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Last refreshed on: 11 April 2016
Main ID:  NCT02367755
Date of registration: 02/02/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
Public title: Therapeutic Hypothermia With Propofol in Survival and Neurological Prognoses After Cardiac Arrest
Scientific title: Combining Propofol With Therapeutic Hypothermia for Improving Survival and Neurological Prognoses in Patients Resuscitated From Cardiac Arrest
Date of first enrolment: August 2013
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02367755
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Yen-Wen Wu, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: 886-2-8966-7000
Email: wuyw0502@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Yen-Wen Wu, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
Name:     Yen-Wen Wu, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: 886-2-8966-7000
Email: wuyw0502@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria:

1. non-traumatic cardiac arrest

2. no regain of consciousness after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)

3. age >=20 years old and <= 90 years old.

Exclusion criteria:

1. age < 20 y/o or > 90 y/o

2. pregnancy

3. traumatic cardiac arrest

4. fail to achieve ROSC

5. conscious recovery after ROSC

6. contraindications for TH, such as massive bleeding, infections, etc

7. terminal diseases

8. conscious disturbance before cardiac arrest

9. fail to obtain informed consent

10. families refuse to undergo clinical trial

11. allergy to propofol or lorazepam.



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cardiac Arrest
Hypothermia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Propofol
Drug: Lorazepam
Primary Outcome(s)
Neurologic statue at discharge [Time Frame: at dicharge]
Secondary Outcome(s)
From ROSC to recovery of consciousness [Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks]
Survival to discharge [Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks]
Brain SPECT The standard 99mTc-ethylene L-cysteinate dimer [ECD] will be done on day 5-14 post-resuscitation. The perfusion will be assessed, and the viability of the cerebral tissue will be interpreted using SPECT, by 2 experienced nuclear m [Time Frame: day 5-14 post-resuscitation]
Secondary ID(s)
102060-F_102-FTN12
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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