NCT06090955

Modulating Surgery-Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in Elderly

Modulating Surgery-Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in Elderly: Impact of Dexmedetomidine and Lidocaine, a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Postoperative delirium (POD) is the most common complications (\~50-60%) in elderly and major challenges to our rapidly growing aging population. Growing evidence suggests a possible role for neuroinflammation in the development of delirium, which is facilitated by a transient increase in blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability. Lidocaine and dexmedetomidine, commonly used anesthetic adjuncts, have anti-inflammatory properties. Both drugs are reported to have modulatory effect on the intergrity of BBB and associated with a beneficial effect on postoperative neurocognitive dysfunction. In this regard, The investigators aimed to prospectively compare the modulatory effect of the intraoperative administration of dexmedetomidine or lidocaine with a sham control group (normal saline solution) on surgery-induced BBB disruption.

Detailed description

Postoperative delirium (POD) negatively affects cognitive domains including memory, attention, and concentration after surgery. The incidence of POD in high-risk populations, such as aged, patients in intensive care units (ICU) and with previous cognitive impairment, the incidence of POD is as high as 50 to 60%. POD is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and health-care costs. The 1-year survival probability is reduced by approximately 10% for each additional day of POD. Additionally, it is closely related to long-lasting postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Surgical trauma activates the innate immune system and central nervous system (CNS) is influenced by surgical trauma by inflammatory mediators rapidly reaching the brain, which is facilitated by a transient increase in blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability. Recent neuroimaging studies demonstrated BBB dysfunction in patients with delirium after cardiac surgery. The biomakers indicative of BBB breakdown were recently associated with the onset and intensity of delirium. These findings imply that the BBB could serve as a pivotal interface in regulating neuroinflammation and cognitive deterioration following surgical procedures. Dexmedetomidine and lidocaine are increasingly used as part of a multimodal intraoperative anesthetic adjunct in a variety of surgical procedures. Dexmedetomidine, as a highly selective central presynaptic α2-adrenergic agonist, has sedative, sympatholytic and anti-inflammatory effects. Perioperative dexmedetomidine administration reduced delirium incidence by up to 50% and duration by 0.7 days in surgical populations. Lidocaine, an amide local anesthetic and class-1 antiarrhythmic agent, also has anti-inflammatory and opiate-sparing effects, accelerating gastrointestinal recovery and reducing hospital length of stay. In addition, previous clinical researches have suggested a beneficial effect of perioperative systemic lidocaine on postoperative neurocognitive dysfunction. Although both drugs alleviate surgery-induced systemic inflammation and animal models have indicated a potential protective effect of these agents against surgery-induced disruption of the BBB, few studies have examined the role of these different anesthetics in the interplay between peripheral and central inflammation in human subjects. In this regard, this study aimed to prospectively compare the modulatory effect of the intraoperative administration of dexmedetomidine or lidocaine with a sham control group (normal saline solution) on surgery-induced BBB disruption in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, triple-parallel clinical trial. The primary outcome measure was "cerebrospinal-plasma albumin ratio (CPAR)", which is a gold standard measure for BBB permeability, presenting in vivo evidence for the physical breakdown of the blood-CSF barrier in human. The investigators hyptothesized that the use of intraoperative continuous infusion of dexmedetomidine or lidocaine would be statistically superior to placebo control in preserving BBB integrity.

Conditions

• Delirium, Postoperative

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Dexmedetomidine Injection [Precedex]	The study drugs(dexmedetomidine 80 μg/20 mL) will be prepared with 20 mL syringe and marked as 'trial drug', which are identical in appearance with control and active comparator. In order to avoid anaesthesiologists' speculation about the randomised assignment, the study drugs will be infused at the same rate.
DRUG	Lidocaine IV	The study drugs(lidocaine 400 mg/20 mL) will be prepared with 20 mL syringe and marked as 'trial drug', which are identical in appearance with control and active comparator. In order to avoid anaesthesiologists' speculation about the randomised assignment, the study drugs will be infused at the same rate.
DRUG	normal saline	The study drugs(normal saline) will be prepared with 20 mL syringe and marked as 'trial drug', which are identical in appearance with control and active comparator. In order to avoid anaesthesiologists' speculation about the randomised assignment, the study drugs will be infused at the same rate.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-25
• Primary completion: 2024-11-30
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2023-10-19
• Last updated: 2024-04-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea