Transorbital Ultrasound and Other Markers for Prognosis Prediction After Cardiac Arrest

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Cardiac Arrest

• Registration Number: NCT04838418
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital Pilsen

Brief Summary

In sudden cardiac arrest patients with return of spontaneous circulation, brain damage is one of the main determinants of short-term mortality and poor prognosis (CPC 3-5). It is important to properly select group of patients in whom treatment is futile. According to current guidelines, multimodal approach is recommended. Optic nerve sheath diameter measured by ultrasound is non-invasive, fast, low-cost and readily available bed-side method, but evidence for its use as neuroprognostication modality is limited to only few small studies. The aim of this study is to evaluate validity of ONSD as neuroprognostication method at larger cohort of patients, compare it with other established methods and compare ultrasound and CT measurement of ONSD.

Detailed Description

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

cardiac arrest, cardiovascular diseases, optic nerve sheath diameter.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-04
• Study First Submitted: 2021-04-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-04-06
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-09
• Primary Completion: 2024-11-01
• Status Verified: 2025-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-13
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-15
• Study Completion: 2025-06-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• age of 18 years or older
• out of hospital cardiac arrest of non-traumatic cause with CPR and subsequent ROSC
• Glasgow coma scale (GCS) ≤ 7 or sedation 30 minutes after ROSC achievment

Exclusion Criteria

• unavailable first measurment of the optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measured by transorbital ultrasonography 24±6 hours after ROSC achievement
• refractory cardiac arrest
• craniocerebral injury
• intracranial tumor
• active intracranial bleeding
• haemorrhagic stroke and/or subarachnoid haemorrhage in the last 3 months
• facial trauma affecting the eye area
• active neuroendocrine tumor, small cell lung cancer, non-small cell lung
• CPC 3-5 before cardiac arrest
• sclerosis multiplex and/or optic neuritis of other etiology

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Value of ONSD for short-term mortality prediction	30 days	Assessment of the correlation between optic nerve sheath diameter measured by transorbital ultrasonography and mortality during a 30-day follow-up.
Value of ONSD for short-term neurological outcome prediction	30 days	Assessment of the correlation between the optic nerve sheath diameter measured by transorbital ultrasonography and neurological outcome of patients (quantified by the CPC scale) after out of hospital cardiac arrest with subsequent ROSC

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Comparison of ONSD measurements by ultrasonography and computed tomography	48 hours	Assessment of accuracy of the optic nerve sheath diameter measured by ultrasonography compared to CT measurement performed 48 ± 12 hours after achievment of ROSC.
Comparison of ONSD and electrophysiologic modalities for neurological outcome prediction	96 hours	Assessment of the correlation between the optic nerve sheath diameter measured by transorbital ultrasonography and negative prognostic markers obtained by somatosensory evoked potentials examination and EEG in patients remaining in a coma even after the end of therapeutic hypothermia and sedation.
Value of ONSD for long-term neurological outcome and mortality	6 months	Assessment of the correlation between the optic nerve sheath diameter measured by transorbital ultrasonography and mortality and neurological outcome of patients (quantified by the CPC scale) at 6 months after ROSC.
Correlation between ONSD and thickness of retinal nerve fibers measured by OCT	5 months	Assessment of the correlation between the optic nerve sheath diameter measured by transorbital ultrasonography and thickness of retinal nerve fibers measured by optical coherence tomography at time intervals of 1, 3 and 5 months after achievment of ROSC.
Correlation between ONSD and fundoscopic signs of papillary edema	48 hours	Assessment of the correlation between the optic nerve sheath diameter measured by transorbital ultrasonography and grade of optic nerve papillary edema quantified by the Frisen scale on fundoscopic examination performed 48 ± 12 hours after achievment of ROSC.
Effect of blood carbon dioxide on ONSD	72 hours	Assessment of the correlation between the optic nerve sheath diameter measured by transorbital ultrasonography and paCO2 and ETCO2 values at the time of measurement.
Correlation between blood NSE, copeptin and selected RNAs	6 months	Assessment of the correlation between blood NSE, copeptin and selected micro-RNAs measured at defined time intervals from ROSC, to neurological outcome prediction in patients after out of hospital cardiac arrest with subsequent ROSC.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Hospital Plzen; 🇨🇿 Plzen, Czechia