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Cao SJ, Zhang Y, Zhang YX, Zhao W, Pan LH, Sun XD, Jia Z, Ouyang W, Ye QS, Zhang FX, Guo YQ, Ai YQ, Zhao BJ, Yu JB, Liu ZH, Yin N, Li XY, Ma JH, Li HJ, Wang MR, Sessler DI, Ma D, Wang DX. Delirium in older patients given propofol or sevoflurane anaesthesia for major cancer surgery: a multicentre randomised trial. Br J Anaesth 2023; 131:253-265. [PMID: 37474241 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Delirium is a common and disturbing postoperative complication that might be ameliorated by propofol-based anaesthesia. We therefore tested the primary hypothesis that there is less delirium after propofol-based than after sevoflurane-based anaesthesia within 7 days of major cancer surgery. METHODS This multicentre randomised trial was conducted in 14 tertiary care hospitals in China. Patients aged 65-90 yr undergoing major cancer surgery were randomised to either propofol-based anaesthesia or to sevoflurane-based anaesthesia. The primary endpoint was the incidence of delirium within 7 postoperative days. RESULTS A total of 1228 subjects were enrolled and randomised, with 1195 subjects included in the modified intention-to-treat analysis (mean age 71 yr; 422 [35%] women); one subject died before delirium assessment. Delirium occurred in 8.4% (50/597) of subjects given propofol-based anaesthesia vs 12.4% (74/597) of subjects given sevoflurane-based anaesthesia (relative risk 0.68 [95% confidence interval {CI}: 0.48-0.95]; P=0.023; adjusted relative risk 0.59 [95% CI: 0.39-0.90]; P=0.014). Delirium reduction mainly occurred on the first day after surgery, with a prevalence of 5.4% (32/597) with propofol anaesthesia vs 10.7% (64/597) with sevoflurane anaesthesia (relative risk 0.50 [95% CI: 0.33-0.75]; P=0.001). Secondary endpoints, including ICU admission, postoperative duration of hospitalisation, major complications within 30 days, cognitive function at 30 days and 3 yr, and safety outcomes, did not differ significantly between groups. CONCLUSIONS Delirium was a third less common after propofol than sevoflurane anaesthesia in older patients having major cancer surgery. Clinicians might therefore reasonably select propofol-based anaesthesia in patients at high risk of postoperative delirium. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR-IPR-15006209) and ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02662257).
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Affiliation(s)
- Shuang-Jie Cao
- Department of Anesthesiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China; Clinical Research Institute, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University (Fourth Military Medical University), Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University, Xining, Qinghai, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, People's Hospital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Tianjin Nankai Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Shenzhen Second People's Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Health Science Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; Department of Anesthesiology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- Department of Outcomes Research, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA; Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Anesthetics, Pain Medicine and Intensive Care, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK; The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China; Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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