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Tracheal Intubation vs. Bag-valve-mask Ventilation in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest _ CAAM STUDY

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest
Interventions
Procedure: bag-valve-mask ventilation
Procedure: tracheal intubation
Registration Number
NCT02327026
Lead Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to improve the management of patients in cardiac arrest, and this by comparing two initial airway management methods: Tracheal intubation and bag-valve-mask ventilation.

The survival rate at 28-day with favorable neurological function will be compared in the tracheal intubation group versus the bag-valve-mask group

Detailed Description

It is a multicenter prospective non-inferiority open randomized controlled trial in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest carried out in physician-staffed emergency medical services.

The investigators hypothesis is that basic airway management (i.e. bag-valve-mask ventilation) is safe and may avoid the deleterious effects of tracheal intubation including interruption of chest compressions.

On medical team's arrival at the scene and after verification of participant's eligibility, patients will be enrolled in the study and randomly assigned to either initial bag-valve-mask ventilation or tracheal intubation. After the hospital admission, all patients will be intubated whatever the initial airway management.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
2043
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 18 years or older;
  • Patient with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest on medical team's arrival
  • Resuscitation attempted
  • Medical insurance
Exclusion Criteria
  • Massive suspected aspiration
  • Presence of do-not-resuscitate order
  • Pregnancy
  • Prisoners

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
bag-valve-mask ventilationbag-valve-mask ventilationAirway management including initial bag-valve-mask ventilation by the medical team during OHCA. When standard bag-valve-mask ventilation is possible, the patient will be intubated in case of a return of spontaneous circulation. When standard bag-valve-mask ventilation is impossible or in case of massive regurgitation of gastric content (after randomisation), intubation of patient is the preferred alternative
tracheal intubationtracheal intubationTracheal intubation during OHCA by the medical team: The standard intubation procedure is to use a non-styletted tube and no sedation. When standard laryngoscopy-assisted intubation is not possible, an alternate procedure will be used based on the French consensus conference guidelines on difficult airway management.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Survival with favorable neurological function defined as Glasgow-Pittsburgh Cerebral Performance Categories (CPC) of 2 or less.Day 28

Survival at 28-day with favorable neurological function defined as Glasgow-Pittsburgh Cerebral Performance Categories (CPC) of 2 or less. In case of neurological disability before randomization, the survival associated the same degree of disability will be considered a favorable neurological function

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Survival at hospital dischargeup to Day 28
Neurologic outcomes assessed by modified Rankin scale scoreDay 28
Ventilation difficulty with bag-valve-mask measured with a visual-analog-scale (VAS)Day 0
Technique's failure defined as mortalityDay 0, Day 28

Technique's failure defined as mortality at 28-day or regurgitation during the procedure or failure of the procedure (failure to ventilate in the bag-valve-mask ventilation or failure to intubate in the intubation group)

Han's mask ventilation classificationDay 0
Rate of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC)Day 0
Complications related to tracheal intubationDay 0

Complications related to tracheal intubation during advanced Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR): failure, esophageal intubation, mainstem intubation, vomiting, pulmonary aspiration, dental trauma, extubation

SurvivalDay 28
Survival at hospital admissionDay 0
Intubation difficulty assessed by Intubation difficulty Scale scoreDay 0
Complications related to bag-valve-mask ventilationDay 0

Complications related to bag-valve-mask ventilation during advanced CPR: regurgitation of gastric content

Difficult mask ventilation signsDay 0
Duration of the interruption of chest compression during TI procedureDay 0

Duration of the interruption of chest compression during TI procedure

Time to completion of tracheal intubation (TI) procedureDay 0

Time to completion of tracheal intubation (TI) procedure measured from the instant that the laryngoscope blade touches the patient to the moment that the tracheal tube cuff is inflated

Duration of the interruption of chest compression during advanced CPR (from medical team's arrival to decision to stop CPR)Day 0

Duration of the interruption of chest compression during advanced CPR (from medical team's arrival to decision to stop CPR)

Duration of advanced CPRDay 0

Duration of advanced CPR (from medical team's arrival to decision to stop CPR)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Avicenne Hospital - Aphp

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Bobigny, Ile de France, France

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