RACE-CARS - RAndomized Cluster Evaluation of Cardiac ARrest Systems
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Official title
RAndomized Cluster Evaluation of Cardiac ARrest Systems
Brief summary
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RACE-CARS is a real-world cluster-randomized trial designed to evaluate a multifaceted community and health systems intervention aimed to improve outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. RACE-CARS will enroll 50 counties in North Carolina that are estimated to have a total of approximately 20,000 patients with cardiac arrest over a 4-year intervention period. County "clusters" will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to intervention versus usual care. The trial duration is 7 years, which includes a 6-month start-up (including recruitment and randomization) period, a 12-month intervention training phase, a 4-year intervention period, a 12-month follow-up for to assess quality of life in survivors of OHCA, and a 6-month close-out and data analysis period.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04660526
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 20,000 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Rapid cardiac arrest recognition that triggers immediate priority EMS/first responder dispatch by 911 operators Other
- Systematic bystander resuscitation instruction by 911 operators Other
- Comprehensive community training of lay people in CPR and AED use. Other
- Optimized first responder performance including earlier use of AEDs. Other
Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jun 30, 2022
- Primary completion
- Aug 30, 2026
- Completion
- Jun 29, 2027
- Last update posted
- Jul 15, 2026
2022 – 2027
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | Durham | North Carolina | 27705 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 15, 2026 · Synced Sep 6, 2026
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