Pre-Hospital Cooling in Cardiac Arrest Patients

NCT ID: NCT00915421

Last Updated: 2009-06-08

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-07-31

Study Completion Date

2009-08-31

Brief Summary

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Type of study: Pilot prospective nonrandomized feasibility clinical study.

Aim of the study: To assess the feasibility of pre-hospital therapeutic mild hypothermia in patients successfully resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the setting of prehospital and hospital care in Czech republic.

Evaluated hypothesis: Pre-hospital initiation of therapeutic mild hypothermia by rapid administration of intravenous bolus of cold crystalloids is simple, safe, effective and is a feasible procedure to significantly decrease body core temperature during patient's transport to the hospital in Czech republic.

The study is observational and does not evaluate any new drug, therapeutic procedure or diagnostic procedure. It is evaluating a known therapeutic procedure, therapeutic mild hypothermia, induced by known technique, cold crystalloid infusion, widely accepted in hospital-related postresuscitative care. However, even its prehospital usage has been published.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cardiac Arrest

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Prehospital hypothermia group

All patients included to the study

Induction of therapeutic mild hypothermia

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Rapid administration of 4°C cold normal saline to the peripheral vein, dose 5 - 30 ml/kg, to decrease body core temperature below 34°C

Interventions

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Induction of therapeutic mild hypothermia

Rapid administration of 4°C cold normal saline to the peripheral vein, dose 5 - 30 ml/kg, to decrease body core temperature below 34°C

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
* remaining comatose and requiring mechanical ventilation

Exclusion Criteria

* cardiac arrest of traumatic etiology
* patient conscious after short cardiopulmonary resuscitation
* coma of other origin than cardiac arrest (e.g., epileptic paroxysm, intoxication etc.)
* severe acute heart failure
* accidental hypothermia below 30°C
* bradycardia requiring transcutaneous cardiac pacing
* status Do Not Resuscitate or Do Not Intubate
* severe circulatory shock
* severe life threatening cardiac arrhythmias
* severe and life threatening bleeding
* severe sepsis
* any common opinion of intervening team of unfitness of induction of therapeutic mild hypothermia
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital Hradec Kralove

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Emergency Medical Service of the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Emergency Medical Service of the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Principal Investigators

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Roman Skulec, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Emergency Medical Service of the Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Locations

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Emergency Medical Service of the Central Bohemian Region

Beroun, Central Bohemia, Czechia

Site Status RECRUITING

Hradec Kralove Region Emergency Medical Services, Czech republic

Hradec Králové, Region of Hradec Kralove, Czechia

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Czechia

Central Contacts

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Roman Skulec, MD

Role: CONTACT

00420 777577497

Anatolij Truhlar, MD

Role: CONTACT

00420 495 833 497

Facility Contacts

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Roman Skulec, MD

Role: primary

00420 777 577 497

Anatolij Truhlar, MD

Role: backup

00420 495 833 497

Anatolij Truhlar, MD

Role: primary

00420 495 833 497

Roman Skulec, MD

Role: backup

00420 777 577 497

References

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Skulec R, Truhlar A, Seblova J, Dostal P, Cerny V. Pre-hospital cooling of patients following cardiac arrest is effective using even low volumes of cold saline. Crit Care. 2010;14(6):R231. doi: 10.1186/cc9386. Epub 2010 Dec 22.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21176218 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.zzskhk.cz

Web pages of Hradec Kralove Region Emergency Medical Services, Czech republic

Other Identifiers

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SCK-KVK-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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