AutoPulse Assisted Prehospital International Resuscitation Trial (ASPIRE)

Stopped early · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Cardiac Arrest

In brief

The AutoPulse Assisted Prehospital International Resuscitation (ASPIRE) Trial compares the efficacy of circulatory assist by manual chest compression versus an automated chest compression device (AutoPulse™) during the resuscitative attempt following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00120965

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

1837

Starts

2004-06-01

Expected to finish

2005-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-01-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All persons with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who are attended by a vehicle involved in the randomization process and who are treated by the emergency medical service (EMS).

You may not qualify if…

• Persons under the age of 18
• Victims with traumatic arrest
• Less than the legal age of consent
• Resuscitation attempt discontinued because of do not resuscitate (DNR) orders or on request of authorized decision-maker
• Wards of the state, including prisoners
• Chest or abdominal surgery within 6 weeks
• Site specific exclusions

Where it is running

• University of Washington Clinical Trial Center — Seattle, Washington, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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