Trial of Mobile External Defibrillator for Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest in Singapore.

Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Care Through Empowered and Equipped Community First Responders: Mobile External Defibrillation Investigation for Cardiac Arrest in Singapore (MEDICS).

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07042061

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2025-06-27

Start date

2026-05-01

Completion date

2027-01-31

Last updated

2026-04-27

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Conditions

Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)

Keywords

Out-of-hospital, Cardiac arrest, Automated external defibrillator, AED, Community volunteers

Brief summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn the feasibility of equipping the volunteer community responders (VCR) with the mobile external automated defibrillators (mAEDs) for the management of adults experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. It will also provide early signals if this enhanced system can help increase the frequency of defibrillation and doing it earlier. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Can equipped VCRs apply mAEDs more frequently and earlier to potentially get more patients successfully resuscitated? * Is this system enhancement is feasible in the long run. Participants, the VCRs, will: * Carry a 450 gm mAED with them all the time for up to an year and use it on an OHCA patient if and when alerted to help. * They will hand over this single-use battery-operated device to the EMS crew for data retrieval and potential replacement * They will be interviewed for their experience of being equipped and use of the mAED.

Interventions

DEVICEMobile external automated defibrillator

A single-use, hand-held, chocolate bar sized portable AED

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

21 Years to 74 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1.1. Inclusion Criteria Study participants must meet all the inclusion criteria to participate in this study: 1. Must be proficient in English. Able to read and understand English fluently. 2. Be aged 21-74 years of age at point of recruitment. 3. Willing and able to move rapidly to a scene that can be 400 meters away from their location. 4. Be a registered CFR with SCDF. 5. Must be active myResponder® mobile phone app user so they can receive alerts about nearby OHCA cases. 1.2.

Exclusion criteria

All subjects meeting any of the following

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Feasibility of a full scale trial	Through study completion, an average of 1 year	A validated AIM/FIM tool will be used to collect perceptions of the users and managers using a likert scale measurement reporting on feasibility and acceptability of the intervention

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Qualitative experiences of CFR elicited through semi-structured interviews	1 year	Experience of the CFRs as regards challenges faced while carrying the device and convenience when the device is needed

Contacts

CONTACTFahad J Siddiqui

fahad.siddiqui@duke-nus.edu.sg+65 66017951

CONTACTGarion Senior Executive

garion.koh@nus.edu.sg

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Apr 28, 2026