AED Use in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A New Algorithm Named "One Shock Per Minute"

NCT ID: NCT00139542

Last Updated: 2009-05-11

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

5107 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-09-30

Study Completion Date

2008-06-30

Brief Summary

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The aim of the trial is to evaluate a new AED algorithm that proposes a new timeline between the time devoted to administer a defibrillation shock, and the time devoted to chest compressions.

The researchers propose to decrease the periods of interruption of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), while keeping the principle of early defibrillation.

Detailed Description

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Early use of semi-automated external defibrillators (AED) by Emergency Care teams in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), has been correlated with a significant gain in sequelae-free survival. The AED is programmed with an algorithm based recommended guidelines.

We will test a new algorithm that takes into account recent findings in pathophysiology.

Patients presenting with cardiovascular and pulmonary arrest treated by the BSPP Emergency Care who meet inclusion criterion are proposed for inclusion in the trial.

The aim of the trial is to evaluate a new AED algorithm that proposes a new timeline between the time devoted to administer a defibrillation shock, and the time devoted to chest compressions.

The new algorithm is entitled "one shock per minute". Use of this algorithm should validate several hypotheses:

* the importance of administering cardiac massage and artificial ventilation (CPR) prior to initiation of electrical shock treatment.
* the importance of continuing CPR immediately following electrical shock treatment
* the importance of reducing time between CPR procedures to a minimum
* the fact that three successive electrical shocks are of no therapeutic benefit.

We want to compare the control algorithm with the new one titled "one shock per minute", for shocked patients.

The sample size of this trial was calculated to provide a power of 85% and a type 1 error rate of alpha = 0.0294 for detecting an 11% increase in the rate of hospital admission, from its historical rate of 34% to a new rate of 45%. One interim analysis was planned with the stopping boundary alpha = 0.0294. This required inclusion of 430 patients in each group.

The primary endpoint is defined as "the admission of the patient alive at the hospital".

The secondary endpoints are defined as following :

\- Detection of Palpable Carotid Pulse (ROSC) within the first 8 minutes after the connection of the AED The other secondary endpoint is survival to one year.

Concerning patients that do not receive shocks

They represent a priori 82% of the patients. The absolute number is a priori 3940, that is to say, 1970 in both two groups.

They will be used for an advanced observational descriptive study, to establish hypothesis for future studies.The same primary and secondary endpoints will be evaluated for them.

Among these patients not shocked, the algorithm foresees 60 seconds of CPR for the Control Group, and 90 seconds for the Trial Group. This setting relies on the hypothesis that increasing the time dedicated to chest compressions will increase the probability of return of a palpable pulse (ROSC), even for patients who do not fibrillate.

Statistical analysis will be completed by "Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées BEGIN - Epidemiology department"

We propose a comparison using the Chi square test for qualitative variables, Student's t test for quantitative variables, completion of a logistics model to analyze prognostic factors, as well as the proportional hazards model for survival analysis. Tests will be bilateral (significant p = 0,029 if we consider one intermediate analysis).

Overall analysis strategy will be defined and completed by the Epidemiology department of Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées BEGIN

Conditions

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Heart Arrest Ventricular Fibrillation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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CONTROL

AED Treatment protocol following AHA Guidelines 2000 recommendations for cardiac arrest resuscitation.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Guidelines 2000 AED protocol

Intervention Type OTHER

Up to 3 consecutive shocks in a stack; No initial CPR prior to the first shock; Post-shock pulse checks after each non-shockable rhythm analysis; 60 sec CPR after each non-shockable rhythm analysis.

STUDY

AED treatment protocol with prolonged CPR intervals, single shocks, fewer rhythm analysis and pulse checks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

One shock per minute AED protocol

Intervention Type OTHER

Single shocks; No post-shock pulse checks; 60 sec CPR before first shock; 30 sec CPR between rhythm analysis and shock delivery.

