Cyclosporine A in Cardiac Arrest (CYRUS)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01595958 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : May 10, 2012
Last Update Posted : May 1, 2014
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Non Shockable Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest | Drug: Cyclosporine A Procedure: cardio-pulmonary resuscitation | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 796 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | CYclosporine A in Non-shockable Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest ResUScitation |
Study Start Date : | June 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2013 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Cyclosporine A
Single intravenous bolus of cyclosporine A (2.5 mg/kg) at the onset of resuscitation
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Drug: Cyclosporine A
Single intravenous bolus of cyclosporine A (2.5 mg/kg) at the onset of resuscitation Procedure: cardio-pulmonary resuscitation usual care of cardiac arrest |
Active Comparator: Control
usual care of cardiac arrest
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Procedure: cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
usual care of cardiac arrest |
- Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score (SOFA) [ Time Frame: At 24 hours after hospital admission ]
- Hospital admission with return of spontaneous circulation [ Time Frame: At 24 hours following admission, at day 28, at hospital discharge (an average time frame of 7 days) ]
- Survival [ Time Frame: At 24 hours following admission, at day 28, and at hospital discharge (an average time frame of 7 days) ]
- Good cerebral outcome [ Time Frame: At 24 hours following admission, at day 28, and at hospital discharge (an average time frame of 7 days) ]Glasgow Coma Scale and Cerebral Performance Categories
- All adverse events [ Time Frame: until hospital discharge (an average time frame of 7 days) ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- Non shockable cardiac rhythm
Exclusion Criteria:
- Evidence of trauma
- Evidence of pregnancy
- Duration of no flow more than 30 minutes
- Rapidly fatal underlying disease
- Allergy to cyclosporin A

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01595958
France | |
Medical intensive care unit, Edouard Herriot Hospital | |
Lyon, France, 69003 |
Principal Investigator: | Laurent ARGAUD, MD, PhD | Groupement Hospitalier Edouard Herriot,69437 Lyon Cedex 03 |
Responsible Party: | Hospices Civils de Lyon |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01595958 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
2009.571 2009-015725-37 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | May 10, 2012 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 1, 2014 |
Last Verified: | April 2014 |
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