Transitions Between Clinical Circulatory States After Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

NCT02648061 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2022-02-04

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Summary

Extensive research exists for cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the chance of successful return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is improved. Unfortunately, the overall prognosis after ROSC has not improved much and the in-hospital mortality is still reported to be 50 to 70 %. The "post-resuscitation disease" is now called the "post-cardiac arrest syndrome" (PCAS) and comprises 1) brain injury, 2) myocardial dysfunction and 3) systemic ischemia and reperfusion.

Treatment of patients after cardiac arrest has often followed guidelines that were primarily developed for treatment of septic shock. It is still uncertain whether this is the optimal way to deliver circulatory support after cardiac arrest.

There is a lack of studies assessing the relationship between the inflammatory response measured by inflammatory biomarkers and circulatory failure in PCAS.

In this study a detailed description will be given of the clinical trajectory of the circulation and the inflammatory response during the first 5 days after cardiac arrest, and it will be investigated whether patterns of circulatory and inflammatory response may be predictive of deterioration of clinical state.

Conditions

  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • St. Olavs Hospital

    collaborator OTHER
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Toril Hernes, prof · Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-12-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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