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2024-10-26 @ 3:01 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT05911139
Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Last Update Posted:
2023-06-23
First Post:
2023-06-12
Brief Title:
Influence of General Anesthesia on the Dynamic Changes in Brain Damage Markers During and After Craniosynostosis Operations in Infancy
Sponsor:
Comenius University
Organization:
Comenius University
Study Overview
Official Title:
Influence of General Anesthesia on the Dynamic Changes in Brain Damage Markers During and After Craniosynostosis Operations in Infancy
Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Status Verified Date:
2023-06
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
TAnBrainDam
Brief Summary:
The issue of anesthetics neurotoxicity is one of the most discussed topics in pediatric anesthesiology thus it opens the question of the safety of commonly used anesthetics in the pediatric patient Preclinical studies have shown that anesthetics can have a toxic effect on the maturing brain of pups and cause cognitive impairment In human medicine the influence of anesthetics is studied by monitoring the psychomotor development of children who have undergone surgery under general anesthesia Some work deals with laboratory evidence of brain damage due to general anesthesia but none of the work deals with the observation of markers of brain damage in infants The aim of this work is to examine the dynamics of changes in the concentrations of selected markers of brain damage in craniosynostosis operations under general anesthesia in infants in order to optimize perioperative management and the correct timing of surgery
Detailed Description:
More than twenty years ago experimental work found that anesthetics can be toxic to the maturing brain of animal pups and cause cognitive impairment Ikonomidou 1999 The presented evidence suggested that the action of commonly used anesthetics triggers biochemical and morphological changes in immature neurons which ultimately lead to their extinction Creeley 2013 Liu 2012 Brambrink 2010 Recent clinical studies have shown that general anesthesia can also have a negative effect on a childs cognitive functions DiMaggio 2017 Bong 2013 Naumann 2012 Flick 2011 In another published study it was found that the effect of general anesthesia in younger children leads to a more significant increase in markers of brain damage neuron-specific enolase NSE and S100B protein S100B compared to older children Stojanovic Stipic 2017 It has also been shown that the level of neurofilament light chain NfL a biomarker of axonal damage found in wide variety of neurological disorders Khalil 2018 is increased in adult patients blood after anesthesia Evered 2018 Knowing the dynamics of brain damage markers can help optimize perioperative management and consideration of postponing the consider postponing surgery until later in childhood
The aim of the submitted project is
1 To determine the dynamic changes in the concentration of selected markers of brain damage NSE S100B and NfL during inhalation anesthesia in infants
2 To determine the dynamic changes in the concentration of these markers depending on
A age of the child B duration of general anesthesia C type of operation open cranioplasty versus endoscopic cranioplasty
3 Assessment of psychomotor development in the preoperative and postoperative period with an interval of 1 year after the operation and in the 36th month of the childs life
4 Analysis of the relationship between changes in psychomotor development and changes in the concentration of brain damage markers
5 Publication and implementation of the results into clinical practice
Main benefit
1 Optimization of surgical treatment of craniosynostosis with regard to minimizing the neurotoxic effect of anesthesia
Secondary benefits
2 Determining the dynamics of changes in the values of selected markers of brain damage under general anesthesia in craniosynostosis operations Monitoring the relationship of selected parameters length of anesthesia patient age weight sex type of surgical correction endoscopic vs open type of craniosynostosis blood loss correction and side reactions to changes in brain damage markers NSE S100B and NfL
Despite the fact that the investigators do not yet have clear results of the study or a clear consensus of professional societies the investigators assume that general anesthesia especially repeated or long-term can affect the maturing central nervous system of the child The assumption is that due to the vulnerability of the brain the increase in markers will be higher in the younger age of the child endoscopic cranioplasty European anesthesia societies do not share the FDAs full view They mainly disagree with the insufficiently substantiated determination of the age limit of 3 years and the duration of general anesthesia of more than 3 hours as a risk factor increasing the incidence of neurotoxic damage To date no work has been published to monitor markers of brain damage in infants under general anesthesia
