Neuroprotection during cardiac surgery: a randomised trial of a platelet activating factor antagonist

Taggart, D. P., Browne, S. M., Wade, D. T. and Halligan, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2784-6690 2003. Neuroprotection during cardiac surgery: a randomised trial of a platelet activating factor antagonist. Heart 89 (8) , pp. 897-900. 10.1136/heart.89.8.897

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Abstract

Objective: To assess platelet activating factor (PAF) antagonists, potent neuroprotective agents in experimental cerebral dysfunction, in clinical practice. Design: Double blind, minimised, placebo controlled trial of low and high dose PAF antagonist (lexipafant). Setting: Cardiac surgery unit. Patients: 150 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass. Interventions: Randomisation to placebo, low dose (10 mg) or high dose (100 mg) lexipafant. Main outcome measures: Incidence of impairment on four established cognitive tests, undertaken before, five days, and three months after CABG, examined by three methods for defining impairment. Results: The three groups were similar with respect to preoperative and intraoperative factors. Observed levels of cognitive impairment were less than had been predicted from previous studies. There was no difference in the groups in cognitive change scores at five days or three months. Group mean analysis showed significant time factors for all four tests but not for interactions or for the lexipafant group. A composite cognitive index, based on the aggregate of four normally distributed tests, showed a significant effect for timing of the test but not for the lexipafant group or interaction. Age, but not duration of bypass, was the most important determinant of postoperative cognitive impairment. Conclusions: The neuroprotective PAF antagonist lexipafant did not differentially reduce the level of cognitive impairment after CABG as determined by power estimates derived from published studies. The strongest predictors of cognitive impairment were age and timing of the test after operation.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	1355-6037
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 09:03
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/35197

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