Not yet taking people in United StatesNo phase
The Association Between Tau & GFAP and Postoperative Neurological Impairment in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Where
- Boston, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 100 people, planned
- Started
- 1 May 2026
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2027
- Type of study
- Observational
- Treatments tested
- Collecting discarded blood samples
- Record updated
- 17 March 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- Up to 18 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- less than 18 years old
- undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass at Boston Children's Hospital
Who cannot take part
- patient in a moribund condition American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA 5)
- patient with a hematological and/or oncological disease
- undergoing an emergent procedure and do not have more than 1 hour ahead of time to review the consent
- Jehovah witnesses
- patient on preoperative mechanical ventilation
Where in United States
- Boston Children's HospitalBoston, United StatesContact: Koichi Yuki, MDNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Patients born with heart defects often undergo surgical procedures on a heart lung machine. With improvements in medical and surgical management, their survival has significantly improved, but their brain insult has not been paid much attention. This study is to determine the relationship between specific proteins in the blood and brain injury in patients less than 18-year-old undergoing heart surgery.
The group in the trial
- Cardiac Surgery Patients
Patients less than 18 years old who undergo cardiac surgical procedures on cardiopulmonary bypass.
Treatment: Collecting discarded blood samples
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Record updated
- 17 March 2026