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Last refreshed on: 11 July 2016
Main ID:  NCT02308566
Date of registration: 02/12/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
Public title: Cerebral Embolic Load in Patients Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Comparison of the Conventional With the Minimized Extracorporeal Circulation Technique Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound AKE-MECC
Scientific title: Aortic Valve Replacement Using Closed Extracorporeal Circuit. Minimized Versus Conventional Extracorporeal Circulation Technique: Qualitative Differences
Date of first enrolment: June 2011
Target sample size: 48
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02308566
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Thierry Carrel, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Isolated Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis

- No other cardiac disease

- No other coronary heart disease

- Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

- Double valve surgery

- Concomitant coronary artery bypass surgery

- Vascular surgery

- Age < 18 yrs.

- Age > 80 yrs.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Extracorporeal Circulation
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Conventional Extracorporeal Circulation (CECC)
Procedure: Minimized Extracorporeal Circulation (MECC)
Primary Outcome(s)
Total and interval-related cerebral microembolic load as measured by transcranial Doppler [Time Frame: Intraoperative period (start surgical procedure to skin suture, duration approx. 4 hrs)]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Extubation time [Time Frame: In-hospital period (until hospital discharge, duration approx. 7-10 days)]
ICU length of stay [Time Frame: In-hospital period (until hospital discharge, duration approx. 7-10 days)]
Redo surgery [Time Frame: In-hospital period (until hospital discharge, duration approx. 7-10 days)]
Thromboembolic complications [Time Frame: In-hospital period (until hospital discharge, duration approx. 7-10 days)]
In-hospital Mortality [Time Frame: In-hospital period (until hospital discharge, duration approx. 7-10 days)]
In-hospital infections [Time Frame: In-hospital period (until hospital discharge, duration approx. 7-10 days)]
Cerebral complications, e.g. delirium and stroke as detected clinically [Time Frame: In-hospital period (until hospital discharge, duration approx. 7-10 days)]
Secondary ID(s)
034/11
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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