Physio-Control,in emergency medical response technologies industry, today announced that the comprehensive results of the LUCAS in Cardiac Arrest (LINC) clinical trial have been published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The article details results of this large randomized trial comparing resuscitation with the LUCAS® Chest Compression System with high quality manual chest compressions in cardiac arrest patients. It shows use of the device to be safe and effective and includes data suggesting good neurological outcomes in patients treated with LUCAS. The article coincides with the Resuscitation Science Symposium (ReSS) held at the American Heart Association 2013 Scientific Sessions, where the study’s lead author, Prof. Sten Rubertsson, M.D., Ph.D., Uppsala University, Sweden, presented the results of the per protocol analysis of data from the trial.
The publication expands on the LINC results presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in September, where neurological outcomes, measured using Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) scores were shown to be very good in both groups. In the detailed results described in the article, trends toward better neurological outcomes in the LUCAS group can be found. Across the time points, consistently more patients in the LUCAS group had a CPC score of 1 (good cerebral performance) and consistently fewer patients treated with LUCAS had a CPC score of 3-4 (severe cerebral disability/comatose or vegetative state).
“幸存的心脏骤停本身是不够的。成功结果的真正衡量标准是患者是否可以恢复良好的生活质量。” Physio-Control总裁兼首席执行官Brian Webster说。“我们对接受卢卡斯治疗的患者的良好神经系统结局感到非常鼓舞。它是支持卢卡斯安全有效使用的最高科学证据。”
The study is published in JAMA, an international peer-reviewed general medical journal and the most widely circulated medical journal in the world. It adds to over 100 publications about the safety, efficacy and practical benefits of LUCAS.
“ LINC试验是关于机械心肺复苏术的最大随机试验，也是院前心脏骤停的最大随机试验之一，” Physio-Control CPR产品副总裁Erik Von Schenck说。“它标志着五年的研究，并参与了2500多名患者，700名紧急医疗服务提供者和1,500名医院工作人员。我们很高兴Lucas设备有效，可靠地工作，并受到用户的高度赞赏。”
