Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Long‐Term Outcomes After Cardiac Arrest: Protocol for the Extended Follow‐Up Sub‐Study of the STEPCARE Trial
Study context
- Population
- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors and one caregiver per survivor at selected STEPCARE sitesestimated sample size
- Participants
- 600 survivors
- Planned comparison
- Different targets of sedation, temperature and mean arterial pressure (MAP) management
- Primary endpoint
- Survivors: cognitive function (Montreal Cognitive Assessment); caregivers: caregiver burden (Zarit Burden Interview)
- Follow-up
- 6 and 12 months
Methodological detailsinternational, multicentre, randomisation stratified by site
- International
- Multicentre
- Randomisation stratified by site
No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.
Original publication
Long‐Term Outcomes After Cardiac Arrest: Protocol for the Extended Follow‐Up Sub‐Study of the STEPCARE Trial. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 26 August 2025. doi:10.
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