Dispatcher assisted telephone CPR trial

ISRCTN	ISRCTN82347313
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN82347313
ClinicalTrials.gov number	NCT00219687
Secondary identifying numbers	N0352143844

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Dr Rachael T Donohoe
Scientific

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust - Headquarters Annexe
Ground Floor
8-20 Pocock Street
London
SE1 0BW
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 020 7463 3126
Email	rachael.donohoe@lond-amb.nhs.uk

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Not specified
Study type	Treatment
Participant information sheet	No information is supplied to patients as they are in cardiac arrest when enrolled in the study. The protocol is fully approved by a Research Ethics Committee and is compliant with relevant legislation relating to trials in emergency situations.
Scientific title	Dispatcher-Assisted Resuscitation Trial
Study acronym	DART
Study hypothesis	Is telephone-assisted CPR with chest compressions only better than telephone-assisted CPR with ventilation and compressions? Which protocol will save more lives?
Ethics approval(s)	Added 24 July 2008: Approved by Lewisham Research Ethics Committee (UK) on 04/08/2004. Reference 04/Q0701/07.
Condition	Cardiovascular: Cardiac arrest
Intervention	Dispatcher-assisted CPR instructions with compressions and ventilations versus dispatcher-assisted CPR instructions with compressions only
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	Survival to hospital discharge
Secondary outcome measures	Added 24 July 2008: Neurological status at hospital discharge (United States only).
Overall study start date	01/06/2004
Overall study end date	30/09/2008

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	The total sample size for the study is approximately 1600 patients.
Participant inclusion criteria	All cardiac arrest patients for whom the LAS is contacted, who are not breathing or conscious, and the caller is amenable to undertaking dispatcher-assisted CPR.
Participant exclusion criteria	1. Caller refusal to undertake CPR 2. CPR already in progress 3. Cases of cardiac arrest due to trauma, electrocution, hanging, drowning or strangulation 4. AED available for use 5. Vulnerable groups: <18 years, pregnant women, prisoners (if data is known)
Recruitment start date	01/06/2004
Recruitment end date	30/09/2008

London Ambulance Service NHS Trust - Headquarters Annexe

London
SE1 0BW
United Kingdom

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The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

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London Ambulance Service NHS Trust (UK)

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Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
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Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
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Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	29/07/2010		Yes	No