An observational study in Coma, Heart Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Recruiting at 7 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-23.
Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Observational
Evaluating the prognosis of comatose patients after cardiac arrest (CA) in the intensive care unit (ICU) remains challenging. It requires a multimodal approach combining standardized clinical examination, serum biomarkers, imaging and classically electrophysiological examinations, (among them auditive evoked potentials or AEP) but none has a sufficient sensitivity/specificity. In a preliminary study, the investigators developed an algorithm from the signal collected with AEP, and generated a probability map to visually classify the participants after the algorithm processing. Participants could be classified either with a good neurological prognosis or with bad neurological prognosis or death.
The investigators hypothesize that the "PRECOM" tool, applied blindly to a large prospective multicenter cohort of patients admitted to intensive care for coma in the aftermath of CA will predict neurological prognosis at 3 months with high sensitivity and specificity.
Evaluating the prognosis of comatose participants after cardiac arrest (CA) in the intensive care unit remains challenging. It requires a multimodal approach combining standardized clinical examination, serum biomarkers, imaging and classically electrophysiological examinations: 1 / the electroencephalogram, bad prognosis assessed when the electroencephalogram (EEG) is discontinuous, areactive, monotone,…), 2 / somesthetic evoked potentials, the absence of the N20 cortical wave has a specificity of poor prognosis of 68-100% and 3 / auditory evoked potentials (AEP), the presence of mismatchnegativity (MMN) would be of good prognosis with a specificity up to 90% but rarely performed in current practice. Routinely, these examinations are sometimes difficult to interpret in sedated participants, in an intensive care unit environment that generates numerous artefacts. Above all, all these techniques require the presence of a neurophysiology unit, with few experts available.
In a preliminary study, in collaboration with the applied mathematics laboratory of the ENS (Ecole Normale Supérieure), an algorithm was developed from the signal extracted from AEP. A probability map was generated with a software allowing to visually classify the participants after processing signal by the algorithm in a cluster of points with a high specificity into "good neurological prognosis" and "bad neurological prognosis". Neither artifacts or sedation prevented data analysis.
The investigators hypothesize that the "PRECOM" tool, applied blindly to a large prospective multicenter cohort of participants admitted to intensive care for coma in the aftermath of a caridiac arrest will predict the neurological prognosis of participants with high sensitivity and specificity. This tool, carried out during the first week of the coma, will be compared to a standardized procedure used routinely by the participating resuscitators.
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Adult patients admitted to intensive care following a cardica arrest.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patient admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) for post cardiac arrest (CA) coma, persistent for at least 3 days after CA.
Other: Neurological prognosis
In usual practice, in intensive care unit, evaluating the neurological prognosis of comatose patients after cardiac arrest requires a multimodal approach combining standardized clinical examination, serum biomarkers, imaging and classically electrophysiological examinations (among them auditive evoked potentials or AEP). An algorithm (PRECOM tool) which has been previously developed from the signal extracted from AEP allows to visually classify the patients after processing signal by the algorithm in a cluster of points with a high specificity into "good neurological prognosis" and "bad neurological prognosis". The AEP signals recorded in the 1st and 2nd week of patient inclusion are to be collected by the neurophysiologist. At the end of the patient's participation in the study, these data will be encrypted, anonymized and transmitted to the mathematician to be processed by the PRECOM tool.
Awakening within 3 months
Awakening is defined as normal motor activity in response to the 3 instructions for the motor component M of the FOUR score (show your thumb, make the V for victory and show your fist; M = 4). This criterion will be collected by the doctor in charge of the patient at the time of the assessment and will be dated.
Time frame: within 3 months ± 2 weeks after inclusion
CPC score within 3 months
CPC (Cerebral Performance Category) score is performed wether patient is still hospitalized or returned home. It is performed by phone call if patient returned home. Range of values rates neurological status after cardiac arrest on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 for good cerebral performance up to 5 for brain death).
Time frame: 3 months ± 2 weeks after inclusion
mRS score within 3 months
mRS (Modified Rankin Scale) scores is performed wether patient is still hospitalized or returned home. It is performed by phone call if patient returned home. mRS (modified Rankin Scale) scale measures degree of disability/dependence in the daily activities of people who have suffered a stroke or other causes of neurological disability. Score can be between 0 (no symptoms at all) and 5 (major disability : bedridden, incontinent and requiring constant nursing care and attention).
Time frame: 3 months ± 2 weeks after inclusion
FOUR score within 3 months
FOUR (Full Outline of UnResponsiveness) score is performed only if patient is still hospitalized (being awake or not). FOUR score is a grading scale for assessing the level of consciousness performed on patients with severe neurologic impairment..It addresses four domains of neurological functioning: Eye response; Motor response ; Brainstem score and Respiratory score. Score is ranging from 0 to 16 where the lower the score, the greater the coma gravity.
