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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
796
Single intravenous bolus of cyclosporine A (2.5 mg/kg) at the onset of resuscitation
usual care of cardiac arrest
Medical intensive care unit, Edouard Herriot Hospital
Lyon, France
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
Glasgow Coma Scale and Cerebral Performance Categories
Time frame: At 24 hours following admission, at day 28, and at hospital discharge (an average time frame of 7 days)
All adverse events
Time frame: until hospital discharge (an average time frame of 7 days)
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