Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

Study to Determine if Patients Exposed to General Anesthesia Significant Numbers of Times Would Increase the Risk for Intraoperative Awareness.

United States1,000 participantsStarted 2017-07-19

Plain-language summary

This study will detect whether prior exposure to general anesthesia multiple times is associated with an increased incidence of awareness with explicit recall (AWR). This is especially important because patients who need to undergo multiple events of general anesthesia are medically some of the most vulnerable populations. The study hypothesizes that patients with significant exposure to general anesthesia have a higher incidence of AWR. This study may help clinicians and patients to better understand how to manage anesthesia care so that the safety and comfort of patients can be improved.

Who can participate

Age range7 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who have been exposed to general anesthesia greater than 20 times or who have been exposed to general anesthesia 5 or fewer times between January 1, 1985 and June 15, 2017 * Patients/their Guardians who consent to participate in the study. * Patients for whom a determination of AWR status can be made by anesthesiologists based on a standardized criteria. * Must be at least 7 years of age or older. Exclusion Criteria: * Healthy volunteers, * Patients who cannot recall whether or not they have experienced intraoperative awareness with explicit recall

What they're measuring

Intraoperative Awareness with Explicit Recall for patients who underwent more than 20 general anesthesia events

Timeframe: Until study completion; up to 1 year.

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05857618

SponsorUniversity of Chicago

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2026-09-01

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