What happens after cardiac arrest? new study tracks survivors for years
NCT ID NCT02494414
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study followed 601 adults who survived a cardiac arrest outside the hospital. Researchers wanted to learn how many survive long-term and how their quality of life and daily functioning are affected. The goal is to better understand what helps people recover and live well after such a serious event.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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601 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2015
- Finished
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Jan 2021
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients will be prospectively included if they are discharged alive from intensive care after being resuscitated from a cardiac arrest
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * Patients alive after resuscitation from a out-of-hospital cardiac arrest * All causes for cardiac arrest * Age above 18 * Informed consent from the patient or next of kin Exclusion Criteria: * Impossibility for communication after hospital discharge, whatever the cause (language, residence…) * Follow-up refusal from the patient or next of kin
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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INSERM U970 Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire de Paris Equipe 4, Epidémiologie Cardiovasculaire et Mort Subite
Paris, 75000, France