Clinical trialNCT02570451CompletedObservational

Preoperative Cognitive Screening of Surgical Patients 65 Years of Age or Older

SponsorBrigham and Women's HospitalEnrollment711Mild Cognitive Impairment

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Summary

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The overall objectives of this study are to improve outcomes of surgical patients 65 years of age or older through risk stratification based on preoperative screening of cognition / mental function. Aim 1 is to determine the prevalence of cognitive impairment among patients 65 years of age or older presenting for elective joint replacement surgery by structured cognitive screening versus standard practice. Aim 2 is to ascertain whether preoperative cognitive impairment in patients 65 years of age or older undergoing elective joint replacement surgery is an independent predictor of adverse postoperative events and/or mortality. Aim 3 is to implement routine structured preoperative cognitive screening of patients 65 years of age or older undergoing elective surgical procedures in a busy preoperative clinic.

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Investigators

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Deborah J Culley, M.D.
Brigham and Women's Anesthesiology Department
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Weiner Center for Preoperative Evaluation
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 30 Sept 2014
Primary completion: 31 Aug 2015
Completion: 31 Aug 2020
Last update posted: 15 Apr 2021
Registered enrollment: 711
Registry id: NCT02570451

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