Rehabilitation for Survivors of Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorRigshospitalet, Denmark

About this trial

This study is a parallel group multicentre investigator-initiated clinical randomised controlled superiority trial that will include a total of 214 survivors of OHCA.

Participants will to be randomized with a 1:1 allocation ratio to either a intervention consisting of a comprehensive initiated tailored rehabilitation intervention focusing on supporting RTW plus usual care compared to usual care alone.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

All adult survivors with first time out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Discharged from the Hospitals will be assessed eligible for inclusion

Disqualifiers

Survivors who prior to the cardiac arrest were not part of the labour force with at least two years until they are qualified to receive retirement state pensions

Patients that cannot understand and fulfil the study surveys (in Danish)

Patients with short witnessed cardiac arrests with return of spontaneous circulation estimated less than 4 minutes and immediate awakening without ICU treatment

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Individually tailored rehabilitation intervention
  • Usual care

Treatment groups

214 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Lead sponsor

Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

Collaborator