REASON 1 Trial: Sonography in Cardiac Arrest

Completed

Conditions studied: Cardiac Arrest, Pulseless Electrical Activity, Asystole

In brief

The aim of this study is to investigate the predictive value of the presence or absence of cardiac activity by bedside ultrasound during cardiac arrest. The investigators anticipate based on previous research that patients who suffer a cardiac arrest and have cardiac activity on bedside ultrasound will have a greater chance of surviving to hospital admission. The investigators hypothesis is that the mortality rate in patients in cardiac arrest with no cardiac activity by ultrasound will have a mortality rate of 100%.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01446471
Run by: University of Massachusetts, Worcester
People needed: 793
Starts: 2010-01-01
Expected to finish: 2015-11-01
Last updated by the study team: 2015-12-02

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Patients in cardiac arrest with no pulse

You may not qualify if…

Patients with isolated ventricular fibrillation as their cardiac rhythm at the time of presentation
Traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest
Ultrasound system or physician experienced in bedside cardiac ultrasound not available
Resuscitative efforts halted due to end of life decisions or designations
Attending physician of record declines enrollment of patient

Where it is running

Christiana Health Care — Newark, Delaware, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
UMASS Memorial Medical Center — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Washington University Hospital — St Louis, Missouri, United States
Northshore University Hospital — Manhasset, New York, United States
Carolinas Medical Center — Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
University of Ottowa — Ottowa, Canada

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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