Discover In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
The Discover In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (IHCA) study is a multicenter, prospective observational study aimed at better understanding variations in practice for the post-in-hospital cardiac arrest patient.
Conditions:
🦠 Cardiac Arrest
🗓️ Study Start (Actual) 16 October 2023
🗓️ Primary Completion (Estimated) August 2024
✅ Study Completion (Estimated) August 2024
👥 Enrollment (Estimated) 1000
🔬 Study Type OBSERVATIONAL
📊 Phase N/A
Locations:
📍 Bronx, New York, United States

📋 Eligibility Criteria

Description

    Inclusion Criteria:

    • * Adult (≥18 years old) patients
    • * Patients with a cardiac arrest (a lack of palpable pulse or perfusing cardiac activity) while admitted to the hospital
    • * Patients admitted to a ward (telemetry or non-telemetry) or an intensive care unit, or are admitted but still in the emergency department waiting for a hospital bed
    • * Patients who achieved return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC defined as \>20 minutes of sustained spontaneous circulation) OR initiated on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (eCPR) with chest compressions ongoing
    • * Patients survived for 6 hours after ROSC

    Exclusion Criteria:

    • * Cardiac arrest in non-inpatients (e.g. outpatients, visitors)
    • * Patients whose cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) starts outside of the hospital
    • * Non-index arrests (arrests that are not the patient's first arrest during the hospital admission; this also excludes patients who were initially admitted for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest)
    • * Patients suffering IHCA in the operating room (OR) or post anesthesia care unit (PACU)
    • * Patients with cardiac arrest after arriving to an emergency department (ED) but prior to being evaluated and admitted to the hospital
    • * Cardiac arrests lasting \<2 minutes (i.e. chest compressions performed \<2 minutes)
    • * Cardiac arrests where the patient is transitioned to comfort focused care within 6 hours of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

🗓️ Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

  • First Submitted 20 December 2023
  • First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 11 January 2024
  • First Posted 16 January 2024

Study Record Updates

  • Last Update Submitted that Met QC Criteria 23 May 2024
  • Last Update Posted 24 May 2024
  • Last Verified May 2024