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

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AOU Careggi

Florence, Italy, 50134