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The OSIRIS ECPR Trial

Out-of-hospital Refractory Cardiac Arrest Treated with Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06805344
Acronym
OSIRIS
Enrollment
686
Registered
2025-02-03
Start date
2025-02-28
Completion date
2030-06-30
Last updated
2025-02-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Cardiac Arrest, Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Ventricular Fibrillation

Keywords

cardiac arrest, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Brief summary

The OSIRIS trial is an investigator-initiated, multicenter, multinational, open-label, randomized controlled trial with a 2:1 concealed allocation of refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients to the extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) based approach versus the conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CCPR) approach.

Detailed description

ECPR for OHCA is a resource-intensive method and poses significant challenges for both prehospital and hospital systems. Recent meta-analyses have highlighted persisting uncertainties regarding the routine use of ECPR strategy for OHCA, emphasizing the need for further research. The refractory OHCA trial is a multicenter, multinational, open-label, randomized trial with a 2:1 concealed allocation of refractory OHCA patients to ECPR-based approach versus CCPR approach. ECPR-based approach is defined as advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) per current guidelines with aim to proceed to in-hospital or out-of-hospital veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) if (return of spontaneous circulation) ROSC is not achieved before the cannulation. CCPR is defined as conventional ACLS per current guidelines without mechanical circulatory support (MCS) use until sustained ROSC is achieved or the patient pronounced dead. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that invasive, ECPR-based approach when compared to CCPR: 1. increases survival in selected adults with refractory OHCA. 2. and can be successfully implemented in different cities and countries. The study will include adults 18-70 years of age suffering refractory OHCA of presumed cardiac cause. Refractory OHCA is characterized as either 3 unsuccessful defibrillations in ongoing shockable rhythms or 10 minutes of ACLS without ROSC in the case of a non-shockable rhythm following the first or second defibrillation.

Interventions

PROCEDUREExtracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation based approach

ECPR-based approach is defined as ACLS per current guidelines with aim to proceed to in-hospital or out-of-hospital V-A ECMO if ROSC is not achieved before the cannulation.

PROCEDUREConventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation

CCPR is defined as conventional ACLS per current guidelines without MCS use until sustained ROSC is achieved or the patient pronounced dead.

Sponsors

Karolinska Institutet
CollaboratorOTHER
Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
CollaboratorOTHER
University Hospital Freiburg
CollaboratorOTHER
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
CollaboratorOTHER
Medical University of Vienna
CollaboratorOTHER
Hospital Vall d'Hebron
CollaboratorOTHER
Heart Center Leipzig - University Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Aarhus University Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
CollaboratorOTHER
Region Hovedstadens Apotek
CollaboratorOTHER_GOV
Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
CollaboratorOTHER
European Clinical Research Infrastructure Network
CollaboratorOTHER
Masaryk University
CollaboratorOTHER
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
CollaboratorOTHER
University Hospital, Zürich
CollaboratorOTHER
University of London
CollaboratorOTHER
Uniwersytet Wrocławski
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
General University Hospital, Prague
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Intervention model description

The refractory OHCA trial is a multicenter, multinational, open-label, randomized trial with a 2:1 concealed allocation of refractory OHCA patients to ECPR-based approach versus CCPR approach.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Age ≥18 and ≤ 70 years presumed or known 2. Witnessed OHCA 3. Bystander CPR provided 4. Presumed cardiac or unknown cause 5. An initial documented shockable rhythm of VF (ventricular fibrillation) or pulseless VT (ventricular tachycardia) 6. Minimum of ≥ 10 min of ACLS without ROSC or at least ≥ 3 defibrillations in ongoing VF/pulseless VT 7. Body morphology able to accommodate a mechanical chest compression device 8. ECPR team and intensive care unit (ICU) capacity in the receiving center available 9. Estimated transfer time from the scene to the hospital ≤ 30 minutes or to the scene ≤ 30 minutes 10. Eligible for intensive care without restrictions or limitations

Exclusion criteria

1. ACLS ≥ 30 minutes before randomization 2. Known limitations in care or a Do Not Attempt to Resuscitate (DNAR) order 3. Known severe disease making 90-day survival unlikely 4. Known bleeding diathesis or acute or recent intracranial bleeding 5. Known, obvious or suspected pregnancy 6. Known pre-arrest severe cognitive dysfunction (mRS ≥ 4) 7. Known hypothermia as a cause of cardiac arrest

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
90-day survival90-days90-day survival

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
90-day neurological outcome90-days90-day neurological outcome measured using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS-scale) (mRS 0-3 indicating a good outcome, and mRS 4-6 indicating a poor outcome)
90-day Health-related quality of life90-days90-day Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using EuroQol 5-Dimension 5-Level (EQ5D-5L)

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Neurological outcome at 30 days30-daysNeurological outcome at 30 days (mRS 0-3 indicating a good outcome, and mRS 4-6 indicating a poor outcome)
Neurological outcome at 30 days or dischargedischarge date or 30-daysNeurological outcome at 30 days or discharge whatever comes first measured using the mRS scale (mRS 0-3 good outcome, mRS 4-6 poor outcome)
Win ratioup to 90-daysWin ratio (Dead vs alive, all steps on the mRS-scale, safety event, HRQoL)
Potential organ donorup to 90-daysNumber of participants fulfilling criteria of donor after brain death (DBD) or donor after circulatory death (DCD))
Survival to dischargeup to 90-daysSurvival to hospital discharge for the index event
Additional mechanical circulatory support (MCS) implantationup to 90-daysAdditional mechanical circulatory support (MCS) implantation (any MCS use in the standard arm or additional MCS implantation to ECMO in the intervention arm)
Best neurological outcome at any time within 90 days (mRS scale)up to 90-daysBest neurological outcome at any time within 90 days, assessed using the mRS scale (mRS 0-3 indicating a favorable outcome and mRS 4-6 indicating an unfavorable outcome).
Cardiovascular mortality at 90 days90-daysMortality due to myocardial infarction, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrhytmia, rearrest, ischemic stroke
Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE) at 90 days90-daysMACE include CV death, nonfatal MI, stroke, resuscitated cardiac arrest
Accepted organ donorup to 90-daysNumber of participants with DBD or DCD who met the established medical, legal, and ethical criteria for organ donation and whose organs were harvested for transplantation.
30-day survival30-days30-day survival
Neurological outcome at dischargeup to 90-daysNeurological outcome at discharge from index hospitalization (mRS 0-3 indicating a good outcome, and mRS 4-6 indicating a poor outcome)

Contacts

Primary ContactJan Bělohlávek, MD, PhD
jan.belohlavek@vfn.cz+420724371594
Backup ContactDaniel Rob, MD, PhD
daniel.rob@vfn.cz+420721932067

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026