Korean Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium

March 4, 2025 updated by: Chung, Sung-Phil, Korean Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium
This study will evaluated the epidemiology and the outcomes of patients suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with presumed cardiac etiology in Korea.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The Korean Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium (KoCARC) is a collaborative research network developed to comprehend various researches conducted in the field of out-of-cardiac arrest resuscitation and to strengthen the cooperative effort in conducting studies. It was organized in 2014 with recruitment of hospitals willing to participate voluntarily to the consortium.

Not only for emergency medicine, but KoCARC is expanding the research collaboration with cardiology, preventive medicine and epidemiology as well. To enhance the professionalism and effectiveness in research, seven research committees, which consists of Epidemiology and Preventive Research Committee (EPR), Community Resuscitation Research Committee (CRR), EMS Resuscitation Research Committee (ERR), Hospital Resuscitation Research Committee (HRR), Hypothermia and Post-resuscitation Care Research Committee (HPR), Cardiac Care Resuscitation Committee (CCR) and Pediatric Resuscitation Research Committee (PRR). Also Data Safety and Monitoring Board Committee (DSMB) is organized to provide annual review and Security and Ethics Committee to oversight security and ethical issues in research. Monthly meeting of interdisciplinary steering committee, consists of the consortium chair, steering committee chair, each research committee chair and secretary committee, is held to approve the proposed research agendas and to mediate between multi-center trial participating hospitals.

KoCARC registry is a data collecting system composed of OHCA risk and prognostic variables developed to provide the platform to researches conducted in KoCARC.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

30000

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

      • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 03080
        • Recruiting
        • Korean Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Consortium
        • Contact:
          • Kyoung Jun Song, MD

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

EMS treated OHCA who visits study participating ED

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • OHCA patients who were transported to participating emergency department (ED) by emergency medical service with resuscitation efforts and whose arrest was identified as a presumed cardiac etiology by emergency physicians in ED.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • OHCA with terminal illness documented by medical record, under hospice care, with pregnancy, with pre-documented 'Do Not Resuscitate' card
  • OHCA of definite non-cardiac etiology, including trauma, drowning, poisoning, burn, asphyxia, or hanging

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Survival at 6 month
Time Frame: 6 months after cardiac arrest
Patients will be followed upon hospital discharge and up to 6 month.
6 months after cardiac arrest

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Good neurological recovery at 6 month
Time Frame: 6 months after cardiac arrest
Good neurological recovery: Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) 1 or 2. Patients will be followed upon hospital discharge and up to 6 month.
6 months after cardiac arrest

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Sung-Pil Chung, MD, PhD, Korean Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Consortium

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 1, 2015

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2028

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 31, 2028

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 6, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 17, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

July 19, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 4, 2025

Last Verified

March 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • KoCARC

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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