humanitas
Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to further understand whether the use of non-invasive monitoring NIRS (Near Infrared Spectroscopy) is useful in reducing postoperative complications in high-risk patients undergoing elective surgery.

Detailed Description

Background:

Perioperative complications lead to impaired quality of life as well as prolonged disability. In high risk patients, early hemodynamic optimization with the goal of achieving and maintaining tissue oxygenation in the perioperative period has resulted in an improvement of outcomes and a reduction in surgery-related complications. Maintenance of adequate oxygen delivery to tissue, is one of the fundamental aspects of anesthesia. Regional Oxygen Saturation of the brain tissue (rSO2) as measured by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a promising tool in vascular surgery and cardiac surgery for the monitoring of global cerebral perfusion.

Objectives:

This study has the purpose to assess whether an rSO2-based hemodynamic optimization algorithm is able to reduce overall perioperative complications in high risk patients.

Design:

BRAIN-PROMISE is a monocentric, randomized controlled trial.

Population:

Hypertensive elderly or frail patients undergoing major surgery.

Experimental Intervention:

Cases will be managed using a NIRS-targeted goal directed therapy.

Control Intervention:

Controls will be managed according to standard care.

Outcomes:

The primary outcome are the incidence of perioperative complications at 30 days and the percentage of successful reversal of reduction in NIRS.

Trial size:

A total of 200 patients will be randomized.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  • hypertensive patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score≥ 2 with either Age ≥ 65 years or frailty score ≥5
  • presence of an arterial catheter during anesthesia
  • planned high-risk surgery (abdominal, vascular, urologic, thoracic one-lung ventilation (OLV) procedures), longer than 60 minutes, in general anesthesia
  • ability to give informed consent according to International Conference on Harmonization ICH/ Good Clinical Practice (GCP), and national/local regulations
Exclusion Criteria
  • Unable to consent to study inclusion
  • Language barrier
  • Severe neurological or psychiatric disease
  • End-stage dementia
  • Total Intravenous anesthesia
  • No use of hypertensive medication at home.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)-
Standard CareStandard Care-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of successful reversal of reduction in NIRS, according to the hemodynamic optimization protocol.intraoperative
The overall incidence of perioperative complications (including postoperative cognitive dysfunction and delirium).30 day after randomization
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of time with NIRS within safety limits (<10% reduction)intraoperative
NIRS variations over time, and according to interventionsintraoperative
sevorane concentration over timeintraoperative
Evaluate fluid administrationintraoperative
Mean arterial pressure (MAP) over timeintraoperative
Use of vasopressors and fluids to maintain MAPintraoperative
Bispectral index (BIS) over timeintraoperative

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Humanitas Research Hospital

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Rozzano, Milan, Italy

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