Status:

COMPLETED

Premature Termination of Resuscitation in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest

Lead Sponsor:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Collaborating Sponsors:

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Conditions:

Cardiac Arrest

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The study Premature Termination of Resuscitation in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest focuses on using innovative knowledge translation strategies to improve appropriate neuroprognostication for survivors o...

Detailed Description

A stepped wedge cluster randomized trial design will be employed in order to properly evaluate the impact of this intervention. Each of the 18 participating hospitals will be randomized one of the fou...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients =/\> 18 years of age
  • Non-traumatic out of hospital cardiac arrest
  • Sustained return of spontaneous circulation (palpable pulse for \> 20 minutes)
  • Comatose (i.e. without full neurological recovery; non-responsive to verbal commands)
  • Surviving to at least 6 hours after emergency department arrival

Exclusion

  • Patients who die within 6 hours of emergency department arrival

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

905 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01472458

Start Date

November 1 2011

End Date

June 1 2014

Last Update

February 6 2017

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