Developing and Testing Drone-Delivered AEDs for Cardiac Arrests In Rural America
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorDuke University
About this trial
The overall goal of this project is to design, develop, and pilot test an emergency healthcare drone delivery system suitable for rural communities that can deliver AEDs to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) locations more rapidly than can be achieved with current first responder and EMS systems. The goal is to determine whether this method of AED delivery can be achieved rapidly enough to justify a future clinical trial directly testing its ability to improve OHCA survival.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients 18 years of age or older in the CARES registry who suffer cardiac arrest before arrival of a 911-responder of non-traumatic cause, including patients who receive an AED shock by a bystander prior to the arrival of 911 responders.
Disqualifiers
Patients in the CARES registry who have a traumatic cause of cardiac arrest.
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
DFR AED Pilot Program
Other interventionIntegrate AED drone delivery into an existing FAA-approved drone-as-first-responder programs
Treatment groups
4 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: DFR AED ProgramExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Time interval difference between AED arrival of drones versus law/fire/EMS arrival to the OCHA scene
Time frame
6 months (Aim 3a)2
Time interval difference between AED arrival of drones versus law/fire/EMS arrival to the OCHA scene
Time frame
15 months (Aim 3c)Secondary outcomes
1
Proportion of OHCA cases with drone arrival ahead of EMS arrival
Time frame
6 months (Aim 3a)2
Proportion of OHCA cases with drone arrival ahead of EMS arrival
Time frame
15 months (Aim 3c)3
Proportion of times AED was successfully deployed
Time frame
6 months (Aim 3b)4
Time from drone arrival on scene to AED delivery on the ground
Time frame
6 months (Aim 3b)Sponsors and contacts
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Duke University
Lead sponsor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Collaborator
University of Toronto
Collaborator
University of Washington
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov