MultiCPR: The Influence of Resuscitation on History Recall (MultiCPR4)

May 11, 2026 updated by: Mathias Maleczek, Medical University of Vienna

In this randomized crossover trial, participants begin with chest compressions at a 30:2 ratio while a study team member provides ventilation. In Scenario A, participants perform two-person CPR and receive a prerecorded patient history after 30 seconds. In Scenario B, participants only listen to the patient's history without performing CPR or any concurrent task. To control for time-dependent memory decay, Scenario B includes a 3-minute delay before completing the questionnaire, matching the interval between information exposure and recall in Scenario A.

After each scenario, participants complete the NASA-TLX workload assessment and a semi-open questionnaire on the patient's history. A modified Brown-Peterson task follows as a washout period: participants subtract 3 repeatedly from 309 for 1 minute, followed by 4 minutes of rest without phone use or conversation. Calculation performance is not analyzed.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

38

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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 Locations

  • Austria
    • State of Vienna
      • Vienna, State of Vienna, Austria, 1210

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion:

  • Healthy medical professionals trained in CPR (paramedics, prehospital emergency physicians, anesthesiologists, internal medicine doctors, nurses, midwifery students, pediatricians)
  • CPR Training in the last four years
  • Fit and rested.

Exclusion:

- Pregnant probands

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

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Ventilations/CPR
Recall of a previously heard history during/without CPR - cross over design to decide what to do first, NASA-TLX will be measured
Behavioral: Recall of History
Recall of history heard during or without performing CPR
Procedure: CPR
Performing CPR in a 30:2 manner
Active Comparator: no ventilations/CPR
Recall of a previously heard history during/without CPR - cross over design to decide what to do first, NASA-TLX will be measured
Behavioral: Recall of History
Recall of history heard during or without performing CPR

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
History items
Time Frame: during 2x4 minutes of inclusion
Number of correct items
during 2x4 minutes of inclusion

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
NASA-TLX
Time Frame: during 2x4 minutes of inclusion
Nasa Task load index (min: 0, max: 120, higher scores mean higher cognitive load)
during 2x4 minutes of inclusion

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Medical University of Vienna

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 25, 2026

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 28, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

November 1, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 25, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 2, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

March 5, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 13, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 11, 2026

Last Verified

March 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • MultiCPR_4

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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