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Phase 3 N=1,497 Randomized Quadruple-blind Treatment

Clinical Trial of Sodium Nitrite for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Enrolled (actual)
1,497
Serious AEs
53.4%
Results posted
May 2023
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants Who Survived to Hospital Admission — 218; 205; 212 Participants — p=0.82

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Interventions
Placebo (Drug); sodium nitrite 45 mg (Drug); sodium nitrite 60 mg (Drug)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
University of Washington
Primary completion
Dec 2019

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Number of Participants Who Survived to Hospital Admission
218; 205; 212 0.82
SECONDARY
Survival to Discharge
74; 66; 72 0.44
SECONDARY
Number of Days in ICU
6.7; 8.9; 7.3 0.12
SECONDARY
Survival to 24 Hours
181; 170; 171 0.42
SECONDARY
Re-arrest
139; 130; 156 0.93
SECONDARY
Survival to 48 Hours After Admission to Hospital
161; 152; 151 0.50
SECONDARY
Survival to 72 Hours After Admission to Hospital
142; 133; 131 0.49

Summary

In this clinical study, a total of 1500 patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Seattle/King County will be enrolled. This will be a randomized clinical trial and patients will receive either two different doses of IV sodium nitrite (45 mg or 60 mg) or placebo during resuscitation in the field by paramedics. The primary outcome will be proportion of patients surviving to hospital admission.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Cardiac arrest, either VF or non-VF, patients receiving ACLS by paramedics
  • IV or IO access
  • Comatose

Exclusion Criteria

  • traumatic cause of cardiac arrest
  • prisoner, pregnancy
  • known DNAR
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03452917). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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