Infant Heart Surgery: Central Nervous System Sequelae of Circulatory Arrest

NCT00000470 | Completed Phase 3 DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 59R01HL041786
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 171
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

To compare the influence of two surgical anesthetic techniques, hypothermia with circulatory arrest or hypothermia with low-flow bypass perfusion, on neurologic functioning in infants undergoing heart surgery.

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases; Cerebral Anoxia; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Defect, Congenital Heart; Heart Diseases; Transposition of Great Vessels; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular

Interventions

cardiac surgical procedures PROCEDURE

cardiopulmonary bypass PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: Up to 1 Year
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

Boy and girl infants, up to three months of age, with transposition of the great arteries with or without septal defect.

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Sponsors & Collaborators

• Boston Children's Hospital: lead
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): collaborator

Related Publications (35)

• Jonas RA. Hypothermia, circulatory arrest, and the pediatric brain. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 1996 Jan;10(1):66-74. doi: 10.1016/s1053-0770(96)80180-7.

  PMID: 8634389 BACKGROUND

• Wernovsky G, Wypij D, Jonas RA, Mayer JE Jr, Hanley FL, Hickey PR, Walsh AZ, Chang AC, Castaneda AR, Newburger JW, Wessel DL. Postoperative course and hemodynamic profile after the arterial switch operation in neonates and infants. A comparison of low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest. Circulation. 1995 Oct 15;92(8):2226-35. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.92.8.2226.

  PMID: 7554206 BACKGROUND

• Wernovsky G, Jonas RA, Colan SD, Sanders SP, Wessel DL, Castanneda AR, Mayer JE Jr. Results of the arterial switch operation in patients with transposition of the great arteries and abnormalities of the mitral valve or left ventricular outflow tract. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1990 Nov;16(6):1446-54. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(90)90391-2.

  PMID: 2229800 BACKGROUND

• Chang AC, Wernovsky G, Kulik TJ, Jonas RA, Wessel DL. Management of the neonate with transposition of the great arteries and persistent pulmonary hypertension. Am J Cardiol. 1991 Nov 1;68(11):1253-5. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(91)90209-4. No abstract available.

  PMID: 1951094 BACKGROUND

• Jenkins KJ, Hanley FL, Colan SD, Mayer JE Jr, Castaneda AR, Wernovsky G. Function of the anatomic pulmonary valve in the systemic circulation. Circulation. 1991 Nov;84(5 Suppl):III173-9.

  PMID: 1718628 BACKGROUND

• Bellinger DC, Wernovsky G, Rappaport LA, Mayer JE Jr, Castaneda AR, Farrell DM, Wessel DL, Lang P, Hickey PR, Jonas RA, et al. Cognitive development of children following early repair of transposition of the great arteries using deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Pediatrics. 1991 May;87(5):701-7.

  PMID: 2020517 BACKGROUND

• Wernovsky G, Giglia TM, Jonas RA, Mone SM, Colan SD, Wessel DL. Course in the intensive care unit after 'preparatory' pulmonary artery banding and aortopulmonary shunt placement for transposition of the great arteries with low left ventricular pressure. Circulation. 1992 Nov;86(5 Suppl):II133-9.

  PMID: 1385008 BACKGROUND

• Wernovsky G, Bridges ND, Mandell VS, Castaneda AR, Perry SB. Enlarged bronchial arteries after early repair of transposition of the great arteries. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1993 Feb;21(2):465-70. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90690-3.

  PMID: 8426012 BACKGROUND

• Newburger JW, Jonas RA, Wernovsky G, Wypij D, Hickey PR, Kuban KC, Farrell DM, Holmes GL, Helmers SL, Constantinou J, Carrazana E, Barlow JK, Walsh AZ, Lucius KC, Share JC, Wessel DL, Hanley FL, Mayer JE, Costaneda AR, Ware JH, et al. A comparison of the perioperative neurologic effects of hypothermic circulatory arrest versus low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass in infant heart surgery. N Engl J Med. 1993 Oct 7;329(15):1057-64. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199310073291501.

  PMID: 8371727 BACKGROUND

• Jonas RA, Bellinger DC, Rappaport LA, Wernovsky G, Hickey PR, Farrell DM, Newburger JW. Relation of pH strategy and developmental outcome after hypothermic circulatory arrest. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1993 Aug;106(2):362-8.

  PMID: 8341077 BACKGROUND

• Bellinger DC, Jonas RA, Rappaport LA, Wypij D, Wernovsky G, Kuban KC, Barnes PD, Holmes GL, Hickey PR, Strand RD, et al. Developmental and neurologic status of children after heart surgery with hypothermic circulatory arrest or low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass. N Engl J Med. 1995 Mar 2;332(9):549-55. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199503023320901.

