Brain oxygen tracking may boost survival after cardiac arrest
NCT ID NCT06711016
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether using special brain monitors (near-infrared light, ultrasound, and brain wave tracking) can help doctors better manage oxygen levels in the brain for people on life support after a cardiac arrest. The goal is to see if this approach increases the number of patients who survive with good brain function at 30 days. The trial will enroll 654 adults aged 18-75 who had a witnessed cardiac arrest and did not recover with standard CPR.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 654 people
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- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
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- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 75 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: 1. 18-75 years old 2. Witnessed in-hospital or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest 3. Patients who did not achieve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after 15 minutes of conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), or whose ROSC cannot be maintained, and who received ECPR 4. Time from cardiac arrest to initiation of CPR \< 10 minutes 5. The cause of cardiac arrest is expected to be reversible (e.g., hypothermia, acute myocardial infarction/myocardial ischemia, malignant arrhythmia, pulmonary embolism, electrolyte abnormalities, hypoxia, anaphylactic shock, hemorrhage/hypovolemia, drug poisoning, electric shock, etc.) Exclusion criteria: 1. Aortic dissection 2. Participants with active gastrointestinal bleeding or other conditions with contraindications to anticoagulation 3. Pregnancy 4. Severe trauma 5. Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) score \> 2 before cardiac arrest, or acute cerebrovascular disease (e.g., suspected or confirmed acute stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, etc.) 6. Terminal diseases, such as malignant tumors, end-stage liver and kidney diseases, severe heart failure (NYHA class III or IV), severe COPD (GOLD class III or IV), etc. 7. Transfer time from cardiac arrest to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) \> 90 minutes 8. Previous history of bilateral femoral artery bypass grafting or artificial vascular replacement, unsuitable for ECMO catheterization
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Locations
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Qilu Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGJinan, Shandong, 250012, China
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Qilu hospital
RECRUITINGJinan, Shandong, 250012, China
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