Leg artery tube could help paramedics save cardiac arrest patients
NCT ID NCT07596446
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether paramedics can safely place a small tube in the leg artery of people having a cardiac arrest outside the hospital. The tube allows continuous blood pressure monitoring, which may help doctors give the right amount of medication to keep the heart pumping. The goal is to see if this approach is feasible and safe, and whether it can prevent another cardiac arrest during transport.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 60 people
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- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
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- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
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Who can take part
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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: \* Non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Patients meeting criteria for one of the following clinical scenarios: Group A - ECPR-like group: * Refractory cardiac arrest, including cardiac arrest occurring in the presence of the EMS crew. * Age 18-70 years. * Effective bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation. * Initial rhythm of ventricular fibrillation (VF), pulseless ventricular tachycardia (pVT), or pulseless electrical activity (PEA). Group B - post-ROSC group: * Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after non-traumatic OHCA. * Age 18-70 years. Exclusion Criteria: * Trauma as the probable primary cause of cardiac arrest. * Known severe comorbidity, including: * terminal stage of incurable disease (advanced malignancy, advanced dementia, terminal pulmonary disease, terminal heart failure, or palliative care status), * established do-not-resuscitate (DNR) status, * severe pre-existing neurological disability (CPC 3 or CPC 4), * known severe peripheral arterial disease or known occlusion of lower limb arteries, * suspected pulmonary embolism with indication for thrombolytic therapy, * known severe hematological disease associated with severe thrombocytopenia, * morbid obesity. * Known or suspected pregnancy.
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Locations
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EMS Prague
RECRUITINGPrague, 10100, Czechia
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