  PMID: 7838188 BACKGROUND

• Wernovsky G, Mayer JE Jr, Jonas RA, Hanley FL, Blackstone EH, Kirklin JW, Castaneda AR. Factors influencing early and late outcome of the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1995 Feb;109(2):289-301; discussion 301-2. doi: 10.1016/S0022-5223(95)70391-8.

  PMID: 7853882 BACKGROUND

• Rhodes LA, Wernovsky G, Keane JF, Mayer JE Jr, Shuren A, Dindy C, Colan SD, Walsh EP. Arrhythmias and intracardiac conduction after the arterial switch operation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1995 Feb;109(2):303-10. doi: 10.1016/S0022-5223(95)70392-6.

  PMID: 7853883 BACKGROUND

• Weindling SN, Wernovsky G, Colan SD, Parker JA, Boutin C, Mone SM, Costello J, Castaneda AR, Treves ST. Myocardial perfusion, function and exercise tolerance after the arterial switch operation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1994 Feb;23(2):424-33. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(94)90430-8.

  PMID: 8294697 BACKGROUND

• Kupferschmid JP, Burns SA, Jonas RA, Keane JF, Spevak PJ, Wernovsky G. Repair of double aortic arch associated with D-transposition of the great arteries. Ann Thorac Surg. 1993 Sep;56(3):570-2. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(93)90905-w.

  PMID: 8379738 BACKGROUND

• Chang AC, Hanley FL, Wernovsky G, Rosenfeld HM, Wessel DL, Jonas RA, Mayer JE Jr, Lock JE, Castaneda AR. Early bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt in young infants. Postoperative course and early results. Circulation. 1993 Nov;88(5 Pt 2):II149-58.

  PMID: 7693365 BACKGROUND

• Wernovsky G, Sanders SP. Coronary artery anatomy and transposition of the great arteries. Coron Artery Dis. 1993 Feb;4(2):148-57. doi: 10.1097/00019501-199302000-00005. No abstract available.

  PMID: 8269206 BACKGROUND

• Hourihan M, Colan SD, Wernovsky G, Maheswari U, Mayer JE Jr, Sanders SP. Growth of the aortic anastomosis, annulus, and root after the arterial switch procedure performed in infancy. Circulation. 1993 Aug;88(2):615-20. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.88.2.615.

  PMID: 8339425 BACKGROUND

• Pasquini L, Parness IA, Colan SD, Wernovsky G, Mayer JE, Sanders SP. Diagnosis of intramural coronary artery in transposition of the great arteries using two-dimensional echocardiography. Circulation. 1993 Sep;88(3):1136-41. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.88.3.1136.

  PMID: 8353875 BACKGROUND

• Bellinger DC, Rappaport LA, Wypij D, Wernovsky G, Newburger JW. Patterns of developmental dysfunction after surgery during infancy to correct transposition of the great arteries. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1997 Apr;18(2):75-83. doi: 10.1097/00004703-199704000-00001.

  PMID: 9113587 BACKGROUND

• Helmers SL, Wypij D, Constantinou JE, Newburger JW, Hickey PR, Carrazana EJ, Barlow JK, Kuban KC, Holmes GL. Perioperative electroencephalographic seizures in infants undergoing repair of complex congenital cardiac defects. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1997 Jan;102(1):27-36. doi: 10.1016/s0013-4694(96)95079-8.

  PMID: 9060852 BACKGROUND

• Zimmerman AA, Burrows FA, Jonas RA, Hickey PR. The limits of detectable cerebral perfusion by transcranial Doppler sonography in neonates undergoing deep hypothermic low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1997 Oct;114(4):594-600. doi: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70049-7.

  PMID: 9338645 BACKGROUND

• Rappaport LA, Wypij D, Bellinger DC, Helmers SL, Holmes GL, Barnes PD, Wernovsky G, Kuban KC, Jonas RA, Newburger JW. Relation of seizures after cardiac surgery in early infancy to neurodevelopmental outcome. Boston Circulatory Arrest Study Group. Circulation. 1998 Mar 3;97(8):773-9. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.97.8.773.

  PMID: 9498541 BACKGROUND

• Bellinger DC, Wypij D, Kuban KC, Rappaport LA, Hickey PR, Wernovsky G, Jonas RA, Newburger JW. Developmental and neurological status of children at 4 years of age after heart surgery with hypothermic circulatory arrest or low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass. Circulation. 1999 Aug 3;100(5):526-32. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.100.5.526.

