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Columbia University |
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Information provided by: | Columbia University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00597883 |
The purpose of this study is to determine how well patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy will perform on a battery of tests to assess brain function before and after surgery as compared to a control group of patients undergoing spine surgery. This study will serve to: (a) determine incidence of neurologic/neuropsychometric change in patients undergoing carotid artery surgery, and (b) to ascertain the time it takes for these changes to resolve.
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Carotid Artery Stenosis Carotid Artery Disease Transient Ischemic Attack Stroke |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Case Control, Prospective |
Official Title: | Neurologic and Neuropsychometric Outcome in Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy |
serum plasma DNA (via buccal samples will be obtained using a buccal cell collection swab)
Estimated Enrollment: | 600 |
Study Start Date: | March 2003 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | March 2013 |
Cerebral injury will be determined in four ways. First, all patients will be evaluated using a battery of neuropsychometric tests before and after surgery. Patients admitted to the Irving Clinical Research Center (CRC) will have their tests one day before, one day after surgery and at 1 month. Those coming into the hospital on the day of surgery, "Same Day", will be evaluated on the day of surgery, one day after and at the 1 month follow up. Preoperative neurological and neuropsychological evaluation will be performed. The neuropsychometric tests are not intended to be diagnostic of specific neuropsychiatric disorders, but rather are designed to demonstrate general neuropsychological pathology. These tests can be divided into four types: (1) an evaluation of language, (2) an evaluation of speed of mental processing, (3) an evaluation of ability to learn using a list of words, and (4) an evaluation of visual perception requiring a patient to copy a complex figure. Before the battery is administered we will assess each patient's level of pain while sitting and standing using a 10 point Visual Analog Scale and then gauge their mood with a series called the Wong/Baker Faces Rating scale.
We will be measuring Quality of Life (QOL) in all enrolled patients. This will be done using two well-known examinations (Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health-Related Quality of Life 14 Item Measure (CDC HRQOL14)) and a series of questions investigating how well patients are able to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). These tests will be given at two time points, once before the surgery and then one month after surgery. We will look for changes in quality of life that may correlate with neuropsychometric test performance.
Peripheral serum samples will be drawn before induction, before cross-clamping the carotid artery, 15 minutes after cross-clamping the carotid artery and 24 hours after surgery. These samples will be analyzed for four different sets of markers of cerebral injury, one gene and two markers of systemic inflammation. Serum levels of neuron specific enolase (NSE) and protein S100B, a neuronal enzyme and glial cell component respectively, markers of cell injury will demonstrate cerebral injury
Patients will undergo intraoperative TCD (Transcranial Doppler) The TCD examination will assess the brain's ability to increase cerebral blood flow in response to a pharmacological challenge (CO2 inhalation). TCD measures the degree of cerebral vasodilation, identified as an increase in flow velocity on TCD. This "cerebrovascular reserve" we hypothesize will be able to predict performance on postoperative neuropsychometric tests
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Columbia University/NY Presbyterian Hospital
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Contact: Anna Granat, BA | 212-305-8949 | a.granat@columbia.edu |
Contact: Eric J Heyer, M.D., Ph.D. | 212-305-9072 | ejh3@columbia.edu |
United States, New York | |
Columbia University, Department of Anesthesiology | Recruiting |
New York, New York, United States, 10032 |
Principal Investigator: | Eric J Heyer, M.D., Ph.D. | Columbia University |
Responsible Party: | Columbia University, Department of Anesthesiology ( Eric Heyer, M.D., Ph.D. ) |
Study ID Numbers: | AAAA4811 |
Study First Received: | January 9, 2008 |
Last Updated: | October 10, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00597883 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
carotid endarterectomy Neuropsychological tests Stroke Transient ischemia |
Arterial Occlusive Diseases Ischemic Attack, Transient Cerebral Infarction Stroke Vascular Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Constriction, Pathologic |
Ischemia Brain Diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders Carotid Stenosis Brain Ischemia Carotid Artery Diseases |
Arterial Occlusive Diseases Ischemic Attack, Transient Carotid Stenosis Nervous System Diseases Stroke Vascular Diseases |
Brain Ischemia Central Nervous System Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Brain Diseases Carotid Artery Diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders |