Ischemic Brain InjuryPhase 2Xe-hypothecaNCT00879892
Effect of Xenon and Therapeutic Hypothermia, on the Brain and on Neurological Outcome Following Brain Ischemia in Cardiac Arrest Patients
A Phase 2 study testing xenon and Hypothermia in people with Ischemic Brain Injury, run by Turku University Hospital at 10 sites in 2 countries.
Trial summary
The main purpose of this study is to explore whether xenon is neuroprotective in humans. In addition, the purpose is to explore the underlying mechanisms for the possible synergistic neuroprotective interaction of xenon and hypothermia in patients suffering cerebral ischemia post cardiac arrest, by undertaking brain… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Ischemic Brain Injury
- What is being tested?
- xenon and Hypothermia
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 110 participants
- Where
- 10 sitesin 2 countries
- Study dates
- May 2009to Sep 2014
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 80 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Ventricular fibrillation or non-perfusive ventricular tachycardia as initial cardiac rhythm
- The 1st attempt at resuscitation by emergency medical personnel must appear within 15 minutes after the collapse
- The cause for collapse should be considered primary as cardiogenic and the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) should have been gained in 45 minutes after the collapse
- Patient should be still unconscious in the emergency room
- Age: 18 - 80 years
- Obtained consent within 4 hours after arrival to the hospital
Who cannot join
- Hypothermia (< 30°C core temperature)
- Unconsciousness before cardiac arrest (cerebral trauma, spontaneous cerebral hemorrhages, intoxications etc.)
- Response to verbal commands after the return of spontaneous circulation and before randomization
- Pregnancy
- Coagulopathy
- Terminal phase of a chronic disease
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- Systolic arterial pressure < 80 mmHg or mean arterial pressure < 60 mmHg for over 30 min period after ROSC
- Evidence of hypoxemia (arterial oxygen saturation < 85%) for > 15 minutes after ROSC and before randomization.
- Factors making participation in follow-up unlikely
- Enrolment in another study
Trial locations and contacts
10 sites in 2 countries.
10 sites in 2 countries
Finland9 sites
Department of Neurology, Meilahti, Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, 340
Department of Radiology, HUSRontgen, Meilahti, Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, 340
Intensive Care Unit, Meilahti, Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, 340
Department of Cardiology, Meilahti, Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, 800
Adult Intensive Care Unit, Turku University Hospital
Turku, 20521
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Turku University Hospital
Turku, 20521
Department of Neurology; Turku University Hospital
Turku, 20521
Department of Radiology, Turku University Hospital
Turku, 20521
PET Centre
Turku, 20521
United States1 site
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
San Francisco, California
About this study
Official title: Phase 2 Study of Effect of Xenon, in Combination With Therapeutic Hypothermia, on the Brain and on Neurological Outcome Following Brain Ischemia in Cardiac Arrest Patients
The main purpose of this study is to explore whether xenon is neuroprotective in humans. In addition, the purpose is to explore the underlying mechanisms for the possible synergistic neuroprotective interaction of xenon and hypothermia in patients suffering cerebral ischemia post cardiac arrest, by undertaking brain imaging to evaluate their effects on cerebral hypoxia, neuronal loss and mitochondrial dysfunction. In addition, the investigators aim to correlate these findings with neurological outcome to determine surrogate markers of favourable clinical outcome at six months.
Read the detailed description
If cardiac resuscitation is successful, the state-of-the-art management is to actively cool these patients into a state of moderate hypothermia (32-34º C) for 24 hours in an intensive care unit. Guidelines regarding the use of hypothermia following witnessed cardiac arrest have been formally adopted by the European Resuscitation Council as well as the American Heart Association. Therapeutic hypothermia provides a significant but moderate improvement in these patients. Thus, strategies designed to increase the efficacy of therapeutic hypothermia are needed.
