Effect of Raised CBF During CEA on Cognition in DM Patients

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Carotid Artery Disease, Carotid Artery Stenosis, Diabetes, Cognitive Dysfunction

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if we can reduce the incidence of cognitive dysfunction - difficulty in performing certain pencil-paper, memory, finger dexterity and thinking type of tasks called neuropsychometric tests - in patients with adult onset diabetes mellitus (DM) undergoing surgery on the carotid artery (CEA). We hypothesize that cognitive dysfunction can be decreased in patients with type II DM by augmenting cerebral blood flow with a shunt during carotid endarterectomy compared to patients with Type II DM who are treated with "conventional" management in which a shunt is placed only if the electroencephalogram (EEG) indicates cerebral ischemia.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00597545
Run by
Columbia University
People needed
10
Starts
2007-03-01
Expected to finish
2014-06-01
Last updated by the study team
2015-07-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

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Where it is running

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