Interventions

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One shock per minute AED protocol

Single shocks; No post-shock pulse checks; 60 sec CPR before first shock; 30 sec CPR between rhythm analysis and shock delivery.

Intervention Type OTHER

Guidelines 2000 AED protocol

Up to 3 consecutive shocks in a stack; No initial CPR prior to the first shock; Post-shock pulse checks after each non-shockable rhythm analysis; 60 sec CPR after each non-shockable rhythm analysis.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Biphasic LIFEPAK(R) 500 AED with cprMAX technology Biphasic LIFEPAK(R) 500 AED with cprMAX technology

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients in a state of apparent death as noted on arrival of the emergency care team vehicle
* Resuscitation by first aid team with a minimum of three people
* Analysis of cardiac rhythm by the AED possible
* At least one appropriate shock delivered by the AED

Exclusion Criteria

* Many victims (\>3) that must be treated simultaneously
* Signs of certain death (lividity)
* Patient with palpable pulse on arrival of emergency care team
* Patient already connected to another device
* Incident involving an AED that requires a "materiovigilance" report
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Year

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Brigade de Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Physio-Control, Inc, A division of Medtronic

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fire Brigade Of Paris Emergency Medicine Dept

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Brigade de Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris

Principal Investigators

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Jost Daniel, Doctor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fire Brigade of Paris

Locations

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Fire Brigade of Paris Emergency medicine department

Paris, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Reference Type RESULT

Jost D, Degrange H, Hersan O, Briche F, Fontaine D, Lallement D, Calamai F, Verret C, Banville I, Chapman F, Koster R, Descatha A, Petit J-L, Fuilla C. Prospective Clinical Trial, DEFI 2005: Does an AED Algorithm with More CPR Impact Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Prognosis? Resuscitation 2008;77 (Supp 1):.S18. (Abstract). ERC 2008

Reference Type RESULT

Jost D, Banville I, Degrange H, Hersan O, Briche F, Dubourdieu S, Fontaine D, Lallement D, Chapman F, Lank P, Petit J-L, Fuilla C. Metronome Use to Improve CPR by Firefighters during Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Academic Emergency Medicine 2008;15(s1):S21-S22. (Abstract). SAEM 2008.

Reference Type RESULT

Jost D, Degrange H, Hersan O, Briche F, Fontaine D, Lallement D, Calamai F, Verret C, Banville I, Chapman F, Koster R, Fuilla C, Jost D, Descatha A, Dubourdieu S, Petit J-L, Lank P. Prospective Clinical Trial, DEFI 2005: Does an AED Algorithm with More CPR Impact Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Prognosis? Academic Emergency Medicine 2008;15(s1):S224-S225. (Abstract). SAEM 2008.

Reference Type RESULT

Jost D, Banville I, Girardeau S, Calamai F, Fontaine D, Lallement D, Chapman FW, Degrange H, Petit J-L, Fuilla C. Impact of reducing CPR hands-off time during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on post-shock rhythm progression. Eur Heart J. 2008;29:642 (Abstract).

Reference Type RESULT

Jost D, Degrange H, Banville IL, Hersan O, Briche F, Fontaine D, Lallement D, Calamai F, Chapman FW, Petit J-L, Fuilla C. Is the Outcome from Witnessed VF Cardiac Arrest Improved by Providing More CPR? Results from DEFI2005, a Randomized Controlled Trial of two AED Protocols. Circulation. 2008;118:S_1447. (Abstract). AHA 2008

Reference Type RESULT

Jost D, Degrange H, Verret C, Hersan O, Banville IL, Chapman FW, Lank P, Petit JL, Fuilla C, Migliani R, Carpentier JP; DEFI 2005 Work Group. DEFI 2005: a randomized controlled trial of the effect of automated external defibrillator cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocol on outcome from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Circulation. 2010 Apr 13;121(14):1614-22. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.878389. Epub 2010 Mar 29.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 20351239 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.pompiersparis.fr

This is the official Paris Fire Brigade website

Other Identifiers

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BSPP01092005

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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