Status:
COMPLETED
Donors After Cardiac Death: Validating Identification Criteria
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pittsburgh
Collaborating Sponsors:
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Conditions:
Withdrawing Treatment
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 90 years
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to validate a set of proposed clinical criteria that have been designed to identify patients who will die rapidly following the elective removal of life sustaining treatme...
Detailed Description
Our study is a simple, observational study. We intend to record the events that occur between the time withdrawal of life sustaining treatment occurs, and the time of death. Our preliminary data, repo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- all patients who have life sustaining treatments withdrawn
Exclusion
- confirmed brain death
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2003
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
End Date :
December 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
600 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00177606
Start Date
July 1 2003
End Date
December 1 2007
Last Update
May 31 2017
Active Locations (4)
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1
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267
2
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
3
Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
4
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213