Xenon and Therapeutical Hypothermia After Successful Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Summary

In this clinical trial will be checked, whether 2 hour ventilation with xenon has neuroprotective effects in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest and successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Timeline

Start

2011-09

Primary completion

2014-11

Completion

2014-12

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped (Enrollment): “Feasibility and Recruitment problems”

Publications

• Fries M, Brucken A, Cizen A, Westerkamp M, Lower C, Deike-Glindemann J, Schnorrenberger NK, Rex S, Coburn M, Nolte KW, Weis J, Rossaint R, Derwall M. Combining xenon and mild therapeutic hypothermia preserves neurological function after prolonged cardiac arrest in pigs. Crit Care Med. 2012 Apr;40(4):1297-303. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31823c8ce7.

Drugs

Indications