Emergency treatment study for cardiac arrest patients
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This study tests emergency treatments for people who have had a cardiac arrest (heart stops beating) outside the hospital. It looks at two groups: people whose hearts stop despite CPR efforts, and people whose hearts have restarted. The goal is to see if these treatments can help patients survive and recover better.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Cardiac arrest that happened outside a hospital and was not caused by trauma or injury
- Age between 18 and 70 years old
- If your heart stopped despite CPR: the initial heart rhythm must be one of three specific types (VF, pVT, or PEA), and someone was doing CPR when EMS arrived
- If your heart restarted: it must have restarted after CPR for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- No terminal illness, active do-not-resuscitate order, or severe pre-existing brain damage
- No severe blood vessel disease in the legs, blood clotting disorders, severe obesity, or suspected pregnancy
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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