Status:
COMPLETED
EEG and SEP Evaluation for Good and Poor Neurological Prognosis After Cardiac Arrest
Lead Sponsor:
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
Conditions:
Neurological Prognosis Cardiac Arrest
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-90 years
Brief Summary
Hypoxic-Ischemic-encephalopathy (HIE) is a severe and frequent neurological complication of successful cardiopulmonary-resuscitation after cardiac arrest (CA). Prognosticating neurological outcomes in...
Detailed Description
Post-anoxic encephalopathy is a severe and frequent neurological complication of successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation and it is usually responsible for coma onset in patients surviving a CA. A rel...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- male and female patients between 18 and 90 years of age and
- comatose patients surviving after CA with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) \<9
Exclusion
- patients with surgical or traumatic causes of CA,
- patients showing contemporary presence of other neurological diseases (i.e. traumatic brain injury or brain infarction),
- patients with previous severe neurological diseases,
- patients with remote pathological anamnesis showing severe diseases with life expectancy less than 6 months,
- patients with previous severe disability,
- contemporary presence of confounding factors that hamper clinical evaluation (in particular the consciousness state)
- patients with contemporary absence of cortical response N20/P25 and lemniscal wave P14
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2016
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
400 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03849911
Start Date
June 1 2016
End Date
December 1 2018
Last Update
April 30 2019
Active Locations (1)
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AOU Careggi
Florence, Italy, 50134