Status:

COMPLETED

Prehospital Resuscitation Intra Nasal Cooling Effectiveness Survival Study

Lead Sponsor:

Karolinska Institutet

Collaborating Sponsors:

Erasme University Hospital

University Hospital Hradec Kralove

Conditions:

Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-79 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Promising result of intra-arrest cooling on neurological intact survival in cardiac arrest patients has recently been published in the PRINCE-study in Circulation 2010. The main purpose of this study...

Detailed Description

Background: The RhinoChill Device is a non-invasive, portable cooling device through which rapid cooling is achieved via the trans-nasal delivery of an evaporative coolant into the nasopharynx. Anima...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥18 years
  • Collapse was witnessed (heard or seen)
  • Do not have a pulse
  • Are unresponsive to external stimuli

Exclusion

  • Age ≥80 years
  • Have an etiology of cardiac arrest due to trauma, severe bleeding, drug overdose, cerebrovascular accident, drowning, smoke inhalation, electrocution, hanging
  • Already hypothermic (e.g., avalanche victim; found in the snow)
  • Have an obvious barrier to placing intra nasal catheters (e.g., intranasal obstruction)
  • Do Not Attempt to Resuscitate (DNAR) orders
  • Have a terminal disease
  • Known or clinically apparent pregnancy
  • Have a known coagulopathy (except therapeutically induced)
  • Are known to have a need for supplemental oxygen
  • Achieve ROSC prior to randomization
  • Response time (call to arrival) of the ambulance \> 15 minutes

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 6 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 30 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

700 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01400373

Start Date

July 6 2010

End Date

April 30 2018

Last Update

June 29 2018

Active Locations (2)

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Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital

Brussels, Belgium

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Department of Cardiology, Karolinska Institutet, Södersjukhuset

Stockholm, Sweden, 11883