New study aims to predict brain injury after cardiac arrest
NCT ID NCT05606809
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares different scoring systems to predict brain damage in patients admitted to the ICU after cardiac arrest. Researchers will calculate early prognosis scores using clinical and lab values to see which system best identifies patients at risk. The goal is to help doctors make better treatment decisions and inform families. The study plans to enroll 4,500 adults who are comatose after cardiac arrest.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors quickly identify which patients need more aggressive treatments after cardiac arrest.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not testing a new treatment. The scores may not improve outcomes or be better than existing methods.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 4,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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
This is an observational, prospective, multicentric prognostic study. The study period is 3 years, and investigators plan to include 4500 patients in 20 ICUs in France. For all patients included, medical history, clinical data, paraclinical results and outcome (at hospital discharge and at 3 months, including modified Rankin score) will be prospectively collected by local investigator, according to an electronical CRF.
- 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: * all adult patients, major, admitted to intensive care after cardiac arrest (after both in and out-of hospital cardiac arrest), * comatose (defined by Glasgow score ≤ 8) on admission, Exclusion Criteria: * cardiac arrest occurring intra-hospital, * minor patient, * major patient under guardianship, * protected persons, * prior inclusion in the study
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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APHP, Cochin
RECRUITINGParis, France
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CH Versailles
RECRUITINGVersailles, France
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CHU Nantes
RECRUITINGNantes, Pays de Loire, France
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Clinique Ambroise Paré
RECRUITINGNeuilly-sur-Seine, France
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Hopital Jacques Cartier
RECRUITINGMassy, France
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