Preclinical animal studies have now demonstrated a remarkable neuroprotective interaction with hypothermia in a synergistic manner. The data suggest that xenon's neuroprotective effect can be triggered with subanesthetic concentrations in humans when combined with modest hypothermia.
The aim of this study is to explore whether xenon is neuroprotective in humans. We also explore whether xenon in combination with standard hypothermia treatment has better neuroprotective effect than can be achieved with the hypothermia treatment alone in the patients who have experienced global ischemic brain injury after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
Hundred-and- ten patients who have experienced ventricular fibrillation or non-perfusive ventricular tachycardia as initial cardiac rhythm will be enrolled and they will be randomized into two treatment groups: 1) standard hypothermia treatment for 24 hours, 2) xenon inhalation combined with standard hypothermia treatment for 24 hours.
Sophisticated brain imaging techniques will be performed before intervention (i.e. standard CT scan), within 24 hours after intervention (i.e. positron emission tomography), and on day 3 and on day 10 after cardiac arrest (i.e. various proton magnetic resonance imaging techniques) to identify ischemic burden, injured tissue and deranged energy metabolism in the brain.
Our objective is to show a significant reduction in the degree of severity of the ischemic brain injury in the hypothermia+Xenon group as compared with the hypothermia group.
- Conditions
- Ischemic Brain Injury
- Being tested
- xenon, Hypothermia
- Keywords
- xenon, hypothermia, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- Medical subject headings
- Hypothermia, Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
xenonDrug
Gas, 24 hour inhalation, en tidal target concentration 40%
HypothermiaOther
24 hour, target core temperature 33
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Hypothermia and xenon | Active comparator | Not described Receives: Drug: xenon; Other: Hypothermia |
| Hypothermia | Active comparator | Not described Receives: Other: Hypothermia |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Primary outcome is to show a significant reduction in the degree of severity of the ischemic brain injury in the hypothermia+Xenon group as compared with the hypothermia group, reflected by various MRI techniques
Power analysis was done with fractional anisotropy of diffusion tensor MRI
Measured: within 24 hours after treatment and 10 +/-2 days after cardiac arrest
Secondary outcomes (5)
Neurological outcome
Measured: 6 months after cardiac arrest
A transthoracic echocardiography will be performed for all feasible patients to investigate cardiac safety of the treatments
Measured: Before, during and after treatments
Mortality
Measured: 6 months
Complication rate
epileptic status, severe bleeding, pneumonia, sepsis, pancreatitis, acute kidney injury according to RIFLE, pulmonary oedema, arrhythmias
Measured: 7 days
Morbidity
cardiac and cerebral morbidity
Measured: 6 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Apr 2009 (estimated)
- Study startMay 2009
- Primary completionSep 2014
- Study completionSep 2014
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (7)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Ischemic Brain InjuryStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Turku University HospitalThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 110 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Turku University Hospital
- Sponsor type
- Other government
- Collaborators
- Academy of Finland, University of Turku
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Timo Laitio, Turku University Hospital
- Investigators
- Timo T Laitio, MD, PhD, Principal investigator, Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency Care and Pain Medicine
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00879892
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Eudra CT2009-009505-25
- Acronym
- Xe-hypotheca
- Status last verified
- Jan 2015
- First submitted
- 10 Apr 2009
- Last updated
- 19 Jan 2015
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Publications
Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group. Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med. 2002 Feb 21;346(8):549-56. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa012689.
PubMed 11856793Hollmen CC, Vorobyev V, Parkkola R, Posti JP, Saunavaara J, Laitio R, Arola O, Hynninen M, Backlund M, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Martola J, Ylikoski E, Roine RO, Tiainen M, Scheinin H, Maze M, Vahlberg T, Laitio TT; Xe-HYPOTHECA Consortium. Grey matter volume reduction and its association with brain-enriched blood biomarkers in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors. Sci Rep. 2025 Nov 26;15(1):42219. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-26322-4.
PubMed 41298726Hollmen C, Parkkola R, Vorobyev V, Saunavaara J, Laitio R, Arola O, Hynninen M, Backlund M, Martola J, Ylikoski E, Roine RO, Tiainen M, Scheinin H, Maze M, Vahlberg T, Laitio TT. Neuroprotective Effects of Inhaled Xenon Gas on Brain Structural Gray Matter Changes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Evaluated by Morphometric Analysis: A Substudy of the Randomized Xe-Hypotheca Trial. Neurocrit Care. 2025 Feb;42(1):131-141. doi: 10.1007/s12028-024-02053-8. Epub 2024 Jul 9.
PubMed 38982000Nummela AJ, Scheinin H, Perola M, Joensuu A, Laitio R, Arola O, Gronlund J, Roine RO, Backlund M, Vahlberg TJ, Laitio T; Xe-Hypotheca Collaboration Group. A metabolic profile of xenon and metabolite associations with 6-month mortality after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A post-hoc study of the randomised Xe-Hypotheca trial. PLoS One. 2024 Jun 4;19(6):e0304966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304966. eCollection 2024.
PubMed 38833442Koskensalo K, Virtanen S, Saunavaara J, Parkkola R, Laitio R, Arola O, Hynninen M, Silvasti P, Nukarinen E, Martola J, Silvennoinen HM, Tiainen M, Roine RO, Scheinin H, Saraste A, Maze M, Vahlberg T, Laitio TT; XeHYPOTHECA Research Group. Comparison of the prognostic value of early-phase proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and diffusion tensor imaging with serum neuron-specific enolase at 72 h in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest-a substudy of the XeHypotheca trial. Neuroradiology. 2023 Feb;65(2):349-360. doi: 10.1007/s00234-022-03063-z. Epub 2022 Oct 17.
PubMed 36251060Laitio R, Hynninen M, Arola O, Virtanen S, Parkkola R, Saunavaara J, Roine RO, Gronlund J, Ylikoski E, Wennervirta J, Backlund M, Silvasti P, Nukarinen E, Tiainen M, Saraste A, Pietila M, Airaksinen J, Valanne L, Martola J, Silvennoinen H, Scheinin H, Harjola VP, Niiranen J, Korpi K, Varpula M, Inkinen O, Olkkola KT, Maze M, Vahlberg T, Laitio T. Effect of Inhaled Xenon on Cerebral White Matter Damage in Comatose Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2016 Mar 15;315(11):1120-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.1933.
PubMed 26978207Arola OJ, Laitio RM, Roine RO, Gronlund J, Saraste A, Pietila M, Airaksinen J, Perttila J, Scheinin H, Olkkola KT, Maze M, Laitio TT. Feasibility and cardiac safety of inhaled xenon in combination with therapeutic hypothermia following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Crit Care Med. 2013 Sep;41(9):2116-24. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828a4337.
PubMed 23896830
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 19 Jan 2015. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Phase 2 Study of Effect of Xenon, in Combination With Therapeutic Hypothermia, on the Brain and on Neurological Outcome Following Brain Ischemia in Cardiac Arrest Patients
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00879892
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Xe-hypotheca / Eudra CT2009-009505-25
- Conditions
- Ischemic Brain Injury
- Keywords
- xenon, hypothermia, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 110 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Turku University HospitalOther government
- Collaborators
- Academy of Finland, University of Turku
- Study start
- May 2009
- Primary completion
- Sep 2014 (actual)
- Study completion
- Sep 2014 (actual)
- First posted
- 13 Apr 2009 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The main purpose of this study is to explore whether xenon is neuroprotective in humans. In addition, the purpose is to explore the underlying mechanisms for the possible synergistic neuroprotective interaction of xenon and hypothermia in patients suffering cerebral ischemia post cardiac arrest, by undertaking brain imaging to evaluate their effects on cerebral hypoxia, neuronal loss and mitochondrial dysfunction. In addition, the investigators aim to correlate these findings with neurological outcome to determine surrogate markers of favourable clinical outcome at six months.
Detailed description
If cardiac resuscitation is successful, the state-of-the-art management is to actively cool these patients into a state of moderate hypothermia (32-34º C) for 24 hours in an intensive care unit. Guidelines regarding the use of hypothermia following witnessed cardiac arrest have been formally adopted by the European Resuscitation Council as well as the American Heart Association. Therapeutic hypothermia provides a significant but moderate improvement in these patients. Thus, strategies designed to increase the efficacy of therapeutic hypothermia are needed.
Preclinical animal studies have now demonstrated a remarkable neuroprotective interaction with hypothermia in a synergistic manner. The data suggest that xenon's neuroprotective effect can be triggered with subanesthetic concentrations in humans when combined with modest hypothermia.
The aim of this study is to explore whether xenon is neuroprotective in humans. We also explore whether xenon in combination with standard hypothermia treatment has better neuroprotective effect than can be achieved with the hypothermia treatment alone in the patients who have experienced global ischemic brain injury after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
Hundred-and- ten patients who have experienced ventricular fibrillation or non-perfusive ventricular tachycardia as initial cardiac rhythm will be enrolled and they will be randomized into two treatment groups: 1) standard hypothermia treatment for 24 hours, 2) xenon inhalation combined with standard hypothermia treatment for 24 hours.
Sophisticated brain imaging techniques will be performed before intervention (i.e. standard CT scan), within 24 hours after intervention (i.e. positron emission tomography), and on day 3 and on day 10 after cardiac arrest (i.e. various proton magnetic resonance imaging techniques) to identify ischemic burden, injured tissue and deranged energy metabolism in the brain.
Our objective is to show a significant reduction in the degree of severity of the ischemic brain injury in the hypothermia+Xenon group as compared with the hypothermia group.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Hypothermia and xenon | Active comparator | Drug: xenon, Other: Hypothermia |
| Hypothermia | Active comparator | Other: Hypothermia |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Ventricular fibrillation or non-perfusive ventricular tachycardia as initial cardiac rhythm
- The 1st attempt at resuscitation by emergency medical personnel must appear within 15 minutes after the collapse
- The cause for collapse should be considered primary as cardiogenic and the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) should have been gained in 45 minutes after the collapse
- Patient should be still unconscious in the emergency room
- Age: 18 - 80 years
Key exclusion criteria (10 listed)
- Hypothermia (< 30°C core temperature)
- Unconsciousness before cardiac arrest (cerebral trauma, spontaneous cerebral hemorrhages, intoxications etc.)
- Response to verbal commands after the return of spontaneous circulation and before randomization
- Pregnancy
- Coagulopathy
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| xenonGas, 24 hour inhalation, en tidal target concentration 40% | Drug | Hypothermia and xenon |
| Hypothermia24 hour, target core temperature 33 | Other | Hypothermia, Hypothermia and xenon |
Primary outcome
Primary outcome is to show a significant reduction in the degree of severity of the ischemic brain injury in the hypothermia+Xenon group as compared with the hypothermia group, reflected by various MRI techniques
Time frame: within 24 hours after treatment and 10 +/-2 days after cardiac arrest
Power analysis was done with fractional anisotropy of diffusion tensor MRI
5 secondary outcomes
Neurological outcome
Time frame: 6 months after cardiac arrest
A transthoracic echocardiography will be performed for all feasible patients to investigate cardiac safety of the treatments
Time frame: Before, during and after treatments
Mortality
Time frame: 6 months
Complication rate
Time frame: 7 days
Morbidity
Time frame: 6 months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 19 Jan 2015.
- Background: PubMed 11856793Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest Study Group. Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med. 2002 Feb 21;346(8):549-56. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa012689.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 41298726Hollmen CC, Vorobyev V, Parkkola R, Posti JP, Saunavaara J, Laitio R, Arola O, Hynninen M, Backlund M, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Martola J, Ylikoski E, Roine RO, Tiainen M, Scheinin H, Maze M, Vahlberg T, Laitio TT; Xe-HYPOTHECA Consortium. Grey matter volume reduction and its association with brain-enriched blood biomarkers in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors. Sci Rep. 2025 Nov 26;15(1):42219. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-26322-4.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 38982000Hollmen C, Parkkola R, Vorobyev V, Saunavaara J, Laitio R, Arola O, Hynninen M, Backlund M, Martola J, Ylikoski E, Roine RO, Tiainen M, Scheinin H, Maze M, Vahlberg T, Laitio TT. Neuroprotective Effects of Inhaled Xenon Gas on Brain Structural Gray Matter Changes After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Evaluated by Morphometric Analysis: A Substudy of the Randomized Xe-Hypotheca Trial. Neurocrit Care. 2025 Feb;42(1):131-141. doi: 10.1007/s12028-024-02053-8. Epub 2024 Jul 9.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 38833442Nummela AJ, Scheinin H, Perola M, Joensuu A, Laitio R, Arola O, Gronlund J, Roine RO, Backlund M, Vahlberg TJ, Laitio T; Xe-Hypotheca Collaboration Group. A metabolic profile of xenon and metabolite associations with 6-month mortality after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A post-hoc study of the randomised Xe-Hypotheca trial. PLoS One. 2024 Jun 4;19(6):e0304966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304966. eCollection 2024.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 36251060Koskensalo K, Virtanen S, Saunavaara J, Parkkola R, Laitio R, Arola O, Hynninen M, Silvasti P, Nukarinen E, Martola J, Silvennoinen HM, Tiainen M, Roine RO, Scheinin H, Saraste A, Maze M, Vahlberg T, Laitio TT; XeHYPOTHECA Research Group. Comparison of the prognostic value of early-phase proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy and diffusion tensor imaging with serum neuron-specific enolase at 72 h in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest-a substudy of the XeHypotheca trial. Neuroradiology. 2023 Feb;65(2):349-360. doi: 10.1007/s00234-022-03063-z. Epub 2022 Oct 17.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 26978207Laitio R, Hynninen M, Arola O, Virtanen S, Parkkola R, Saunavaara J, Roine RO, Gronlund J, Ylikoski E, Wennervirta J, Backlund M, Silvasti P, Nukarinen E, Tiainen M, Saraste A, Pietila M, Airaksinen J, Valanne L, Martola J, Silvennoinen H, Scheinin H, Harjola VP, Niiranen J, Korpi K, Varpula M, Inkinen O, Olkkola KT, Maze M, Vahlberg T, Laitio T. Effect of Inhaled Xenon on Cerebral White Matter Damage in Comatose Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2016 Mar 15;315(11):1120-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.1933.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 23896830Arola OJ, Laitio RM, Roine RO, Gronlund J, Saraste A, Pietila M, Airaksinen J, Perttila J, Scheinin H, Olkkola KT, Maze M, Laitio TT. Feasibility and cardiac safety of inhaled xenon in combination with therapeutic hypothermia following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Crit Care Med. 2013 Sep;41(9):2116-24. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31828a4337.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Timo T Laitio, MD, PhD principal investigator
Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, Emergency Care and Pain Medicine
10 sites in 2 countries: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing xenon and Hypothermia in people with Ischemic Brain Injury, run by Turku University Hospital at 10 sites in 2 countries.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Jan 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 10 sites in Finland, United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
What does this phase mean?
Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.
Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Primary outcome is to show a significant reduction in the degree of severity of the ischemic brain injury in the hypothermia+Xenon group as compared with the hypothermia group, reflected by various MRI techniques (time frame: within 24 hours after treatment and 10 +/-2 days after cardiac arrest). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00879892, which also lists 7 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Jan 2015; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.