Status:

COMPLETED

Corticosteroid Therapy in Refractory Shock Following Cardiac Arrest

Lead Sponsor:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

American Heart Association

Conditions:

Cardiac Arrest

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The major goal of this project is to determine whether the use of physiologic doses of corticosteroids will decrease time to shock reversal, alters the inflammatory cascade, and alters microcirculator...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Greater than 18 years old
  • Either pre-hospital cardiac arrest and ROSC or Inpatient Cardiac Arrest with resultant ROSC
  • Vasopressor dependent for a minimum of 1 hour post-arrest

Exclusion

  • Pregnant
  • Indication for Corticosteroids outside of current research proposal
  • DNR or comfort care measures
  • Presence of septic shock
  • Chronic Use (\>1week) of oral Corticosteroids in the last year

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00676585

Start Date

October 1 2007

End Date

April 1 2014

Last Update

May 17 2017

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215