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Transthoracic Incremental Monophasic Versus Biphasic by Emergency Responders (TIMBER)

NCT00101881 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 168

Last updated 2008-10-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study compares the effectiveness of two fully approved shock waveforms (monophasic and biphasic shock) commonly used to defibrillate (shock) patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to a highly lethal rhythm problem (ventricular fibrillation). The purpose of the study (hypothesis) is to determine if one waveform results in improved resuscitation, admission alive to hospital, and discharge alive from hospital compared with the other.

Conditions

  • Cardiac Arrest

Interventions

DEVICE

Defibrillation (biphasic versus monophasic shock)

Administration of monophasic or biphasic waveform defibrillation

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Peter J Kudenchuk, MD · University of Washington

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-11-30
Completion
2005-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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