Clinical trials: Cardiac Arrest
Arterial Occlusive Disease, Intermittent Claudication
ARREST PAD (Peripheral Arterial Disease)
This trial will test the hypothesis that inflammation and insulin resistance contribute to reduced walking distance in subjects with intermittent claudication by impairing vascular reactivity and skeletal muscle metabolic…
- Conditions
- Arterial Occlusive Disease, Intermittent Claudication, Insulin Resistance
- Trial name
- NCT00153166
- Testing
- atorvastatin and pioglitazone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Cardiac Arrest
Code Blue Outcomes & Process Improvement Through Leadership Optimization Using Teleintensivists-Simulation
This multicenter randomized trial will employ in-situ cardiac arrest simulations ("mock codes") to test whether using telemedicine technology to add an intensive care physician as the "copilot" for cardiac arrest resuscitation…
- Trial name
- COPILOT-Sim (NCT03000829)
- Testing
- Tele-intensivist consultation, Simulated "observation" by ICU physician
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,001 people
- Sponsor
- Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
Cardiac Arrest
Effectiveness of Dispatch-Assisted Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Instructions
The overall goal of this study is to better understand the factors leading to successful dispatch-assisted CPR instructions and to ultimately save the lives of more cardiac arrest patients.
- Trial name
- NCT00664443
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,260 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Effects of a New Dispatcher-Assisted Basic Life Support Training Program
Despite aggressive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, the outcome of cardiac arrest is not good. The problem is method of education.
- Trial name
- HEROS (NCT02142387)
- Testing
- BLS CPR program with dispatcher assisted CPR simulation
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 18,822 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital
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
Biphasic Defibrillation Study: Trial to Compare Fixed Versus Escalating Energy
This study will compare the effect of constant low-level energy [150 joules] to an escalating energy [200-300-360 joules] regimen of biphasic waveform defibrillation on multiple patient outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT00212992
- Testing
- Fixed lower-energy defibrillation, Escalating higher-energy defibrillation
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 221 people
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Cardiac Arrest, Shock
Thiamine vs. Placebo to Increase Oxygen Consumption After Cardiac Arrest
This study is to evaluate whether thiamine can increase oxygen consumption and lower lactate in patients who initially survive an in-hospital cardiac arrest.
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest, Shock, Lactic Acidosis, Thiamin Deficiency
- Trial name
- NCT02974257
- Testing
- Thiamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Cardiac Arrest
Bystander Fatigue and CPR Quality Using Continuous Compressions Versus 30:2 Compressions to Ventilation
STUDY OBJECTIVES The overall goal of this study is to compare bystander fatigue and CPR quality after 5 minutes of continuous chest compressions versus the 2005 30:2 chest compression to ventilation Resuscitation Guidelines, in a…
- Trial name
- NCT01397656
- Testing
- CPR using 30:2 ratio, CPR using continuous compressions
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Cardiac Arrest, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Complication
Advanced Reperfusion Strategies for Refractory Cardiac Arrest
This is a Phase II, single center (Under the Center for Resuscitation Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School), partially blinded, prospective, intention to treat, safety and efficacy clinical trial, randomizing…
- Conditions
- Cardiac Arrest, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Complication, Ventricular Fibrillation, Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia
- Trial name
- ARREST (NCT03880565)
- Testing
- Early Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Facilitated Resuscitation, Standard Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Resuscitation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Cardiac Arrest
Seizure Detection Using SEDline During Therapeutic Hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest Victims
Current guidelines recommend the use of sedatives and neuromuscular blocking agents to avoid shivering during therapeutic hypothermia in cardiac arrest victims.
