Status:
COMPLETED
A Pilot Study of Intra-arrest Therapeutic Hypothermia in Patients Suffering Non-Traumatic Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Lead Sponsor:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Conditions:
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-110 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The objective of this study will be to assess the frequency of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), survival to admission, survival to discharge from the hospital, and neurologic function at time...
Detailed Description
Therapeutic hypothermia improves mortality and functional neurologic outcomes in patients resuscitated from pulseless ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation (VT/VF), with several studies validating ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Cardiac arrest of presumed medical etiology in the out-of-hospital setting
Exclusion
- Traumatic Cardiac Arrests
- Cardiac Arrests Due to hemorrhage
- Cardiac arrests involving children or young adults
- Patients presumed to be pregnant
- Patients with a do not resuscitate
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
542 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01413399
Start Date
August 1 2011
End Date
June 1 2012
Last Update
June 28 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Carolinas Medical Center; Center for Prehospital MEdicine
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28232