Therapeutic Hypothermia After the Return of Spontaneous Circulation

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cardiac Arrest

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if induced therapeutic hypothermia (ITH) in the pre-hospital setting of a four county emergency medical system (EMS) that serves both urban and rural communities improves meaningful survival from medical cardiac arrest.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01617291

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

46

Starts

2013-03-01

Expected to finish

2014-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-02-14

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• All patient transported by CCEMS with ROSC after a medical Cardiac Arrest to hospitals that can continue ITH

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 18
• Cardiac arrest due to trauma or hemorrhage
• Pregnant women
• patients whom are already hypothermic
• transported to a hospital that can not maintain hypothermia for 24 hours

Where it is running

• Community Regional Medical Center — Fresno, California, United States

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