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NCT02759965

Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Dysfunction After Orthopedic Surgery

Completed Last updated 16 April 2019
What this trial tests

trial in Surgery in 34 participants. Completed in 31 December 2018.

Timeline
1 September 2014
Primary endpoint
30 March 2016
31 December 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsorKarolinska University Hospital
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment34
Start date1 September 2014
Primary completion30 March 2016
Estimated completion31 December 2018
Sites2 locations across Sweden

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Karolinska University Hospital

Who can join

Adults 50 to 85, male only, with Surgery or Acute Phase Reaction. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The primary hypothesis that orthopaedic surgery induces a neuroinflammatory response within 48 hours after elective hip or knee surgery and that there is an association between exaggerated CNS inflammatory response or impaired inflammatory resolution and postoperative cognitive dysfunction within one week and at three months postoperatively.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Changes in circulating extracellular vesicle cargo are associated with cognitive decline after major surgery: an observational case-control study.
    Mkrtchian S, Eldh M, Ebberyd A, Gabrielsson S, et al · · 2025 · cited 3× · PMID 39426921 · DOI 10.1016/j.bja.2024.07.040

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