Cyclosporine A in Cardiac Arrest

Summary

The investigators hypothesised that cyclosporine A administration at the onset of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, by inhibiting the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, could prevent the post cardiac arrest syndrome and improve outcomes.

Timeline

Start

2010-06

Primary completion

2013-03

Completion

2013-03

Publications

• Results Argaud L, Cour M, Dubien PY, Giraud F, Jossan C, Riche B, Hernu R, Darmon M, Poncelin Y, Tchenio X, Quenot JP, Freysz M, Kamga C, Beuret P, Usseglio P, Badet M, Anette B, Chaulier K, Alasan E, Sadoune S, Bobbia X, Zeni F, Gueugniaud PY, Robert D, Roy P, Ovize M; CYRUS Study Group. Effect of Cyclosporine in Nonshockable Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The CYRUS Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiol. 2016 Aug 1;1(5):557-65. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.1701.
• Madelaine T, Cour M, Roy P, Vivien B, Charpentier J, Dumas F, Deye N, Bonnefoy E, Gueugniaud PY, Coste J, Cariou A, Argaud L. Prediction of Brain Death After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Development and Validation of the Brain Death After Cardiac Arrest Score. Chest. 2021 Jul;160(1):139-147. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.056. Epub 2021 Jun 8.

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