Could smaller breaths save more lives after cardiac arrest?
NCT ID NCT07479836
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial will test whether using smaller breaths (350ml) during CPR helps more people survive cardiac arrest compared to standard larger breaths (600ml). Paramedics will treat 1656 adults with presumed cardiac arrest. The main goal is to see if the smaller breaths lead to more patients having their heart restarted before reaching the hospital.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Low volume ventilation (350ml) vs high volume ventilation (600ml) during CPR
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could establish a better way to ventilate patients during CPR, potentially increasing survival rates after cardiac arrest.
- What could go wrong
- This trial has not yet started recruiting. Even if successful, the benefit may be modest and limited to specific patient groups. Ventilation is just one part of CPR, so other factors also affect survival.
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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 1,656 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Mar 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.
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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: * Adult (\>=18 years of age) * presumed cardiac etiology * treated by paramedics * Ventilation monitor utilized Exclusion Criteria: * Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order * No use of ventilation monitor * Traumatic cardiac arrest * Pregnant patients * Prisoners * Respiratory cause of cardiac arrest (e.g. drowning, hanging, suffocation, opioid-related)
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, M4N3M5, Canada
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