Trial Outcomes & Findings for Automatic External Defibrillation Monitoring in Cardiac Arrest (NCT NCT00382928)

NCT ID: NCT00382928

Last Updated: 2015-07-15

Results Overview

Time to defibrillation: interval between onset of VT/VF and delivery of first shock. Expected time to defibrillation for AECD group: 30±30 seconds; expected time to defibrillation for Standard of Care group: 180±180.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

PHASE1

Target enrollment

192 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

10 minutes

Results posted on

2015-07-15

Participant Flow

One hundred and ninety two patients were recruited in the time period between 10/10/2006 to 7/20/2007 to the telemetry ward of the Atlanta VA Medical Center.

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
No Intervention: Standard of Care Group
Patients will receive standard of care measures in case of cardiac arrest. They will not receive AECD monitoring or intervention
Experimental: AECD Monitoring + Standard of Care Group
Patients will receive AECD monitoring and intervention in addition to standard of care in case of cardiac arrest during admission to the hospital.
Overall Study
STARTED
97
95
Overall Study
COMPLETED
97
95
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
0
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Automatic External Defibrillation Monitoring in Cardiac Arrest

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
No Intervention: Standard of Care Group
n=97 Participants
Patients will receive standard of care measures in case of cardiac arrest. They will not receive AECD monitoring or intervention.
Experimental: AECD Monitoring + Standard of Care Group
n=95 Participants
Patients will receive AECD monitoring and intervention in addition to standard of care in case of cardiac arrest during admission to the hospital.
Total
n=192 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
97 Participants
n=5 Participants
95 Participants
n=7 Participants
192 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Age, Continuous
62 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 3.4 • n=5 Participants
61.7 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 3.4 • n=7 Participants
61.9 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 3.4 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
3 Participants
n=7 Participants
6 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
94 Participants
n=5 Participants
92 Participants
n=7 Participants
186 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Hispanic
0 participants
n=5 Participants
2 participants
n=7 Participants
2 participants
n=5 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
White
53 participants
n=5 Participants
42 participants
n=7 Participants
95 participants
n=5 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Black
44 participants
n=5 Participants
51 participants
n=7 Participants
95 participants
n=5 Participants
Clinical Characteristics of Study Subjects
History of Heart Failure
20 participants
n=5 Participants
25 participants
n=7 Participants
45 participants
n=5 Participants
Clinical Characteristics of Study Subjects
New Diagnosis of Heart Failure
4 participants
n=5 Participants
6 participants
n=7 Participants
10 participants
n=5 Participants
Clinical Characteristics of Study Subjects
Diabetes mellitus
35 participants
n=5 Participants
46 participants
n=7 Participants
81 participants
n=5 Participants
Clinical Characteristics of Study Subjects
History of Coronary Artery Disease
42 participants
n=5 Participants
35 participants
n=7 Participants
77 participants
n=5 Participants
Clinical Characteristics of Study Subjects
Hypertension
74 participants
n=5 Participants
79 participants
n=7 Participants
153 participants
n=5 Participants
Clinical Characteristics of Study Subjects
Hyperlipidemia
53 participants
n=5 Participants
55 participants
n=7 Participants
108 participants
n=5 Participants
EKG on admission
normal sinus rhythm
81 participants
n=5 Participants
84 participants
n=7 Participants
165 participants
n=5 Participants
EKG on admission
Atrial fibrillation/flutter
11 participants
n=5 Participants
9 participants
n=7 Participants
20 participants
n=5 Participants
EKG on admission
supraventricular tachycardia
2 participants
n=5 Participants
0 participants
n=7 Participants
2 participants
n=5 Participants
EKG on admission
Other
3 participants
n=5 Participants
2 participants
n=7 Participants
5 participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 10 minutes

Population: There was only one patient in the Intervention group who received defibrillation. No patients had CPR or defibrillation in the standard of care group.

Time to defibrillation: interval between onset of VT/VF and delivery of first shock. Expected time to defibrillation for AECD group: 30±30 seconds; expected time to defibrillation for Standard of Care group: 180±180.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Experimental: AECD Monitoring + Stand of Care Group
n=95 Participants
Patients will receive AECD monitoring and intervention in addition to standard of care in case of cardiac arrest during admission to the hospital.
No Intervention: Standard of Care Group
n=97 Participants
Patients will receive standard of care measures in case of cardiac arrest. They will not receive AECD monitoring or intervention.
Number of Participants Without Defibrillation
94 participants
50
97 participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: During the duration of hospital admission on the telemetry ward.

Population: Only the AECD+Standard of Care Group was monitored in this portion of the study.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Experimental: AECD Monitoring + Stand of Care Group
n=95 Participants
Patients will receive AECD monitoring and intervention in addition to standard of care in case of cardiac arrest during admission to the hospital.
No Intervention: Standard of Care Group
Patients will receive standard of care measures in case of cardiac arrest. They will not receive AECD monitoring or intervention.
Frequency of Abnormal Rhythms Monitored by the AECD
Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter
9 participants
Frequency of Abnormal Rhythms Monitored by the AECD
Supraventricular Tachycardia
1 participants
Frequency of Abnormal Rhythms Monitored by the AECD
Premature Ventricular Complexes
10 participants
Frequency of Abnormal Rhythms Monitored by the AECD
Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia
5 participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: At discharge

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Experimental: AECD Monitoring + Stand of Care Group
n=95 Participants
Patients will receive AECD monitoring and intervention in addition to standard of care in case of cardiac arrest during admission to the hospital.
No Intervention: Standard of Care Group
n=97 Participants
Patients will receive standard of care measures in case of cardiac arrest. They will not receive AECD monitoring or intervention.
Survival to Discharge
95 participants
97 participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: At discharge

Population: Only 1 patient in the Intervention group had defibrillation during hospital admission and his CPC was 1.

Cerebral Performance Categories/CPC scale: CPC 1: Good cerebral performance - conscious, alert, able to work, might have mild neurologic or psychological deficit. CPC 2: Moderate cerebral disability - conscious, sufficient cerebral function for independent activities of daily life. Able to work in sheltered environment. CPC 3: Severe cerebral disability - conscious, dependent on others for daily support because of impaired brain function. Ranges from ambulatory state to severe dementia or paralysis. CPC 4: Coma or vegetative state - any degree of coma without the presence of all brain death criteria. Unawareness, even if appears awake (vegetative state) without interaction with environment; may have spontaneous eye opening and sleep/awake cycles. Cerebral unresponsiveness. CPC 5: Brain death - apnea, areflexia, electroencephalogram (EEG) silence, etc.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Experimental: AECD Monitoring + Stand of Care Group
n=1 Participants
Patients will receive AECD monitoring and intervention in addition to standard of care in case of cardiac arrest during admission to the hospital.
No Intervention: Standard of Care Group
Patients will receive standard of care measures in case of cardiac arrest. They will not receive AECD monitoring or intervention.
Cerebral Performance at Discharge
1 units on a scale: CPC 1

Adverse Events

Experimental: AECD Monitoring + Standard of Care Group

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 10 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

No Intervention: Standard of Care Group

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Other adverse events
Measure
Experimental: AECD Monitoring + Standard of Care Group
n=95 participants at risk
Patients will receive AECD monitoring and intervention in addition to standard of care in case of cardiac arrest during admission to the hospital.
No Intervention: Standard of Care Group
n=97 participants at risk
Patients will receive standard of care measures in case of cardiac arrest. They will not receive AECD monitoring or intervention.
Cardiac disorders
False Positive Events in which, the shocks were delivered inappropriately.
2.1%
2/95 • Number of events 2
0.00%
0/97
Cardiac disorders
Anxiety
2.1%
2/95 • Number of events 2
0.00%
0/97
Cardiac disorders
Skin irritation by the pads
2.1%
2/95 • Number of events 2
0.00%
0/97
Cardiac disorders
Alarming of the AECD, as the pads detached from the chest wall during sleep
4.2%
4/95 • Number of events 4
0.00%
0/97

Additional Information

Dr. A. Maziar Zafari

Atlanta Research and Education Foundation

Phone: 404-321-6111

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place