Could a blast of cold air save your brain after a heart attack?
NCT ID NCT06025123
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 17, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether cooling the brain quickly after a cardiac arrest (using a special nasal device) and then keeping the body cool for 24 hours helps more people survive with full brain function. About 1,000 adults aged 18-79 who have a shockable heart rhythm will be randomly assigned to either rapid cooling or standard care. The main goal is to see if more people in the cooling group are alive and neurologically healthy 90 days later.
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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 1,022 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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May 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 to 79 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: Patients ≥18 years that meet all of the following inclusion criteria: 1. Adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with initial shockable rhythm 2. Unconsciousness defined as Glasgow Coma Scale \< 8 3. Inclusion within 20 minutes from EMS arrival EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Patients are not eligible if they meet one or more of the following criteria: 1. Age ≥ 80 years 2. Obvious non-cardiac causes to cardiac arrest 3. Obvious already hypothermic 4. Obvious barrier to placing intra nasal catheters 5. Have a known Do Not Attempt to Resuscitate (DNAR) order or other limitations in care 6. Have a known terminal disease 7. Known or clinically apparent pregnancy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
17 sites in 8 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Asklepios Südpfalzklinik
RECRUITINGKandel, Germany
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CHU Saint-Pierre
RECRUITINGBrussels, Belgium
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Christliches Klinikum Halle
RECRUITINGHalle, Germany
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Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMilan, Italy
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Erasme University Hospital
RECRUITINGBrussels, Belgium
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Europe Hospitals St Elizabeth
RECRUITINGBrussels, Belgium
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Hospital Universitario La Paz
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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Karolinska University Hospital
RECRUITINGStockholm, Sweden
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Klinikum Bamberg (Sozialstiftung Bamberg).
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBamberg, Germany
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Ljubljana University Medical Centre
RECRUITINGLjubljana, Slovenia
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Medizinische Universität Graz, Abteilung für Kardiologie
RECRUITINGGraz, Austria
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San Carlos Clinical Hospital
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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Södersjukhuset
RECRUITINGStockholm, Sweden
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Ullevål hospital
RECRUITINGOslo, Norway
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University Hospital Freiburg
RECRUITINGFreiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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University Hospital Vienna
RECRUITINGVienna, Austria
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Universitätsklinikum Halle
RECRUITINGHalle, Germany
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