Time frame: 3 months ± 2 weeks after inclusion
GOSE score within 3 months
GOSE (Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale) score is performed wether patient is still hospitalized or returned home. GOSE score classifies global outcomes in traumatic brain injury survivors. It rates patient status into one of eight categories ranging from 8 (Upper good recovery) to 1 (Dead).
Time frame: 3 months ± 2 weeks after inclusion
CPC score within 6 months
CPC (Cerebral Performance Category) score is performed wether patient is still hospitalized or returned home. It is performed by phone call if patient returned home. Range of values rates neurological status after cardiac arrest on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 for good cerebral performance up to 5 for brain death).
Time frame: 6 months ± 2 weeks after inclusion
mRS score within 6 months
mRS (Modified Rankin Scale) scores is performed wether patient is still hospitalized or returned home. It is performed by phone call if patient returned home. mRS (modified Rankin Scale) scale measures degree of disability/dependence in the daily activities of people who have suffered a stroke or other causes of neurological disability. Score can be between 0 (no symptoms at all) and 5 (major disability : bedridden, incontinent and requiring constant nursing care and attention).
Time frame: within 6 months ± 2 weeks after inclusion
GOSE score within 6 months
GOSE (Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale) score is performed wether patient is still hospitalized or returned home. GOSE score classifies global outcomes in traumatic brain injury survivors. It rates patient status into one of eight categories ranging from 8 (Upper good recovery) to 1 (Dead).
Time frame: within 6 months ± 2 weeks after inclusion
Awakening within 6 months ± 2 weeks
Awakening is defined as normal motor activity in response to the 3 instructions for the motor component M of the FOUR score (show your thumb, make the V for victory and show your fist; M = 4). This criterion will be collected by the doctor in charge of the patient at the time of the assessment and will be dated. The measurement takes place only if patient is still hospitalized.
Time frame: within 6 months ± 2 weeks after inclusion
CRS-R score within 6 months
CRS-R (Coma Recovery Scale - Revised) is a standardized neurobehavioral assessment measure designed for use in patients with disorders of consciousness. The scale is intented to be used to establish diagnosis, monitor behavioral recovery and predict outcome. It is performed only if patient is still hospitalized. The total score ranges between 0 (worst) and 23 (best).
Time frame: within 6 months ± 2 weeks after inclusion
PRECOM tool - first week of coma
Comparison of the ability of the PRECOM tool using clinical and electrophysiological data at inclusion (the first week of coma), to classify patients with good prognosis, poor prognosis and indeterminate prognosis with respect to this same categorization using the usual evaluation criteria performed routinely by participating resuscitations (clinical examination and EEG for all and evoked potentials in addition for some).
Time frame: Inclusion visit (3 to 7 days after cardiac arrest +/- 2 days if week-end)
PRECOM tool - second week of coma
Comparison of the ability of the PRECOM tool using clinical and electrophysiological data the second week of coma, to classify patients with good prognosis, poor prognosis and indeterminate prognosis with respect to this same categorization using the usual evaluation criteria performed routinely by participating resuscitations (clinical examination and EEG for all and evoked potentials in addition for some).
Time frame: One week visit (one week after inclusion visit +/- 2 days)
PRECOM tool - first and second week of coma
Comparison of the ability of the PRECOM tool using combinaison of clinical and electrophysiological data collected both at inclusion and one week later (the first two weeks of coma), to classify patients with good prognosis, poor prognosis and indeterminate prognosis with respect to this same categorization using the usual evaluation criteria performed routinely by participating resuscitations (clinical examination and EEG for all and evoked potentials in addition for some).
Time frame: Inclusion and one week visits
Awakening - second week of coma
Awakening is defined as normal motor activity in response to the 3 instructions for the motor component M of the FOUR score (show your thumb, make the V for victory and show your fist; M = 4). This criterion will be collected by the doctor in charge of the patient at the time of the assessment and will be dated.
Time frame: One week visit (one week after inclusion visit +/- 2 days)
NSE blood marker
Comparison of the ability to predict awakening with the PRECOM tool using the NSE blood marker (neuron- spécific enolase) collected 3 days after cardiac arrest between the patients awakened from the coma and those who are not.
Time frame: 3 days post cardiac arrest
Glial blood markor
Comparison of the ability to predict awakening with the PRECOM tool using the Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) collected at the inclusion visit between the patients awakened from the coma and those who are not.
Time frame: Inclusion visit (3 to 7 days after cardiac arrest +/- 2 days if week-end)
Neuronal blood markor
Comparison of the ability to predict awakening with the PRECOM tool using the Neurofilament blood marker collected at the inclusion visit between the patients awakened from the coma and those who are not.
Time frame: Inclusion visit (3 to 7 days after cardiac arrest +/- 2 days if week-end)
Inflammatory blood markor
Comparison of the ability to predict awakening with the PRECOM tool using the inflammatory blood markers : Kynurenine and Tryptophan; collected at the inclusion visit between the patients awakened from the coma and those who are not.
Time frame: Inclusion visit (3 to 7 days after cardiac arrest +/- 2 days if week-end)
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