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Specialty care after cardiac arrest: a lifesaving shift?

NCT ID NCT07002294

Disease control Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests whether moving cardiac arrest survivors to a specialized hospital improves their recovery. About 1,600 adults who were revived after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest will be randomly assigned to either stay at the nearest hospital or be transferred to a specialty center. Researchers will check their functional recovery after 90 days.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Transfer to a specialty cardiac arrest center
What this could lead to
If it works, this could show that specialized hospital care helps people recover better after a cardiac arrest.
What could go wrong
This is a large trial but hasn't started yet. The benefit of specialty care may be small or not apply to everyone, and transfers carry logistical risks.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 1,618 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

May 2026

Expected to finish

Jan 2032

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest * Resuscitated from cardiac arrest with palpable pulse in the emergency department * Treated at one of participating hospital emergency departments * Age ≥18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Known prior advanced directives or decision to limit critical care * Known pre-arrest dependent functional status (e.g., living in a skilled nursing facility, hospice or bedbound) * Arrest in the emergency department \>4 hours after arrival * Traumatic etiology of arrest * Known to have opted-out from the SPARC trial

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cardiac arrest Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Cardiac arrest (CA) Heart arrest Heart arrest, out-of-hospital

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

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