Canadian Sudden Cardiac Arrest Network

NCT03642587 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: CSCAN version 2
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 82,054
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 6

Brief Summary

The overall aim of the project is to develop a national registry to accurately measure the burden of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) among the general Canadian population. This project will create a common platform to link existing sources of information (EMS, Coroner and Administrative Databases) in order to fully understand the causes and outcomes of SCA. This comprehensive, unique registry will inform the progress and effectiveness of all CANet SCA programs aimed at reducing SCA. Understanding the antecedents, causes and outcomes of SCA will allow for new initiatives/investigations to reduce SCA, by using targeted interventions both effectively and efficiently.

Conditions

Sudden Cardiac Death; Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Incidence of SCA

  Incidence of sudden cardiac arrest across Canada, by province, age and sex

  2 years

Study Arms (1)

Study Population

People between the ages of 2 and 85 years old with out of hospital cardiac arrest of no obvious cause who are attended to by paramedics who survive or die

Other: There is no intervention in this study.

Interventions

There is no intervention in this study. OTHER

There is no intervention in this study.

Study Population

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 2 Years - 85 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

People between the ages of 2 and 85 years old with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of no obvious cause who are attended to by paramedics who survive or die.

You may qualify if:

• All out of hospital cardiac arrest cases of "no obvious cause"
• Age between 2 and 85 years
• Attended to by paramedics, and survived or died.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients under the age of 2 years old or older than the age of 85 years old
• Do not resuscitate orders
• Cardiac arrests with obvious causes such as trauma, anaphylaxis, sudden upper airway occlusion, asthma, confirmed drug overdoses, homicides and suicides.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Unity Health Toronto: lead
• University of Toronto: collaborator
• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre: collaborator
• Ottawa Hospital Research Institute: collaborator
• University of British Columbia: collaborator
• Providence Health & Services: collaborator
• McMaster University: collaborator
• Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario: collaborator
• Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences: collaborator
• Alberta Health services: collaborator
• University of Saskatchewan: collaborator
• Dalhousie University: collaborator
• University of Prince Edward Island: collaborator
• Memorial University of Newfoundland: collaborator

Study Sites (6)

Alberta Health Services

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Location

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Location

Emergency Health Services

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Location

Ottawa Health Research Institute

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Location

Urgences-Sante

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Location

Saskatchewan Health Authority

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Death, Sudden, Cardiac

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Arrest; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Death, Sudden; Death; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Steve S Lin, MD, MSc

  Unity Health Toronto

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Target Duration: 1 Year
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 20, 2018
• First Posted: August 22, 2018
• Study Start: January 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2023
• Study Completion: June 1, 2023
• Last Updated: January 11, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-01

Locations

CA (6)