Status:
UNKNOWN
LUCAS Chest Compressor Versus Manual Chest Compression in Out-of-hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest. LUCAT Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques
Collaborating Sponsors:
Hospital Vall d'Hebron
Conditions:
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to show the superiority in survival at hospital admittance and in neurological outcome on hospital discharge of continuous mechanical chest compression using LUCAS device ver...
Detailed Description
The primary goals of the trial are: * To show a survival increase at hospital admittance after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of patients treated by continuous chest compressions LUCAS device compare...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age: between 18 and 80 years ,
- Suffering from NON traumatic or an unexpected SCA,
- SCA witnessed (seen, heard or monitored),
- Attended by an advanced support ambulance (served by doctor or nurse) in Barcelona city, or in the Girona or Lleida area
- Time between alarm-call to SEM 061 and reaching patient is less than 12 minutes.
Exclusion
- Biological signs of death
- Age under 18 or over 80 years
- Trauma caused cardio respiratory arrest (CRA), including hanging
- Secondary CRA or intoxication
- Return of spontaneous circulation previous to arrival of SEM's medical team
- Known pregnancy
- Inadequate size for LUCAS device
- Anything in the study that can delay treatment
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
April 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
400 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01521208
Start Date
January 1 2012
End Date
April 1 2014
Last Update
February 6 2012
Active Locations (2)
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1
Hospital Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 08035
2
Sistema d'Emergències Mèdiques
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 08908