Deze pagina is automatisch vertaald en de nauwkeurigheid van de vertaling kan niet worden gegarandeerd. Raadpleeg de Engelse versie voor een brontekst.

Pain After Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (PAINCARE) (PAINCARE)

11 mei 2026 bijgewerkt door: Joachim Düring, Region Skane

Characterizing and Quantifying Pain After Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: Insights From the PAINCARE Substudy of the STEPCARE Trial

The PAINCARE substudy is an observational cohort substudy nested within the international STEPCARE trial, which evaluates sedation, temperature, and mean arterial pressure strategies after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. PAINCARE aims to describe the burden of pain during early intensive care after cardiac arrest and to evaluate associations between early pain burden and selected ICU and patient-reported outcomes. Pain is common in critically ill patients but may be difficult to assess in patients who are unconscious, sedated, mechanically ventilated, or unable to self-report. PAINCARE collects structured pain assessments during the first 168 hours after randomization using validated self-report or behavioral pain instruments and relates early pain burden to outcomes including delirium burden, ventilator-free time, ICU-free time, and follow-up pain outcomes. All analyses are observational; PAINCARE is not designed to determine whether modifying pain burden improves outcomes.

Studie Overzicht

Toestand

Werving

Conditie

Gedetailleerde beschrijving

PAINCARE is an exploratory observational substudy. The available sample size is expected to be approximately 300 participants and will be determined by PAINCARE participation, consent status, availability of PAINCARE data, and eligibility for the relevant analysis population. The primary analysis will estimate cumulative time in moderate/severe pain while alive and in the ICU from randomization through 168 hours, ICU discharge, or death, whichever occurs first. Secondary analyses will evaluate associations between early pain burden and selected ICU and patient-reported outcomes. Missingness will be reported by variable, timepoint, site, and ascertainment mode where feasible. Prespecified analysis rules distinguish missing scorable intervals from non-scorable intervals, allow deterministic imputation only for isolated missing scorable intervals meeting prespecified criteria, and use endpoint-specific analysis populations for secondary and exploratory analyses. Sensitivity analyses will assess robustness to assumptions about pain-data completeness, deterministic imputation, non-scorable intervals, pain-state thresholds, and ascertainment mode. Analyses will be primarily descriptive and associational; findings outside the primary analysis will be considered hypothesis-generating. PAINCARE includes both retrospectively and prospectively ascertained participants according to local approvals and substudy implementation.

Studietype

Observationeel

Inschrijving (Geschat)

300

Contacten en locaties

In dit gedeelte vindt u de contactgegevens van degenen die het onderzoek uitvoeren en informatie over waar dit onderzoek wordt uitgevoerd.

Studiecontact

Studie Contact Back-up

Studie Locaties

  • Zweden
      • Halmstad, Zweden
        • Werving
        • Dep. of Intensive Care Halmstad Lasarett
        • Contact:
          • Johan Undén, MD, PhD
      • Malmö, Zweden, 20205
        • Werving
        • Department of Intensive Care, Skåne University Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Contact:
        • Hoofdonderzoeker:
          • Joachim P Düring, MD, PhD
      • Umeå, Zweden
        • Werving
        • Dep. of Intensive Care, Norrlands Universitets Sjukhus
        • Contact:
          • Matthias Schien

Deelname Criteria

Onderzoekers zoeken naar mensen die aan een bepaalde beschrijving voldoen, de zogenaamde geschiktheidscriteria. Enkele voorbeelden van deze criteria zijn iemands algemene gezondheidstoestand of eerdere behandelingen.

Geschiktheidscriteria

Leeftijden die in aanmerking komen voor studie

  • Volwassen
  • Oudere volwassene

Accepteert gezonde vrijwilligers

Nee

Bemonsteringsmethode

Niet-waarschijnlijkheidssteekproef

Studie Bevolking

STEPCARE participants at PAINCARE-participating sites who are included under approved PAINCARE substudy procedures and have not withdrawn consent for use of study data according to parent-trial procedures. PAINCARE participants may be included retrospectively or prospectively according to local approvals and substudy implementation.

Beschrijving

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
  • Adult, age 18 years or older
  • Spontaneous circulation without chest compressions for at least 20 minutes
  • Comatose, defined as not obeying verbal commands
  • Enrolled within 4 hours after return of spontaneous circulation

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Restrictions or limitations of care
  • On extracorporeal membrane oxygenation before randomization
  • Pregnancy
  • Previously randomized in the STEPCARE trial
  • Trauma or hemorrhage as the presumed cause of arrest
  • Suspected or confirmed intracranial hemorrhage

Studie plan

Dit gedeelte bevat details van het studieplan, inclusief hoe de studie is opgezet en wat de studie meet.

Hoe is de studie opgezet?

Ontwerpdetails

Cohorten en interventies

Groep / Cohort
Comatose out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients
Adult participants in the STEPCARE trial (NCT05564754) enrolled at PAINCARE-participating sites under approved PAINCARE substudy procedures and not withdrawn from use of study data according to parent-trial procedures. PAINCARE inclusion may occur retrospectively or prospectively according to local approvals and substudy implementation.

Wat meet het onderzoek?

Primaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
Maatregel Beschrijving
Tijdsspanne
Cumulative Time in Moderate or Severe Pain While Alive and in the ICU Through 168 Hours
Tijdsspanne: From randomization through 168 hours, ICU discharge, or death, whichever occurs first
Cumulative time, in hours, spent in moderate or severe pain while alive and in the ICU from randomization through 168 hours, ICU discharge, or death, whichever occurs first. Moderate or severe pain is defined as NRS >3, CPOT >2, or BPS >5. Each scheduled assessment represents the worst pain intensity since the previous assessment and is assigned to the corresponding preceding interval.
From randomization through 168 hours, ICU discharge, or death, whichever occurs first

Secundaire uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
Maatregel Beschrijving
Tijdsspanne
Proportion of Evaluable Alive-in-ICU Time Spent in Moderate or Severe Pain Through 168 Hours
Tijdsspanne: From randomization through 168 hours, ICU discharge, or death, whichever occurs first
Proportion of evaluable alive-in-ICU time spent in moderate or severe pain during the primary 0- to 168-hour pain-burden window. The proportion is calculated as cumulative evaluable time in moderate or severe pain divided by total evaluable alive-in-ICU time, excluding time after ICU discharge or death and excluding non-scorable and remaining missing scorable intervals.
From randomization through 168 hours, ICU discharge, or death, whichever occurs first
Delirium Burden Through 168 Hours
Tijdsspanne: From randomization through 168 hours
Proportion of evaluable point-prevalence delirium assessments with delirium present among assessments recorded as delirium present or absent through 168 hours. Delirium is assessed using the Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU or the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist. Assessments recorded as not assessable are reported separately and do not contribute to the denominator; assessments recorded as not done are reported as missing.
From randomization through 168 hours
Hours Alive and Free of Invasive Ventilatory Support Through Day 30
Tijdsspanne: From randomization through day 30
Number of hours from randomization to day 30 during which the participant is alive and not receiving invasive ventilatory support. Participants who die before day 30 are assigned zero hours alive and free of invasive ventilatory support.
From randomization through day 30
ICU-Free Days Alive Through Day 30
Tijdsspanne: From randomization through day 30
Number of days from randomization to day 30 during which the participant is alive and discharged from the ICU. Participants who die before day 30 are assigned zero ICU-free days.
From randomization through day 30
Moderate or Severe Pain at 1 Month
Tijdsspanne: At 1 month
Moderate or severe pain at the 1-month follow-up assessment, defined as Numeric Rating Scale score greater than 3 for worst pain on movement during the preceding 24 hours.
At 1 month

Andere uitkomstmaten

Uitkomstmaat
Maatregel Beschrijving
Tijdsspanne
Moderate or Severe Pain at 6 Months
Tijdsspanne: At 6 months
Moderate or severe pain at the 6-month follow-up assessment, defined as Numeric Rating Scale score greater than 3 for worst pain on movement during the preceding 24 hours.
At 6 months
Health-Related Quality of Life at 6 Months
Tijdsspanne: At 6 months
Health-related quality of life at 6 months assessed using EQ-5D-5L. For exploratory binary analyses, clinically relevant health-related quality-of-life problems are defined as at least one EQ-5D-5L dimension scored at level 3 or higher. EQ-5D-5L dimension profiles and EQ VAS will also be summarized descriptively.
At 6 months
Mobilization During ICU Care
Tijdsspanne: From randomization through 168 hours
Mobilization during ICU care categorized as ICU Mobility Scale greater than 1 versus 1 or lower.
From randomization through 168 hours

Medewerkers en onderzoekers

Hier vindt u mensen en organisaties die betrokken zijn bij dit onderzoek.

Sponsor

Region Skane

Onderzoekers

  • Hoofdonderzoeker: Joachim P Düring, MD, PhD, Lunds Universitet, Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund, Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Skåne University Hospital , Malmö, Sweden

Publicaties en nuttige links

De persoon die verantwoordelijk is voor het invoeren van informatie over het onderzoek stelt deze publicaties vrijwillig ter beschikking. Dit kan gaan over alles wat met het onderzoek te maken heeft.

Algemene publicaties

Studie record data

Deze datums volgen de voortgang van het onderzoeksdossier en de samenvatting van de ingediende resultaten bij ClinicalTrials.gov. Studieverslagen en gerapporteerde resultaten worden beoordeeld door de National Library of Medicine (NLM) om er zeker van te zijn dat ze voldoen aan specifieke kwaliteitscontrolenormen voordat ze op de openbare website worden geplaatst.

Bestudeer belangrijke data

Studie start (Werkelijk)

15 oktober 2023

Primaire voltooiing (Geschat)

19 mei 2026

Studie voltooiing (Geschat)

31 oktober 2028

Studieregistratiedata

Eerst ingediend

27 april 2026

Eerst ingediend dat voldeed aan de QC-criteria

27 april 2026

Eerst geplaatst (Werkelijk)

4 mei 2026

Updates van studierecords

Laatste update geplaatst (Werkelijk)

14 mei 2026

Laatste update ingediend die voldeed aan QC-criteria

11 mei 2026

Laatst geverifieerd

1 mei 2026

Meer informatie

Termen gerelateerd aan deze studie

Trefwoorden

Aanvullende relevante MeSH-voorwaarden

Andere studie-ID-nummers

  • STEPCARE_PAINCARE

Plan Individuele Deelnemersgegevens (IPD)

Bent u van plan om gegevens van individuele deelnemers (IPD) te delen?

NEE

Beschrijving IPD-plan

Upon reasonable request to Principal investigator after publication of the STEPCARE and PAINCARE studies

Informatie over medicijnen en apparaten, studiedocumenten

Bestudeert een door de Amerikaanse FDA gereguleerd geneesmiddel

Nee

Bestudeert een door de Amerikaanse FDA gereguleerd apparaatproduct

Nee

Deze informatie is zonder wijzigingen rechtstreeks van de website clinicaltrials.gov gehaald. Als u verzoeken heeft om uw onderzoeksgegevens te wijzigen, te verwijderen of bij te werken, neem dan contact op met register@clinicaltrials.gov. Zodra er een wijziging wordt doorgevoerd op clinicaltrials.gov, wordt deze ook automatisch bijgewerkt op onze website .

Abonneren