Epidemiology and Cost-effectiveness of Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Finland

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiac Arrest
• Interventions: Other: No intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01295424
• Lead Sponsor: Kuopio University Hospital

Brief Summary

Observational study of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during 6 months in regional areas of Helsinki University Hospital and Kuopio University Hospital from activation of EMS system until follow up to 6 months of survival.Simultaneous observation of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest primary survivors admitted to all Finnish ICUs.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-03
• Study First Submitted: 2011-02-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-02-11
• Study First Posted: 2011-02-14
• Primary Completion: 2014-10
• Study Completion: 2014-10
• Status Verified: 2015-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-01-30
• Last Update Posted: 2015-02-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2600

Inclusion Criteria

• Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Single group study	No intervention	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Alive at hospital discharge (time frame: Hospital discharge day)	12 hours	alive at hospital discharge

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
CPC (time frame: 1 year after cardiac arrest)	1 year	Neurologic outcome (Cerebral Performance Category) at one year after out of hospital cardiac arrest.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kuopio University Hospital; 🇫🇮 Kuopio, Finland