- Trial name
- NCT01946802
- Testing
- Frontal 4 channel EEG
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 39 people
- Sponsor
- Gil Joon Suh
Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Flutter
SAFEty of Two Strategies of ICD Management at Implantation
The aim of this prospective observational study is to evaluate the safety, over a follow-up of 2 years, of two strategies, consisting in performing or not performing defibrillation testing(DT) during first implant of implantable…
- Conditions
- Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Flutter, Sudden Cardiac Death
- Trial name
- SAFE-ICD (NCT00661037)
- Testing
- Implantable defibrillator
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 2,120 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Scientific Corporation
Heart Arrest, Death, Sudden, Cardiac
ResQ Trial: Impact of an ITD and Active Compression Decompression CPR on Survival From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
The purpose of this study is to determine whether performing active compression decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ACD-CPR) with an impedance threshold device (ITD) compared to conventional standard cardiopulmonary…
- Conditions
- Heart Arrest, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Cardiac Arrest
- Trial name
- ResQ (NCT00189423)
- Testing
- Use of an impedance threshold device (ITD) during the performance of active compression decompression CPR (ACD-CPR), Standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (S-CPR)
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,653 people
- Sponsor
- Advanced Circulatory Systems
Cardiac Arrest
Comparing Vasopressin and Adrenaline in Patients With Cardiac Arrest
The effectiveness of medications in cardiac arrest has been greatly debated and questioned. Historically intravenous adrenaline has been the drug of choice since 1906.
- Trial name
- PIVOT (NCT00358579)
- Testing
- Adrenaline, Vasopressin
- Where
- 4 sites in Singapore
- Volunteers
- 727 people
- Sponsor
- Singapore General Hospital
Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Failure
Educational Videos to Address Racial Disparities in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy
VIVID is a prospective, multicenter, randomized clinical trial in African American patients that will to evaluate: (1) the effect of an educational video on knowledge of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and implantable cardioverter…
- Trial name
- VIVID (NCT02819973)
- Testing
- Educational Video1, Educational Video 2, Usual Care 3
- Where
- 14 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 343 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Cardiac Arrest
Thiamine as a Metabolic Resuscitator After Cardiac Arrest
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study to investigate the effect of intravenous thiamine (vitamin B1) on lactate, cellular oxygen consumption, global oxygen consumption and biomarkers of neurologic injury…
- Trial name
- THACA (NCT03450707)
- Testing
- Thiamine 500 mg IV
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Michael Donnino
Cardiac Arrest, Sudden Death
A Comparative Study Between a Pre-hospital and an In-hospital Circulatory Support Strategy (ECMO) in Refractory Cardiac Arrest (APACAR2)
Cardiac arrest (CA) affects approximately 40,000 people in France. It is still a major cause of death in a young population. Management of CA is defined by international recommendations, detailed by learned societies in each…
- Trial name
- APACAR2 (NCT02527031)
- Testing
- ECMO Insertion on pre hospital setting, In Hospital ECMO
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Coma, Heart Arrest
Amantadine to Speed Awakening After Cardiac Arrest
This study evaluates if amantadine will increase the rate of awakening in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest but comatose (not following commands) after their resuscitation.
- Conditions
- Coma, Heart Arrest, Anoxia
- Trial name
- AWAKE (NCT02486211)
- Testing
- Amantadine
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people
- Sponsor
- Jon Rittenberger, MD
Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Healthy
Dose-Finding Study of Intranasal Insulin in Healthy Participants Insulin in Healthy Participants
This study is to determine the safety and tolerability of regular insulin (Humulin R) when given intranasally (as drops in nostrils).
- Trial name
- NCT05062785
- Testing
- Intranasal insulin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Robert Silbergleit
Cardiac Arrest
Comparison of Bystander Fatigue and CPR Quality When Using Two Different CPR Ratios.
STUDY OBJECTIVES The overall goal of this study is to compare bystander fatigue and CPR quality after 5 minutes of the new 30:2 versus the old 15:2 chest compression to ventilation International Resuscitation Guidelines, in a…
- Trial name
- NCT00380757
- Testing
- bystander CPR using 30:2 ratio vs 15:2 ratio
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Cardiac Arrest
Intraosseous Versus Intravenous Vascular Access During Cardiac Arrest
The objective of this study will be to compare humeral and tibial IO needle insertions to peripheral IV access during cardiac arrest.
- Trial name
- NCT01119807
- Testing
- Intravenous access during OHCA, Humeral IO insertion, TIbial IO insertion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 182 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences