Heart attack heroes: can On-Scene ECMO save more lives?
NCT ID NCT07374289
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving a special life-support machine (ECMO) at the scene of a cardiac arrest helps more people survive than waiting until they reach the hospital. About 90 adults under 70 who have a witnessed heart attack and receive bystander CPR will be included. The goal is to see if starting ECMO sooner improves survival and brain function.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Presumed cardiac aetiology of the cardiac arrest * Witnessed collapse * Bystander CPR * Estimated age ≤ 70 years * Body weight ≥15 Kg Exclusion Criteria: * Known terminal malignant disease * Known terminal chronic disease
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emergency Medical Services, Moravian-Silesian Region
RECRUITINGOstrava, Moravian-Silesian Region, 700 30, Czechia
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University Hospital Ostrava
RECRUITINGOstrava, Moravian-Silesian Region, 708 52, Czechia
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