3 To help in the future specify the optimal perioperative management the method of anesthesia and the appropriate timing of the surgical procedure in order to consider postponing it to a later age of the child and at the same time to avoid unnecessary postponement of surgical procedures
Description of the work plan
1 Patient recruitment preoperative preparation
Prospective recruitment of patients indicated for surgical treatment of single-stage craniosynostoses at National Institute of children diseases NICHD Bratislava Surgical treatment will be performed according to conventional indications endoscopic correction in patients under 6 months of age open correction in patients older than 6 months Estimated number of operated patients 15 during 1 year
Each child will be examined by a neurologist before and after the operation the childs psychomotor development will be examined preoperatively Bayley scale - Bayley III
Children with ASA 1 - 2 ASA Physical Status Classification System without neurological deficit without associated diseases will be included in the group The childs parents will sign the informed consent
2 Surgical performance under general anesthesia and perioperative marker collection
The operation will be performed by one surgeon and three pediatric anesthesiologists General anesthesia will be inhaled Sevoflurane 02 air opioid
Each patient will have recorded monitoring parameters length of anesthesia patients age weight sex type of surgical correction endoscopic vs open type of craniostenosis perioperative blood loss correction
The concentration of markers of brain damage will be recorded immediately after the start of general anesthesia at the end of anesthesia 48 hours after the end of anesthesia
Postoperative follow-up
Monitoring the relationship between changes in brain damage markers and changes in psychometrical development PMV Bayley scale - Bayley III one year after surgery and at the age of 36 months
Monitoring of the child at the neurosurgical outpatient clinic one month after the operation 6 months after the operation 1 year after the operation at the 36th month of the childs life
In the second and third stages tj in the second and third year of the project
1 Patient recruitment will continue
2 Surgical treatment of craniosynostosis under general anesthesia will continue
3 Follow-up of patients enrolled in the study will continue monitoring the relationship between changes in brain damage markers and changes in psychometrical development PMV Bayley scale one year after surgery and at the age of 36 months
Preoperative examinations will be coordinated by a participating neurosurgeon and anesthesiologist Surgical intervention and perioperative examinations will be coordinated by the participating neurosurgeon
Type of surgery The study will use two surgical techniques endoscopic cranioplasty and open cranioplasty
General anesthesia The operation will be performed under inhalation general anesthesia Sevoflurane O2 air in combination with the opioid Sufentanyl with strict monitoring of the patients vital signs
Perioperative sampling data collection For each patient the patients age weight sex length of anesthesia type of surgical correction endoscopic vs open type of craniosynostosis single suture blood loss correction will be recorded Immediately after the introduction of general anesthesia blood samples will be taken to determine NSE S100B and NfL Sampling will be performed regularly at hourly intervals for a control examination of acid-base balance and ionogram in order to exclude other possible factors that have a negative effect on the central nervous system
Postoperative follow-up
Two postoperative blood samples will be performed to determine NSE S100 and NfL in order to determine the further dynamics of the parameters 1 immediately after the end of anesthesia and 2 48 hours after anesthesia
On the assessment of the childs psychomotor development PMV Bayley III Bayley scale one year after surgery and at the age of 36 months
Postoperative examinations will be coordinated by a participating neurosurgeon Evaluation and publication of results
Blood biomarker levels NSE S100 and NfL evaluated using standard statistical methods
Changes in PMV using the Bayley - III method one year after surgery and at the age of 36 months
Based on the results a recommendation for clinical practice will be developed
Social and other benefits and commercial use of project outputs The social benefits of the project result from its scientific and medical outputs The investigators do not yet have definitive results from clinical trials or a clear consensus of professional anesthesiology societies regarding the possible neurotoxicity of anesthetics but the investigators nevertheless assume that general anesthesia especially long-term anesthesia has a negative effect on a childs developing brain A large number of procedures cannot be postponed but it is really necessary to pay great attention to a thorough indication of the operation or examination under general anesthesia and analgesia When indicating anesthesia it is necessary to keep in mind the fundamental still debated discrepancy between the degree of neurotoxicity of general anesthetics and the possible consequences of insufficient or no analgesia and anesthesia Although recent studies suggest that a single general anesthesia lasting less than 3 hours is unlikely to affect a childs behavior or learning it is really important not to underestimate the issue of neurotoxicity and to consider whether all imaging and surgical procedures under general anesthesia or analgesia it is really necessary to realize it by the age of three Before each anesthesia the investigators should evaluate the benefits of anesthesia against the potential risks especially if the procedures are longer than 3 hours or repeated procedures in children under three years of age The aim of this project is to monitor the dynamics of changes in brain damage markers in infants during surgical procedures when general anesthesia lasts on average longer than 3 hours This is the first project that does not only deal with the observation of psychomotor development of children under the influence of long-term general anesthesia Several aspects of this project have not yet been published and there is a high presumption of obtaining original results
The aim of the submitted project is
1 To determine the dynamic changes in the concentration of selected markers of brain damage NSE S100B and NfL during inhalation anesthesia in infants
2 To determine the dynamic changes in the concentration of these markers depending on
A age of the child B duration of general anesthesia C type of operation open cranioplasty versus endoscopic cranioplasty
3 Assessment of psychomotor development in the preoperative and postoperative period with an interval of 1 year after the operation and in the 36th month of the childs life
4 Analysis of the relationship between changes in psychomotor development and changes in the concentration of brain damage markers
5 Publication and implementation of the results into clinical practice
Main benefit
1 Optimization of surgical treatment of craniosynostosis with regard to minimizing the neurotoxic effect of anesthesia
Secondary benefits
2 Determining the dynamics of changes in the values of selected markers of brain damage under general anesthesia in craniosynostosis operations Monitoring the relationship of selected parameters length of anesthesia patient age weight sex type of surgical correction endoscopic vs open type of craniosynostosis blood loss correction and side reactions to changes in brain damage markers NSE S100B and NfL
Despite the fact that the investigators do not yet have clear results of the study or a clear consensus of professional societies the investigators assume that general anesthesia especially repeated or long-term can affect the maturing central nervous system of the child The assumption is that due to the vulnerability of the brain the increase in markers will be higher in the younger age of the child endoscopic cranioplasty European anesthesia societies do not share the FDAs full view They mainly disagree with the insufficiently substantiated determination of the age limit of 3 years and the duration of general anesthesia of more than 3 hours as a risk factor increasing the incidence of neurotoxic damage To date no work has been published to monitor markers of brain damage in infants under general anesthesia
3 To help in the future specify the optimal perioperative management the method of anesthesia and the appropriate timing of the surgical procedure in order to consider postponing it to a later age of the child and at the same time to avoid unnecessary postponement of surgical procedures
Description of the work plan
1 Patient recruitment preoperative preparation
Prospective recruitment of patients indicated for surgical treatment of single-stage craniosynostoses at National Institute of children diseases NICHD Bratislava Surgical treatment will be performed according to conventional indications endoscopic correction in patients under 6 months of age open correction in patients older than 6 months Estimated number of operated patients 15 during 1 year
Each child will be examined by a neurologist before and after the operation the childs psychomotor development will be examined preoperatively Bayley scale - Bayley III
Children with ASA 1 - 2 ASA Physical Status Classification System without neurological deficit without associated diseases will be included in the group The childs parents will sign the informed consent
2 Surgical performance under general anesthesia and perioperative marker collection
The operation will be performed by one surgeon and three pediatric anesthesiologists General anesthesia will be inhaled Sevoflurane 02 air opioid
Each patient will have recorded monitoring parameters length of anesthesia patients age weight sex type of surgical correction endoscopic vs open type of craniostenosis perioperative blood loss correction