  PMID: 10430767 BACKGROUND

• Bellinger DC, Wypij D, du Plessis AJ, Rappaport LA, Riviello J, Jonas RA, Newburger JW. Developmental and neurologic effects of alpha-stat versus pH-stat strategies for deep hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass in infants. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001 Feb;121(2):374-83. doi: 10.1067/mtc.2001.111206.

  PMID: 11174744 BACKGROUND

• Kumar RK, Newburger JW, Gauvreau K, Kamenir SA, Hornberger LK. Comparison of outcome when hypoplastic left heart syndrome and transposition of the great arteries are diagnosed prenatally versus when diagnosis of these two conditions is made only postnatally. Am J Cardiol. 1999 Jun 15;83(12):1649-53. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00172-1.

  PMID: 10392870 BACKGROUND

• Dunbar-Masterson C, Wypij D, Bellinger DC, Rappaport LA, Baker AL, Jonas RA, Newburger JW. General health status of children with D-transposition of the great arteries after the arterial switch operation. Circulation. 2001 Sep 18;104(12 Suppl 1):I138-42. doi: 10.1161/hc37t1.094782.

  PMID: 11568045 BACKGROUND

• du Plessis AJ, Bellinger DC, Gauvreau K, Plumb C, Newburger JW, Jonas RA, Wessel DL. Neurologic outcome of choreoathetoid encephalopathy after cardiac surgery. Pediatr Neurol. 2002 Jul;27(1):9-17. doi: 10.1016/s0887-8994(02)00382-x.

  PMID: 12160967 BACKGROUND

• Visconti KJ, Saudino KJ, Rappaport LA, Newburger JW, Bellinger DC. Influence of parental stress and social support on the behavioral adjustment of children with transposition of the great arteries. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2002 Oct;23(5):314-21. doi: 10.1097/00004703-200210000-00003.

  PMID: 12394519 BACKGROUND

• Wypij D, Newburger JW, Rappaport LA, duPlessis AJ, Jonas RA, Wernovsky G, Lin M, Bellinger DC. The effect of duration of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in infant heart surgery on late neurodevelopment: the Boston Circulatory Arrest Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Nov;126(5):1397-403. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5223(03)00940-1.

  PMID: 14666011 BACKGROUND

• Bellinger DC, Wypij D, duPlessis AJ, Rappaport LA, Jonas RA, Wernovsky G, Newburger JW. Neurodevelopmental status at eight years in children with dextro-transposition of the great arteries: the Boston Circulatory Arrest Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Nov;126(5):1385-96. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5223(03)00711-6.

  PMID: 14666010 BACKGROUND

• Cottrell SM, Morris KP, Davies P, Bellinger DC, Jonas RA, Newburger JW. Early postoperative body temperature and developmental outcome after open heart surgery in infants. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Jan;77(1):66-71; discussion 71. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(03)01362-6.

  PMID: 14726036 BACKGROUND

• Newburger JW, Wypij D, Bellinger DC, du Plessis AJ, Kuban KC, Rappaport LA, Almirall D, Wessel DL, Jonas RA, Wernovsky G. Length of stay after infant heart surgery is related to cognitive outcome at age 8 years. J Pediatr. 2003 Jul;143(1):67-73. doi: 10.1016/S0022-3476(03)00183-5.

  PMID: 12915826 BACKGROUND

• de Ferranti S, Gauvreau K, Hickey PR, Jonas RA, Wypij D, du Plessis A, Bellinger DC, Kuban K, Newburger JW, Laussen PC. Intraoperative hyperglycemia during infant cardiac surgery is not associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes at 1, 4, and 8 years. Anesthesiology. 2004 Jun;100(6):1345-52. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200406000-00005.

  PMID: 15166552 BACKGROUND

• Bellinger DC, Wypij D, Rivkin MJ, DeMaso DR, Robertson RL Jr, Dunbar-Masterson C, Rappaport LA, Wernovsky G, Jonas RA, Newburger JW. Adolescents with d-transposition of the great arteries corrected with the arterial switch procedure: neuropsychological assessment and structural brain imaging. Circulation. 2011 Sep 20;124(12):1361-9. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.026963. Epub 2011 Aug 29.

  PMID: 21875911 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases; Hypoxia, Brain; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Heart Defects, Congenital; Heart Diseases; Transposition of Great Vessels; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular

Interventions

Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Hypoxia; Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Abnormalities; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Heart Septal Defects

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Thoracic Surgical Procedures; Extracorporeal Circulation

Study Officials

• Jane Newburger

  Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 3
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Cardiologist-in-Chief, Boston Children's Hospital

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 27, 1999
• First Posted: October 28, 1999
• Study Start: December 1, 1988
• Primary Completion: February 1, 1992
• Study Completion: October 1, 1993
• Last Updated: July 29, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share