Anesthesia Neurodevelopmental Impact in Congenital Scoliosis Children
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: General anesthesia.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: General Anesthetics Toxicity. Basic parameters: 6 years — 16 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- China
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Official title
Long-term Effect of General Anesthesia Before School Age on Neurodevelopment in Children With Congenital Scoliosis
Overview
In the past, a large number of animal studies have suggested that anesthesia exposure has potential neurotoxic effects, resulting in persistent cognitive and behavioral deficits. At present, there is still a lack of sufficient clinical research evidence to prove whether anesthesia exposure has long-term effects on neurodevelopment. The existing clinical research data suggests that a single short-time anesthesia exposure in young children does not affect long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes. Early onset scoliosis, including congenital scoliosis, is a type of scoliosis deformity that occurs before the age of 10. Posterior scoliosis correction surgery is one of the common treatment. There is currently no research indicating the impact of early single or multiple long-duration anesthesia exposure on the neurological development of children with congenital scoliosis. The aim of this study is to determine the long-term effect of general anesthesia exposure on neurocognitive function and behavior in children with congenital scoliosis, in order to provide reference for related clinical work.
Interventions
- Procedure General anesthesia
General anesthesia including inhaled and intravenous
Primary outcome measures
- full-scale intelligence quotient, FSIQ [Time frame: At the time of collecting baseline demographic data]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI), Perceptual Reasoning/Organization Index (PRI/POI) [Time frame: At the time of collecting baseline demographic data]
- CBCL Total score, CBCL Internalizing score, CBCL Externalizing score [Time frame: Within six months of WISC-IV assessment]
- SDQ total difficulties score, SDQ internalizing problems score, SDQ externalizing problems score, SDQ prosocial behavior score [Time frame: Within six months of WISC-IV assessment]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Diagnosed with congenital scoliosis
- 6-16 years old at the time of assessment
Exclusion criteria
- Cognitive impairment caused by congenital, traumatic or other reasons;
- Existence of mental or psychological disorders;
- There are factors that may affect neurological development, including any known central nervous system disease, neurological injury, or history of neonatal asphyxia;
- Unable to cooperate with cognitive function tests;
- The child is unable to communicate in Chinese.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
China · 1 center
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital — Beijing
Publications
- Istaphanous GK, Ward CG, Nan X, Hughes EA, McCann JC, McAuliffe JJ, Danzer SC, Loepke AW. Characterization and quantification of isoflurane-induced developmental apoptotic cell death in mouse cerebral cortex. Anesth Analg. 2013 Apr;116(4):845-54. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318281e988. Epub 2013 Mar 4. PMID 23460572
- Brambrink AM, Back SA, Riddle A, Gong X, Moravec MD, Dissen GA, Creeley CE, Dikranian KT, Olney JW. Isoflurane-induced apoptosis of oligodendrocytes in the neonatal primate brain. Ann Neurol. 2012 Oct;72(4):525-35. doi: 10.1002/ana.23652. PMID 23109147
- Briner A, De Roo M, Dayer A, Muller D, Habre W, Vutskits L. Volatile anesthetics rapidly increase dendritic spine density in the rat medial prefrontal cortex during synaptogenesis. Anesthesiology. 2010 Mar;112(3):546-56. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181cd7942. PMID 20124985
- Zhang H, Du L, Du Z, Jiang H, Han D, Li Q. Association between childhood exposure to single general anesthesia and neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort study. J Anesth. 2015 Oct;29(5):749-57. doi: 10.1007/s00540-015-2030-z. Epub 2015 May 23. PMID 26002228
- McCann ME, de Graaff JC, Dorris L, Disma N, Withington D, Bell G, Grobler A, Stargatt R, Hunt RW, Sheppard SJ, Marmor J, Giribaldi G, Bellinger DC, Hartmann PL, Hardy P, Frawley G, Izzo F, von Ungern Sternberg BS, Lynn A, Wilton N, Mueller M, Polaner DM, Absalom AR, Szmuk P, Morton N, Berde C, Soriano S, Davidson AJ; GAS Consortium. Neurodevelopmental outcome at 5 years of age after general anaest PMID 30782342
- Zaccariello MJ, Frank RD, Lee M, Kirsch AC, Schroeder DR, Hanson AC, Schulte PJ, Wilder RT, Sprung J, Katusic SK, Flick RP, Warner DO. Patterns of neuropsychological changes after general anaesthesia in young children: secondary analysis of the Mayo Anesthesia Safety in Kids study. Br J Anaesth. 2019 May;122(5):671-681. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.01.022. PMID 30982593
- Baky FJ, Milbrandt TA, Flick R, Larson AN. Cumulative Anesthesia Exposure in Patients Treated for Early-Onset Scoliosis. Spine Deform. 2018 Nov-Dec;6(6):781-786. doi: 10.1016/j.jspd.2018.05.001. PMID 30348358
- Ruiz G, Torres-Lugo NJ, Marrero-Ortiz P, Guzman H, Olivella G, Ramirez N. Early-onset scoliosis: a narrative review. EFORT Open Rev. 2022 Aug 4;7(8):599-610. doi: 10.1530/EOR-22-0040. PMID 35924646
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06315933 · S-K1093