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Study NCT ID: NCT03273335
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2022-11-16
First Post: 2017-09-03
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Investigating NeuroinflammaTion UnderlyIng Postoperative Brain Connectivity Changes, POCD, Delirium in Older Adults
Sponsor: Duke University
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Investigating NeuroinflammaTion UnderlyIng Postoperative Brain Connectivity Changes, POCD, Delirium in Older Adults
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2022-11
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: INTUIT
Brief Summary: (From NIH reporter) Each year \>16 million older Americans undergo anesthesia and surgery, and up to 40% of these patients develop postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), a syndrome of postoperative thinking and memory deficits. Although distinct from delirium, POCD (like delirium) is associated with decreased quality of life, long term cognitive decline, early retirement, increased mortality, and a possible increased risk for developing dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. Understanding the etiology of POCD will likely help promote strategies to treat and/or prevent it. A dominant theory holds that brain inflammation causes POCD, but little work has directly tested this theory in humans. The preliminary data of this team strongly suggest that there is significant postoperative neuro-inflammation in older adults who develop POCD. In this K76 award, the investigators will prospectively obtain pre- and post-operative cognitive testing, fMRI imaging and CSF samples in 200 surgical patients over age 65. This will allow the investigators to evaluate the role of specific neuro-inflammatory processes in POCD and its underlying brain connectivity changes.
Detailed Description: Each year \>16 million older Americans undergo anesthesia and surgery, and up to 40% of these patients develop postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), a syndrome of postoperative thinking and memory deficits. Although distinct from delirium, POCD (like delirium) is associated with decreased quality of life, long term cognitive decline, early retirement, increased mortality, and a possible increased risk for developing dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. Understanding the etiology of POCD will likely help promote strategies to treat and/or prevent it. A dominant theory holds that brain inflammation causes POCD, but little work has directly tested this theory in humans. The preliminary data of this team strongly suggest that there is significant postoperative neuro-inflammation in older adults who develop POCD. In this K76 award, the investigators will prospectively obtain pre- and post-operative cognitive testing, fMRI imaging and CSF samples in 200 surgical patients over age 65. This will allow the investigators to evaluate the role of specific neuro-inflammatory processes in POCD and its underlying brain connectivity changes.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: True
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: True
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: False
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:

Secondary ID Infos

Secondary ID Type Domain Link View
1K76AG057022 NIH None https://reporter.nih.gov/quic… View