The Effect of SPecialty cAre on Recovery From Cardiac Arrest Trial (the SPARC Trial)
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Conditions studied: Cardiac Arrest (CA), Heart Arrest, Heart Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital
In brief
This randomized clinical trial will determine if adult participants who are in the emergency department after being resuscitated from a cardiac arrest outside of the hospital benefit from care delivered at specialized centers. The main question that it will answer is whether transferring participants to a hospital with a specialized cardiac arrest service improves recovery of function after 90 days. Participants will receive all usual medical care, but some participants will be offered transfer to a regional cardiac arrest center and others will be offered care at the closest appropriate hospital. Investigators will interview participants after 90 days to assess their recovery.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07002294
- Run by
- University of Pittsburgh
- People needed
- 1618
- Starts
- 2026-05-11
- Expected to finish
- 2032-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-08-06
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- Resuscitated from cardiac arrest with palpable pulse in the emergency department
- Treated at one of participating hospital emergency departments
- Age ≥18 years
You may not qualify if…
- Known prior advanced directives or decision to limit critical care
- Known pre-arrest dependent functional status (e.g., living in a skilled nursing facility, hospice or bedbound)
- Arrest in the emergency department >4 hours after arrival
- Traumatic etiology of arrest
- Known to have opted-out from the SPARC trial
Where it is running
- University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
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