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NCT Number: NCT02934867

Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Trial Assessing the Survival Impact of Phone Advice

Medical call center have no phone advice protocol within out of hospital cardiac arrest in France. The purpose of the present study is to compare a group of patients with protocol phone advice delivered by the dispatchers ("CONTARM" group) versus usual phone advice ( "CONTHAB" group). Comparison will be performed on survival to seven days. The hypothesis is that CONTARM group has an higher survival at seven days. A second goal is to measure the survival to 15 and 30 days. The trial is randomized, controlled and will include 2600 patients. The patients will be enrolled in 19 hospitals in France.

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Key information

Conditions

Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Arrest Heart Diseases Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHU Angers, Angers, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • > 18 years old
  • initial call to 15
  • out of hospital cardiac arrest
  • patient proximity to witness

Exclusion criteria

  • first aid professionals on site
  • rigor mortis
  • location not allowing resuscitation
  • inability to realize actions or misunderstanding
  • no flow > 5 minutes

Treatment and study plan

Protocol phone advice

Other

Protocol phone advice

Usual phone advice

Other

Usual phone advice

Primary outcomes

  1. 7 days survival

    Time frame: 7 days

    7 days survival

Secondary outcomes

  1. 15 and 30 days survival

    Time frame: 15 and 30 days

    15 and 30 days survival

  2. Assessment of compliance of phone advice

    Time frame: 7 days

    Listening of phone bands to measure compliance of phone advice protocol :

    • good frequency of chest compression. Binary variable (Yes or Not)
    • good depth of chest compression. Binary variable (Yes or Not)
    • good patient positioning. Binary variable (Yes or No).

  3. 30 days neurological status

    Time frame: 30 days

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Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

Other

Collaborators

  • Central Hospital, Nancy, France
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
  • Centre Hospitalier de Chalon sur Saône
  • Centre Hospitalier de Colmar
  • Centre Hospitalier de Lons Le Saunier
  • Centre Hospitalier de Montauban
  • Centre Hospitalier de Troyes
  • Groupe Hospitalier de la Region de Mulhouse et Sud Alsace
  • Hospices Civils de Lyon
  • Nantes University Hospital
  • Poitiers University Hospital
  • Reims University hospital
  • University Hospital, Angers
  • University Hospital, Bordeaux
  • University Hospital, Metz
  • University Hospital, Orléans
  • University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Registry information

Official study title

Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Cluster Randomized Trial Assessing the Survival Impact of Phone Advice Delivered by Medical Call Center

Acronym: CONTAC

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Oct 17, 2016
Registry last updated
Jan 16, 2025

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