NCT05419596

The Analysis of Gene Variants Related to POCD in Elderly Patients

The Analysis of Gene Variants Related to POCD in Elderly Patients: a Prospective, Observational Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 126 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Istanbul University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The pathophysiology of postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) following surgery may be related to Alzheimer's disease. Different studies show that; low levels of glial cell line-derived growth factor are found in both POCD and Alzheimer, and brain cholinergic markers like Choline acetyl transferase activity, High affinity choline uptake activity, and Acetil Choline (Ach) activity are decreased in Alzheimer disease.We know cholinergic inputs in the basal forebrain have a critical role in many other functions including memory, attention, arousal and sensory processing. Cholinergic neuron located basal section of forebrain degenerate extensively in Alzheimer disease which shares similarities with postoperative delirium and POCD. Ach binds to two well-known receptors in brain that are Nicotinic receptors which implicate several important functions such as "memory, learning, arousal and reward" and Muscarinic receptors which are widely distributed in forebrain and play an important role of development delirium and POCD. Dysfunction of cholinergic system may be one key aspect of postoperative DELIRIUM, POCD and ALZHEIMER disease. In this investigation; we would like to evaluate the relationship between genes encoding inflammation-related mediators detected in postoperative cognitive dysfunction and gene variants in Alzheimer's disease in a larger panel for elder patients undergoing major urologic surgery. Therefore our study will focus on demographic information of the patients (age, gender, comorbidity), neurocognitive tests (1 week before the surgery, postoperative 1st week and postoperative 3rd month), intraoperative data (mean arterial pressure, heart rate, need for inotrope, duration of mechanical ventilation, need for transfusion), and biochemical tests (Preoperative and postoperative blood samples for each patient) which are APOE, phosphatidylinositol-binding clathrin assembly protein, CR1 - complement receptor 1, ATP-binding cassette transporter, IL6, TREM.

Conditions

• Cognitive Dysfunction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Urologic Surgery	Patients undergoing major urologic surgery will be examined with blood samples that will be taken preoperatively and postoperatively. Accordingly several gene variants and proteins will be examined for patients with or without postoperative cognitive dysfunction. These proteins consist of APOE, phosphatidyl-inositol-binding clathrin assembly protein, CR1 - complement receptor 1 , ATP-binding cassette transporter, IL6, Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells2 (TREM2).

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-01
• Primary completion: 2023-07-01
• Completion: 2023-07-25
• First posted: 2022-06-15
• Last updated: 2022-06-15