Confusion in the Elderly After Colon Surgery

Status unconfirmed

Conditions studied: Confusion, Inflammation, Acute Phase Reaction, Surgery, Delirium

In brief

A study will be conducted to determine if there is any cognitive benefit in elderly patients having open versus minimally invasive colon cancer surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01623297

Run by

New York Hospital Queens

People needed

52

Starts

2012-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-06-19

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients over age 65.0 years and in need of elective colon resection for adenocarcinoma

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to complete preoperative cognitive screening
• Inability to complete study in English since CANTAB is timed and not validated with interpreters
• Emergency surgery
• Depression or psychiatric comorbidity
• Pre-existing dementia
• Previous cerebrovascular accident or "stroke"
• Previous myocardial infarction
• Cardiac ejection fraction below 55%
• Propranolol, metoprolol or other betablocker use
• Digoxin, procainamide, or amiodarone use
• Calcium channel blocker use
• History of vascular surgery or arterial vascular disease
• History of alcohol dependence
• Lovastatin or other HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor use
• Ace inhibitor use
• Neuroendocrine or catecholamine associated tumors
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Benzodiazepine use
• Dimenhydrinate or other medications to treat motion sickness
• Metaclopramide use

Where it is running

• New York Hospital Queens — Flushing, New York, United States (enrolling)

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