Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT05552794 |
Other study ID # |
2021-1-19 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Completed |
Phase |
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
December 12, 2020 |
Est. completion date |
August 30, 2022 |
Study information
Verified date |
December 2023 |
Source |
Nevsehir Public Hospital |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Observational [Patient Registry]
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Clinical Trial Summary
Cardiac arrest (CA) is a worldwide health problem and is associated with high mortality and
morbidity rates. After CA, most patients are exposed to cerebral injury due to anoxic
perfusion, resulting in severe neurological deficits. Return of spontaneous circulation
(ROSC) after KA causes acute cerebral edema with increased intracranial pressure (ICP) due to
ischemia-reperfusion and delayed hyperemia, and deterioration of cerebral perfusion. This
reduces the quality of life of most patients after cardiac arrest.
Description:
Accurate and early estimation of adverse neurological outcomes in CA survivors is crucial
because null treatments for patients who cannot be saved can be avoided. On the contrary,
more detailed and comprehensive treatment protocols can be determined for promising patients.
In recent years, some studies have focused on the early prediction of neurological outcomes
by evaluating the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) of patients after CA. In order to
evaluate acute brain edema, ONSD can be measured by computed tomography (CT), and it has been
stated in previous studies that changes in gray-white matter ratio (GWR) may be associated
with neurological outcomes. However, in addition to CT, ONSD can be easily measured by
bedside ultrasonography. Many studies have found a strong association between increased ICP
and sonographic ONSD. However, in some studies, it was stated that ONSD measurements were not
correlated with neurological outcomes in the 6-month period after ROSC.
On the other hand, Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) measures the total oxygen saturation in
a given tissue volume by approximating the oxygen saturation of the hemoglobin fraction in
the terminal vasculature. With this method, regional oxygen saturation (rSO2) of the brain
tissue can be measured noninvasively. In general, post-hypoxic brain injury after cardiac
arrest, changes in oxygen consumption, cerebral blood flow or cerebral blood volume may be
associated with rSO2 changes in brain tissue. Therefore, using frontal brain rSO2 continuous
bedside NIRS monitoring, additional information can be obtained about the early prediction of
reliable neurological outcomes. However, some studies show that reliable prognostic results
with NIRS monitoring are limited.
Thanks to the combined use of ultrasonography and bedside noninvasive measurements such as
ONSD and NIRS, early prediction of the neurological outcomes of cardiac arrest patients with
ROSC can positively change the treatment management of this patient group in ICUs with high
sensitivity and better neurological outcomes can be achieved.
In this study, the prognostic values of combined ultrasonographic ONSD and NIRS measurements
will investigate in predicting neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest.