A Study of the Feasibility of Prehospital Remote Ischemic Conditioning

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Prospective, single center, single arm pilot study evaluating the feasibility of delivering remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) by emergency medical services (EMS) in the prehospital setting. Eligible patients will have chest pain or anginal equivalent symptoms and require ground ambulance transport to the hospital. All subjects will undergo the standard RIC procedure (i.e., up to four cycles of alternating 5-min inflation and 5-min deflation) with the autoRIC® device (CellAegis Devices, Inc., Toronto, Ontario). The primary objective is to evaluate the number of cycles of RIC completed in patients having the procedure initiated by EMS in the prehospital setting.

Clinical Trial Description

This single-arm, open-label pilot study will evaluate the feasibility of delivering remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) by emergency medical services (EMS) in the prehospital setting. Eligible patients will be at least 18 years of age, and require ground ambulance transport to the hospital. Patients suspected of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) based on the prehospital electrocardiogram and thus requiring urgent intervention in the cardiac catheterization lab will be excluded.

All subjects will undergo the standard RIC procedure (i.e., up to four cycles of alternating 5-min inflation and 5-min deflation) with the autoRIC® device (CellAegis Devices, Inc.). The automated procedure will be initiated by paramedics during ambulance transport, and the RIC cycles will continue through emergency department (ED) arrival and stay for a total of 40 minutes.

The primary objective of this pilot study is to examine the duration of RIC administered in patients having the procedure initiated in the prehospital setting. The investigators hypothesize four cycles of RIC will be completed in at least 80% of patients having the procedure initiated. Secondary objectives are to assess enrollment rates and protocol implementation; paramedic acceptability of protocol; and patient tolerability of RIC. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Chest Pain

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03400579
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	July 10, 2018
Completion date	October 1, 2019

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