Protein hunt after cardiac arrest could unlock new recovery clues
NCT ID NCT07017374
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at blood samples from 682 adults who survived a cardiac arrest outside the hospital. Researchers are analyzing proteins to find new markers that could help predict recovery and understand the body's response after the heart stops. The goal is to discover potential targets for future treatments, not to test a new therapy directly.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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682 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
Who is studied
Adult patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with presumed cardiac cause.
- 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 as defined in the TTM trial (NCT01020916): * Age ≥ 18 years old * Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) of presumed cardiac cause * Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) * Unconsciousness (Glasgow Coma Score \< 8) (patients not able to obey verbal commands) after sustained ROSC Exclusion Criteria as defined in the TTM trial (NCT01020916): * In-hospital cardiac arrest * OHCA of presumed non-cardiac cause, e.g. after trauma or dissection/rupture of major artery OR Cardiac arrest caused by initial hypoxia (i.e. drowning, suffocation, hanging). * Known bleeding diathesis (medically induced coagulopathy (e.g warfarin, clopidogrel) does not exclude the patient). * Suspected or confirmed acute intracranial bleeding * Suspected or confirmed acute stroke * Unwitnessed asystole * Known limitations in therapy and Do Not Resuscitate-order * Known disease making 180 days survival unlikely * Known pre-arrest CPC 3 or 4 * Temperature \< 30°C on admission * \> 4 hours (240 minutes) from ROSC to screening * Systolic blood pressure \< 80 mm Hg in spite of fluid loading/vasopressor and/or inotropic medication/intra aortic balloon pump. If the systolic blood pressure (SBP) is recovering during the inclusion window (220 minutes) the patient can be included.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lund University
Lund, Skåne County, 22362, Sweden
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