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Administrative data

NCT number NCT06249893
Other study ID # 1549/2023
Secondary ID
Status Recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date January 4, 2024
Est. completion date April 30, 2024

Study information

Verified date January 2024
Source Medical University of Vienna
Contact Philipp Metelka, MD
Phone +43 699 10659528
Email philipp.metelka@meduniwien.ac.at
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this prospective observational study is to investigate the feasibility of using doppler point-of-care ultrasound on the femoral artery with a portable device to assess the presence of a pulse in patients suffering from cardiac arrest in the out-of-hospital environment. The main question is how often researchers are successful in acquiring the necessary ultrasound signal in the out-of-hospital environment.


Description:

In this prospective observational study, a dedicated research team will be dispatched to cardiac arrest patients treated in the prehospital environment by emergency medical services (EMS). The team will use a portable ultrasound device to identify the femoral artery and conduct a pulsed wave (PW) doppler measurement during chest compressions as well as during chest compression pauses for rhythm analysis and save the recorded images. These ultrasound pulse checks will be conducted in parallel with the normal treatment of the patient, including manual pulse checks, and will only be conducted if ultrasound is possible without interference in the resuscitation. All treatment decisions will rest with the treating EMS team.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Recruiting
Enrollment 50
Est. completion date April 30, 2024
Est. primary completion date March 31, 2024
Accepts healthy volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated by EMS - Minimum age of 18 years Exclusion Criteria: - Pregnancy or suspected pregnancy - Disapproval of the treating EMS team - Adults under legal guardianship - Inability to perform femoral artery doppler ultrasound due to limited access to the patient and possible interference with the treating EMS team - Inability to perform femoral artery doppler ultrasound due to injuries or anatomic abnormalities in the femoral region or necessary emergent medical interventions in the femoral region - Decision to transfer the patient to the hospital with ongoing CPR for emergent procedures such as extracorporeal CPR before femoral artery doppler ultrasound could be attempted - Inability to safely perform femoral artery doppler ultrasound due to environmental hazards

Study Design


Intervention

Other:
Point-of-care vascular ultrasound
Point-of-care ultrasound will be used to image the femoral vessels and to perform a pulsed-wave doppler measurement of blood flow during chest compressions and during pauses for rhythm and manual pulse checks.

Locations

Country Name City State
Austria Emergency Medical Service of Vienna Vienna

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Medical University of Vienna Emergency Medical Service of Vienna, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Digital Health and Patient Safety

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Feasibility of femoral artery doppler ultrasound If an ultrasound image of the femoral artery of sufficient quality for Doppler ultrasound can be obtained, the primary outcome will be considered to be positive. During cardiac arrest, up to 45 minutes
Secondary Time until ultrasound signal acquisition The time until successful acquisition of the doppler ultrasound signal will be measured in 2-minute CPR-intervals and 30-second intervals (e.g. second CPR-interval, first 30 seconds). During cardiac arrest, up to 45 minutes
Secondary Discordance between doppler ultrasound and manual pulse checks. The presence of a doppler ultrasound flow signal during rhythm analysis and the result of the manual pulse check that is performed in parallel by the treating EMS team will be evaluated and analyzed for discordance. During cardiac arrest, up to 45 minutes
Secondary Correlation of the result of manual pulse checks with doppler peak systolic velocity The correlation of the result of manual pulse checks performed by the treating EMS team with the peak systolic velocity measured by doppler ultrasound will be analyzed. During cardiac arrest, up to 45 minutes
Secondary Patient factors influencing probability of successful doppler ultrasound image acquisition Patient factors sex, age, approximated bodyweight and suspected cause of cardiac arrest will be analyzed for correlation with successful doppler ultrasound image acquisition. After cardiac arrest, through study completion (a maximum of 1 year)
Secondary Inter-observer variability in determining the quality of the doppler ultrasound signal. The sonographer on site will assess the quality of the acquired doppler ultrasound images, as well as two ultrasound experts who will be blinded to the performing sonographer. The difference between these assessments will be analyzed. After cardiac arrest, through study completion (a maximum of 1 year)
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