Acute cardiac care & resuscitation
RAndomized Cluster Evaluation of Cardiac ARrest Systems (RACE-CARS) trial: Study rationale and design
Study context
- Population
- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in 62 counties (57 clusters) in North Carolina, United States (US)62 counties (57 clusters)
- Planned comparison
- Community-based OHCA interventions vs control/standard care
- Primary endpoint
- Survival to hospital discharge with good neurologic outcome (cerebral performance category (CPC) 1 or 2)
- Follow-up
- Hospital discharge
Methodological detailspragmatic, 7-year, registry-based, ≈20,000 patients expected over 4-year assessment period
- Pragmatic
- 7-year
- Registry-based
- ≈20,000 patients expected over 4-year assessment period
No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.
Original publication
RAndomized Cluster Evaluation of Cardiac ARrest Systems (RACE-CARS) trial: Study rationale and design. Am Heart J. Published 30 July 2024. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it