Comparison on the Efficacy of a Monophasic

Cardiac Arrest Clinical Trial

— AED  

Official title:

Comparison on the Efficacy of a Monophasic, Manually Operated Defibrillator to That of a Biphasic Automatic External Defibrillator in the Hospital Setting.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00472498
• Other study ID #: 206-2000
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 16, 2007
• Last updated: September 26, 2013
• Start date: June 2005
• Est. completion date: February 2007

Study information

• Verified date: September 2013
• Source: Emory University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The central purpose of this study is to compare the clinical outcomes of patients who suffered a cardiac arrest while hospitalized at the VA and were resuscitated after biphasic defibrillators were implemented in 2001 to clinical outcomes of patients who suffered cardiac arrest before 2001.

Description:

The central purpose of this study is to compare the clinical outcomes of patients who suffered a cardiac arrest while hospitalized at the VA and were resuscitated after biphasic defibrillators were implemented in 2001 to clinical outcomes of patients who suffered cardiac arrest before 2001.

This study will retrospectively collect and analyze clinical data related to the Atlanta VA Medical Center, a member of the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, to assess clinical parameters in cardiac arrest survivors.

This study focuses on collecting data retrospectively in regard to cardiac arrest patients to discern what factors are playing a role in patient survival after cardiac arrest. Such data will help hospitals and physicians to improve quality of care in patients at risk for cardiac arrest as well as to implement strategies to reduce such events or improve management of these high-risk patients in order to save lives.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 95
• Est. completion date: February 2007
• Est. primary completion date: February 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical outcomes of patients who suffered a cardiac arrest while hospitalized and were resuscitated after biphasic defibrillators were implemented in 2001 to clinical outcomes of patients who suffered cardiac arrest before 2001.

Exclusion Criteria:

Biphasic defibrillators were implemented Cardiac arrest before 2001

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiac Arrest
• Heart Arrest

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Emory University

References & Publications (2)

Bloom HL, Shukrullah I, Cuellar JR, Lloyd MS, Dudley SC Jr, Zafari AM. Long-term survival after successful inhospital cardiac arrest resuscitation. Am Heart J. 2007 May;153(5):831-6. — View Citation

Zafari AM, Zarter SK, Heggen V, Wilson P, Taylor RA, Reddy K, Backscheider AG, Dudley SC Jr. A program encouraging early defibrillation results in improved in-hospital resuscitation efficacy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Aug 18;44(4):846-52. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	s who suffered a cardiac arrest while hospitalized at the VA and were resuscitated		Information on patients who suffered cardiac arrest before 2001	No
Secondary	This study is observational.		Comparison before and after 2001	No