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Could special gloves save more lives during cardiac arrest?
NCT ID NCT07299188
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether wearing electrically insulated gloves during defibrillation allows rescuers to continue chest compressions without stopping, which current guidelines require for safety. Researchers will compare survival and recovery rates between standard CPR and CPR with these gloves in 32 adult cardiac arrest patients with shockable heart rhythms. A manikin test will first check safety and feasibility.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- electrically insulated composite gloves (Class 2)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could lead to a simple change in CPR practice that reduces interruptions during defibrillation, potentially improving survival and neurological outcomes for cardiac arrest patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 32 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The gloves might not be safe or effective in real-world emergencies, and the study is not yet recruiting, so findings are pending.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 32 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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.
- 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 diagnosed with in-hospital cardiac arrest requiring CPR * Patients with shockable rhythms (pulseless ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF)) * Adult patients aged 18 years and older * Patients capable of providing informed consent or for whom consent can be obtained through a legal representative Exclusion Criteria: * Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests * Patients who received CPR outside the emergency department * Traumatic patients * Pregnant patients * Patients under 18 years of age * Terminally ill patients
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Izmir Katip Çelebi University
Izmir, 35000, Turkey (Türkiye)
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