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EEG guided anesthesia in brain and spine surgeries for decreasing the incidence of postoperative delirium

ElectroEncephalography Guided Anesthesia in Neurosurgery for decreasing the incidence of postoperative delirium- a randomized controlled trial - EEGAN trial ElectroEncephalography = EE Guided = G Anesthesia = A Neurosurgery = N

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2024/04/065760
Enrollment
116
Registered
2024-04-16
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-11-11

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: M470- Anterior spinal and vertebral artery compression syndromes Health Condition 2: M485- Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhereclassified Health Condition 3: G959- Disease of spinal cord, unspecified Health Condition 4: M463- Infection of intervertebral disc (pyogenic) Health Condition 5: C721- Malignant neoplasm of cauda equina Health Condition 6: C716- Malignant neoplasm of cerebellum Health Condition 7: C700- Malignant neoplasm of cerebral meninges Health Condition 8: C700- M

Interventions

Intervention1: Electroencephalography: Electroencephalography electrodes will be applied and anesthesia will be titrated based upon anesthesia based upon spectral edge frequency (SEF) values during th

Sponsors

Department of Neurology
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients aged 18 years and above, will be included in this study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) preoperative Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score less than 15 or presence of confusion during pre-anesthetic checkup (2) patients with auditory impairment (3) patient with loss of vision (4) patient with aphasia (5) patient with prior history of epilepsy (6) patient with psychiatric illness

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The occurrence of postoperative deliriumTimepoint: 30 minutes after emergence from anesthesia. 120 minutes after emergence from anesthesia

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
(i) length of ICU & hospital stay in the respective study group (ii) duration & severity of delirium (iii) incidence of falls & association between delirium & falls Timepoint: 12 hours after emergence from anesthesia or completion of surgery. 24 hours after emergence from anesthesia or completion of surgery. 48 hours after emergence from anesthesia or completion of surgery.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactKunal Kumar

Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla

kunaal_kumar@yahoo.com9945602747

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026