Life after ECMO: new study tracks recovery in cardiac arrest survivors
NCT ID NCT07031466
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 74 people who received emergency ECMO (a heart-lung machine) after their heart stopped outside a hospital. Researchers measured their quality of life, anxiety, and depression 30 days later. The goal was to understand how well survivors recover physically and emotionally, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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74 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- 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 who underwent eCPR at the University Hospital Ostrava
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Patient who underwent eCPR after OHCA at University Hospital Ostrava * Hospitalised in the period from 1. 1. 2022 to 31. 12. 2024 * Ability to undergo an interview personally or a family member able to provide information * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Language barrier * Acute serious mental or somatic disease making the interview not feasible
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital Ostrava
Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region, 708 52, Czechia
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University of Ostrava
Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region, 700 30, Czechia
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