Status:

COMPLETED

Continuous Cellsaver and Neurocognitive Decline Post Cardiac Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

University Health Network, Toronto

Collaborating Sponsors:

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

Conditions:

Heart Disease

Neurocognitive Decline

Eligibility:

All Genders

60+ years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

Patients having cardiac surgery to correct their heart disease may suffer a decline in mental and neurologic abilities. Passage of small particles of fat, tissue waste and air bubbles to the brain whi...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age \> 65 years,
  • elective CABG surgery
  • signed informed consent

Exclusion

  • Severe kidney (creatinine \> 2.5mg/dL and
  • liver disease (bilirubin \> 2 mg/dL)
  • symptomatic cerebrovascular disease
  • alcoholism
  • psychiatric illness
  • patients who are unable to read or who have less than a 7th grade education.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2001

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

January 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

312 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00296985

Start Date

December 1 2001

End Date

January 1 2007

Last Update

November 27 2013

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Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4