Clinical Trial of Sodium Nitrite for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2020-04-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
In this clinical study, a total of 1500 patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in
Seattle/King County will be enrolled. This will be a randomized clinical trial and patients
will receive either two different doses of IV sodium nitrite (45 mg or 60 mg) or placebo
during resuscitation in the field by paramedics. The primary outcome will be proportion of
patients surviving to hospital admission.