Intravascular vs. surface cooling in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receiving hypothermia after hospital arrival : a post hoc analysis of the TTM2 trial
(2025) In Intensive Care Medicine 51(4). p.721-730- Abstract
Purpose: To compare the performance of targeted temperature management (TTM) at 33 °C using intravascular (IC) vs. surface-cooling (SFC) devices after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Methods: A post hoc analysis including OHCA patients randomized to hypothermia in the TTM2-trial (NCT02908308) comparing hypothermia with normothermia. The main outcome was cooling performance, defined as the proportion of patients reaching target temperature < 33.5 °C within 4 h, time outside temperature ranges during maintenance, rewarming rate and post-TTM fever. Exploratory outcomes included survival and good functional outcome, defined as modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores of 0–3 at 6 months, analyzed using Inverse Probability Treatment... (More)
Purpose: To compare the performance of targeted temperature management (TTM) at 33 °C using intravascular (IC) vs. surface-cooling (SFC) devices after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Methods: A post hoc analysis including OHCA patients randomized to hypothermia in the TTM2-trial (NCT02908308) comparing hypothermia with normothermia. The main outcome was cooling performance, defined as the proportion of patients reaching target temperature < 33.5 °C within 4 h, time outside temperature ranges during maintenance, rewarming rate and post-TTM fever. Exploratory outcomes included survival and good functional outcome, defined as modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores of 0–3 at 6 months, analyzed using Inverse Probability Treatment Weighting (IPTW). Results: Among 930 patients randomized to hypothermia, 876 were treated with a cooling device and included in this study. Of those, 27.3% received IC devices, while 72.7% received SFC devices. The proportion reaching target temperature within 4 h was higher with IC (IC: 69.6% vs. SFC: 49.2%; p < 0.001). Temperature outside ranges during the cooling period and post-TTM fever were lower with IC compared to SFC (17.2% vs. 39.6%; p < 0.001 and 0% vs. 6.3%; p < 0.001, respectively). In the exploratory IPTW analysis, 6-month survival rates were 55.2% in the IC group and 50.2% in the SFC group (OR 1.22, 95% CI 0.89–1.68) and survival with good functional outcome at 6 months was 51.1% patients in the IC group and 44.9% in the SFC (OR 1.28, 95% CI 0.93–1.77). Conclusions: Among OHCA patients randomized to hypothermia in the TTM2 study, intravascular cooling, compared with surface cooling, was associated with better cooling performance.
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- Awad, Akil
; Jonsson, Martin
; Holgersson, Johan
LU
; Jakobsen, Janus Christian
; Hollenberg, Jacob
; Thomas, Matthew
; Garcia, Pedro D.Wendel
; Ringh, Mattias
; Grejs, Anders M.
; Keeble, Thomas R.
; Bělohlávek, Jan
; Cariou, Alain
; Annoni, Filippo
; Lilja, Gisela
LU
; Taccone, Fabio Silvio
; Rylander, Christian
; Nielsen, Niklas
LU
; Dankiewicz, Josef
LU
and Nordberg, