Clinical trials: Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Circulation Improving Resuscitation Care (CIRC)
During resuscitation of out of hospital cardiac arrest patients the use of a mechanical chest compression device Autopulse will improve survival compared to manual compressions.
- Trial name
- CIRC (NCT00597207)
- Testing
- AutoPulse, Manual
- Where
- 5 sites in United States, Austria and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 4,231 people
- Sponsor
- Zoll Medical Corporation
Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Sudden Cardiac Death
Tampere Coronary Artery Disease and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Study
The goal of this observational study is to recognize clinical and genetic risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and death (SCD) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD).
- Conditions
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Sudden Cardiac Death, Sudden Cardiac Death Due to Cardiac Arrhythmia, Coronary Arterial Disease (CAD)
- Trial name
- CADSCA (NCT06804499)
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Tampere Heart Hospital
Cardiac Arrest, Heart Arrest
Electroencephalography in Patients Resuscitated From Cardiac Arrest
Sudden cardiac death can occur due to a multitude of causes. The underlying case can affect the overall prognosis. A return of spontaneous circulation not exceeding 30 minutes following a successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation…
- Trial name
- NCT02344693
- Where
- Finland
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Helsinki University Central Hospital
Sudden Cardiac Death, Cardiac Arrhythmias
Cardiovascular Pre-participation Screening in Children and Adolescents
Sports participation is strongly encouraged in children and adolescents, but intense training at early ages may reveal hidden heart conditions that increase the risk of sudden cardiac death.
- Trial name
- NCT07862504
- Testing
- Pre-participation clinical evaluation, Diagnostic Test: Resting 12-lead electrocardiogram, Diagnostic Test: Step test (Harvard step test)
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 334 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Intubation Complication, Cardiopulmonary Arrest
IntuBrite Versus Macintosh for Endotracheal Intubation in Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
a randomized, parallel, non-blinded trial in a single Emergency Mdeical Service in Poland within a group of 34 ground ambulances crews, comparing time and first pass success (FPS) for endotracheal intubation (ETI) in DL using the…
- Trial name
- NCT05607836
- Testing
- IntuBrite intubation, Macintosh laryngoscope
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Lodz
Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)
Ventilation Performance and Feedback Simulation Trial
The study "Understanding the Effect of Feedback on Ventilation Performance of Rescuers in a Simulation Trial" will address treatments administered by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in…
- Trial name
- VENT-SIM (NCT07352709)
- Testing
- Real-time feedback
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Myocardial Infarction, Ventricular Tachycardia
MAgnetic Resonance Imaging-guided implanTation of Cardioverter DEFibrillators
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) are currently recommended for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with a remote (>6 weeks) myocardial infarction (MI) and a low (≤35%) left ventricular…
- Conditions
- Myocardial Infarction, Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, Sudden Cardiac Death
- Trial name
- SMART-DEF (NCT06269692)
- Testing
- MRI screening, Implantable Loop Recorder, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,812 people
- Sponsor
- Central Hospital, Nancy, France
Cardiac Arrest (CA), In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
The Ventilation During In-hospital Cardiac Arrest Study
The goal of this prospective observational study is to learn how ventilation quality parameters during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are associated with short-term survival following in-hospital cardiac arrest of adult…
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest (CA), In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Heart Arrest
- Trial name
- VENT-IHCA (NCT06809309)
- Testing
- Positive pressure ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Where
- 11 sites in Denmark, Norway
- Volunteers
- 900 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Heart Arrest, Cardiac Arrest
Pre-arrival Instructions Effect on Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
The investigators hypothesized that pre-arrival instructions would increase the likelihood of bystanders performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
- Conditions
- Heart Arrest, Cardiac Arrest, Cardiopulmonary Arrest, Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
- Trial name
- NCT02007499
- Testing
- Pre-Arrival Instructions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 274 people
- Sponsor
- Medical College of Wisconsin
Cardiac Arrest, Cognitive Function
Brain Function After Cardiac Arrest (Measured With FMRI and Cognitive Tests)
The aim of this longitudinal study is to determine whether brain function is affected after a cardiac arrest. The primary question is whether cognitive function is affected after cardiac arrest and whether it changes over time…
- Trial name
- BRAINnHEART (NCT03579498)
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway, Sweden
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Seizure
OPALS Pediatric Study
The OPALS Pediatric Study will examine the incremental impact of introducing a prehospital full advanced life support in pediatric patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00298532
- Testing
- Advanced Life Support
- Where
- 10 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 9,000 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Acute Kidney Injury
Nitrite Infusion in High Risk Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of intravenous sodium nitrite compared with placebo in reducing the occurrence of CSA-AK as diagnosed by KDIGO criteria during the first 72 hrs after cardiac surgery in…
- Trial name
- NCT03331146
- Testing
- Saline, Sodium Nitrite
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cardiac Arrest
The Feasibility Study of Recognition of Cardiac Arrest Using a Smart Watch
In this study, we want to find out whether the recognition of cardiac arrest using a smart watch is feasible or not. If this idea is possible, the recognition of cardiac arrest using the smart watch is easy and fast to the…
- Trial name
- TFSRCASW (NCT02866188)
- Testing
- Check pulse with Smart watch on 3 parts of patient's body surface
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Hanyang University
Cardiac Arrest
Prognostic Value With Combined ONSD and NIRS Measurements for Predicting Neurological Outcome After Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac arrest (CA) is a worldwide health problem and is associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. After CA, most patients are exposed to cerebral injury due to anoxic perfusion, resulting in severe neurological…
- Trial name
- NCT05552794
- Testing
- Optic nerve Sheath Diameter (ONSD)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Nevsehir Public Hospital
Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation
DF4 Connector System Post-Approval Study
The purpose of this study is to evaluate long-term performance of the DF4 Connector System. This evaluation is based on the number of DF4 lead-related complications occurring during the study compared to the number of leads…
- Conditions
- Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Failure
- Trial name
- NCT01638897
- Where
- 78 sites in United States, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 1,778 people
- Sponsor
- Medtronic
Anoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
Study for the Improvement of Long-Term Outcome Prediction in Patients in Coma After Cardiac Arrest
The primary objective of HOPE is to improve the accuracy of outcome prediction in anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest by bringing under close scrutiny some of the existing methods used for this purpose (e.g.
- Trial name
- HOPE (NCT02231060)
- Where
- 16 sites in Germany
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Arrhythmia, Heart Arrest
Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Community Trial
To measure survival to hospital discharge of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in community units (e.g., apartment or office buildings, gated communities, sports venues, senior centers, shopping malls) served by…
- Conditions
- Arrhythmia, Heart Arrest, Heart Diseases, Myocardial Infarction
- Trial name
- NCT00004560
- Testing
- defibrillator
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Cardiac Arrest, Extracorporeal Circulation
Cytokine Adsorption in Post-cardiac Arrest Syndrome in Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Almost all patients with refractory cardiac arrest, who are primarily stabilized under ongoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation by transcutaneous implantation of a venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation system (va-ECMO for…
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest, Extracorporeal Circulation, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Cytokine Storm
- Trial name
- CYTER (NCT03685383)
- Testing
- Cytosorb removal column in eCPR, standard eCPR (va-ECMO)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Freiburg
Death, Sudden, Cardiac
ASSURE WCD Clinical Evaluation - Conversion Efficacy Study
A multicenter single arm open label evaluation of the ASSURE Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD) defibrillation waveform in adult cardiac patients
- Trial name
- ACE-CONVERT (NCT04132466)
- Testing
- Defibrillation using the ASSURE wearable cardioverter defibrillator therapy delivered via a waveform delivery test system
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people
- Sponsor
- Kestra Medical Technologies, Inc.
Syncope, Bradycardia
Registry of Device Implantation
The implantable device therapy for cardiac arrhythmias has been an established therapy, and one of the common standard procedures in cardiac clinical practice.
- Conditions
- Syncope, Bradycardia, Tachycardia, Sudden Cardiac Death
- Trial name
- NCT03360227
- Testing
- implantation of cardiac devices
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 2,000 people
- Sponsor
- Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie