Early Targeted Brain Cooling in the Cath Lab Following Cardiac Arrest

NCT ID: NCT02071797

Last Updated: 2020-12-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

72 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-01-31

Study Completion Date

2015-07-31

Brief Summary

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The objective of the COOLCATH study is to compare the effect of the RhinoChill transnasal cooling system to current standard Blanketrol III cooling blanket in its ability to achieve therapeutic hypothermia (TH) induction for patients undergoing TH after cardiac arrest.

The COOLCATH study will be a prospective, open-label randomized controlled trial comparing induction of TH efficacy and outcomes of patients following cardiac arrest. Any patient with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) following a cardiac arrest within the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre (CTC), or who is brought to the Essex CTC and is a candidate for TH will be considered for this study.

Detailed Description

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According to standard practice patients will be fully anaesthetised, intubated and ventilated. Patients will have a baseline tympanic temperature measurement taken and then will be randomized to receive induction of TH by either RhinoChill Transnasal cooling system, or standard care using the Blanketrol III cooling blanket.

All patients will have tympanic and oesophageal temperature measurement every 10 minutes until they reach TH (\<34 degrees centigrade). Once TH is achieved, the RhinoChill will be discontinued, and all patients will then receive the Blanketrol III cooling blanket for maintenance of TH for the standard 24 hour period. If a patient achieves a core body temp of 34 degrees centigrade while undergoing RhinoChill cooling and is still on the cath lab table, the device will be turned to low flow to ensure that the temperature is maintained until a transfer to the Blanketrol system is possible. For patients that arrive in the ICU on RhinoChill with a temperature \>34 (i.e. have not reached TH), these patients will have RhinoChill and blanket therapy until they reach \<34 degrees centigrade when the RhinoChill will be discontinued.

Conditions

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Cardiac Arrest

Keywords

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Therapeutic Hypothermia Cardiac Arrest Randomised Controlled trial Pilot study

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Arm A - Blanketroll lll

Cutaneous Cooling Blanket, Blanketroll lll, applied to cool patient to 32C. Standard care

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Induced Therapeutic Hypothermia

Intervention Type DEVICE

Head to head, direct comparator of two standard care devices/treatments (RhinoChill versus Blanketroll lll) to assess time to induced therapeutic hypothermia

Arm B - RhinoChill

Intra nasal cooling system, RhinoChill, to cool patient to 32C - Standard care

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Induced Therapeutic Hypothermia

Intervention Type DEVICE

Head to head, direct comparator of two standard care devices/treatments (RhinoChill versus Blanketroll lll) to assess time to induced therapeutic hypothermia

Interventions

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Induced Therapeutic Hypothermia

Head to head, direct comparator of two standard care devices/treatments (RhinoChill versus Blanketroll lll) to assess time to induced therapeutic hypothermia

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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RhinoChill will be compared with Blanketroll lll

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. ≥ 18 years old
2. Post cardiac arrest with Return of Spontaneous Circulation
3. Receiving therapeutic hypothermia as part of post-cardiac arrest care

Exclusion Criteria

1. Cardiac arrest caused by trauma, head injury, massive haemorrhage, drug overdose, cerebrovascular accident, drowning, electric shock or hanging
2. Already hypothermic
3. Nasal obstruction preventing the insertion of a nasal catheter
4. Do Not Attempt to Resuscitate (DNAR) orders
5. Known terminal illness (eg. malignancy in the end stages)
6. Known or obvious pregnancy
7. Known coagulation disorder (except those induced by medication eg. Thrombolytics)
8. Known O2- dependency
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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John R Davies, MBBS MRCP

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

BTUH

Locations

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The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre

Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

References

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Islam S, Hampton-Till J, Watson N, Mannakkara NN, Hamarneh A, Webber T, Magee N, Abbey L, Jagathesan R, Kabir A, Sayer J, Robinson N, Aggarwal R, Clesham G, Kelly P, Gamma R, Tang K, Davies JR, Keeble TR. Early targeted brain COOLing in the cardiac CATHeterisation laboratory following cardiac arrest (COOLCATH). Resuscitation. 2015 Dec;97:61-7. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.09.386. Epub 2015 Sep 26.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26410565 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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12/EE/0472

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

B626

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id