Pump up your brain before bypass: study tests Pre-Surgery training to ward off delirium

NCT ID NCT04493996

Recruiting now Prevention Sponsor: Heart and Brain Research Group, Germany Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether doing simple, home-based brain exercises for a few weeks before heart surgery can help prevent postoperative delirium (sudden confusion) and long-term memory problems. Researchers will enroll 100 adults scheduled for elective heart surgery. Half will do the cognitive training; the other half will receive standard care. The goal is to see if building up 'cognitive reserve' beforehand protects the brain during and after surgery.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Emergence Delirium Postoperative Cognitive Complications

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE POSTOPERATIVE COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION POSTOPERATIVE DELIRIUM

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Locations

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kerckhoff-Klinik GmbH
RECRUITING

Bad Nauheim, 61231, Germany

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