The concentration of markers of brain damage will be recorded immediately after the start of general anesthesia at the end of anesthesia 48 hours after the end of anesthesia
Postoperative follow-up
Monitoring the relationship between changes in brain damage markers and changes in psychometrical development PMV Bayley scale - Bayley III one year after surgery and at the age of 36 months
Monitoring of the child at the neurosurgical outpatient clinic one month after the operation 6 months after the operation 1 year after the operation at the 36th month of the childs life
In the second and third stages tj in the second and third year of the project
1 Patient recruitment will continue
2 Surgical treatment of craniosynostosis under general anesthesia will continue
3 Follow-up of patients enrolled in the study will continue monitoring the relationship between changes in brain damage markers and changes in psychometrical development PMV Bayley scale one year after surgery and at the age of 36 months
Preoperative examinations will be coordinated by a participating neurosurgeon and anesthesiologist Surgical intervention and perioperative examinations will be coordinated by the participating neurosurgeon
Type of surgery The study will use two surgical techniques endoscopic cranioplasty and open cranioplasty
General anesthesia The operation will be performed under inhalation general anesthesia Sevoflurane O2 air in combination with the opioid Sufentanyl with strict monitoring of the patients vital signs
Perioperative sampling data collection For each patient the patients age weight sex length of anesthesia type of surgical correction endoscopic vs open type of craniosynostosis single suture blood loss correction will be recorded Immediately after the introduction of general anesthesia blood samples will be taken to determine NSE S100B and NfL Sampling will be performed regularly at hourly intervals for a control examination of acid-base balance and ionogram in order to exclude other possible factors that have a negative effect on the central nervous system
Postoperative follow-up
Two postoperative blood samples will be performed to determine NSE S100 and NfL in order to determine the further dynamics of the parameters 1 immediately after the end of anesthesia and 2 48 hours after anesthesia
On the assessment of the childs psychomotor development PMV Bayley III Bayley scale one year after surgery and at the age of 36 months
Postoperative examinations will be coordinated by a participating neurosurgeon Evaluation and publication of results
Blood biomarker levels NSE S100 and NfL evaluated using standard statistical methods
Changes in PMV using the Bayley - III method one year after surgery and at the age of 36 months
Based on the results a recommendation for clinical practice will be developed
Social and other benefits and commercial use of project outputs The social benefits of the project result from its scientific and medical outputs The investigators do not yet have definitive results from clinical trials or a clear consensus of professional anesthesiology societies regarding the possible neurotoxicity of anesthetics but the investigators nevertheless assume that general anesthesia especially long-term anesthesia has a negative effect on a childs developing brain A large number of procedures cannot be postponed but it is really necessary to pay great attention to a thorough indication of the operation or examination under general anesthesia and analgesia When indicating anesthesia it is necessary to keep in mind the fundamental still debated discrepancy between the degree of neurotoxicity of general anesthetics and the possible consequences of insufficient or no analgesia and anesthesia Although recent studies suggest that a single general anesthesia lasting less than 3 hours is unlikely to affect a childs behavior or learning it is really important not to underestimate the issue of neurotoxicity and to consider whether all imaging and surgical procedures under general anesthesia or analgesia it is really necessary to realize it by the age of three Before each anesthesia the investigators should evaluate the benefits of anesthesia against the potential risks especially if the procedures are longer than 3 hours or repeated procedures in children under three years of age The aim of this project is to monitor the dynamics of changes in brain damage markers in infants during surgical procedures when general anesthesia lasts on average longer than 3 hours This is the first project that does not only deal with the observation of psychomotor development of children under the influence of long-term general anesthesia Several aspects of this project have not yet been published and there is a high presumption of obtaining original results
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None
Secondary IDs
| Secondary ID | Type | Domain | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1056423 | OTHER_GRANT | VEGA | None |