Critical Care

REDUCE DELIRIUM Trial Summary: Haloperidol in Critically Ill at High Risk of Delirium

2017 2017 REDUCE-DELIRIUM TRIAL M Effect of haloperidol on survival among critically ill adults with a high risk of delirium | Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial Objective: To determine survival with prophylactic use of haloperidol among critically ill adults at high … Read More

PLUS Trial Summary: Balanced Multielectrolyte Solution in Critically Ill

2022 PLUS TRIAL Balanced multi electrolyte solution versus saline in critically ill adults Investigator initiated, double-blind, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial d a Objective: To assess whether the use of balanced multielectrolyte solution (BMES) in preference to 0.9% sodium chloride solution … Read More

TTM 48 Trial Summary: TTM for 48 hours in Cardiac Arrest

2017 2017 TTM 48 TRIAL M Targeted Temperature Management for 48 vs 24 hours and neurologic outcome after out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OOHCA) Multicenter,blinded,parallel,pragmatic,randomized superiority trial Objective: To determine neurologic outcomes with Targeted Temperature Management (TTM) at 33°C for 48 hours … Read More

ATESS Trial Summary: Vitamin C + Thiamine for Septic Shock

2020 ATESS TRIAL Combination therapy of vitamin C and thiamine for septic shock Multicentre, double-blind, randomized controlled trial Objective: To evaluate the effects of early combination therapy with intravenous vitamin C and thiamine on recovery from organ failure in patients … Read More

PSP Trial Summary: Interventional Treatment for Spontaneous Pneumothorax

2020 PSP TRIAL M Conservative versus interventional treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax Prospective, randomized control, non-inferiority trial Objective: To assess whether conservative management compared to interventional treatment results in acceptable rates of lung re-expansion at 8 weeks in patients with primary … Read More

FIESTY Trial Summary: Fibrinogen in Severe Trauma

2021 FEISTY TRIAL Fibrinogen early in severe trauma study | multicentre, randomized controlled pilot study s Objective: To compare the time to fibrinogen replacement using f ibrinogen concentrate (FC) or cryoprecipitate (Cryo) in severely injured trauma patients with major hemorrhage … Read More

VITAMINS Trial: Vitamin C, hydrocortisone, and thiamine in Septic Shock

2021 2021 VITAMINS TRIAL M Effect of Vitamin C, hydrocortisone, and thiamine vs hydrocortisone alone on time alive and free of vasopressor support among patients with septic shock Open label, multi-centre, randomized, phase IIb clinical trial Objective: To investigate whether … Read More

ARREST Trial: ECMO-facilitated Resuscitation in Refractory Cardiac Arrest

2020 ARREST 2020 TRIAL M Advanced reperfusion strategies for patients with out-of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and refractory ventricular fibrillation (VF) Phase 2, single center, open-label, randomized clinical trial Objective: To compare implementation of early ECMO facilitated resuscitation compared to … Read More

ANTHARTIC Trial Summary: Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia after Cardiac Arrest

2019 ANTHARTIC TRIAL M Prevention of early Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia after cardiac arrest Multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled Objective: To investigate whether in post out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) patients treated with targeted temperature management, does the use of empirical antibiotics prevent early … Read More

NONSEDA Trial Summary: Sedation in Critically Ill Intubated Patients

2020 NONSEDA TRIAL M Nonsedation or light sedation in critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients Investigator-initiated, randomised, clinical, parallel-group, multinational, superiority trial . a 5 Objective: To assess whether in critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients, does a strategy of no sedation, … Read More