WithdrawnNot Applicable

RescueTEE for In-hospital Cardiac Arrest (ReTEECA Trial)

Stopped: Not enough resources to execute study

0Started 2024-01-01

Plain-language summary

ReTEECA Trial. Rescue TransEsophageal Echocardiography for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. This trial is aimed at studying the utility and interventional outcomes of rescue transesophageal echocardiography (RescueTEE) to aid in diagnosis, change in management, and outcomes during CPR by using a point of care RescueTEE protocol in the evaluation of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). This is an interventional prospective convenience sampled partially blinded phase II clinical trial with primary outcomes of survival to hospital discharge (SHD) with RescueTEE image guided ACLS versus conventional ACLS.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All patients greater than 18 years of age; * Intubated or permanent tracheostomy in situ; * Experiencing extreme hemodynamic instability, cardiac arrest, or respiratory arrest and TTE is difficult or contraindicated * Rapid response, Code calls, ECMO stat evaluation * In-patients Exclusion Criteria: * Unsecured airway * On-going aspiration * History of tracheoesophageal injury * History of tracheoesophageal fistula * Esophagectomy * Active upper GI bleeding * Esophageal varices * Ongoing hemoptysis * Technically challenging TEE placement due to location of code - Small room, intrusive to the code team, airway trauma

What they're measuring

Survival

Timeframe: 3 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04220619

SponsorUniversity of Pennsylvania

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-07-01

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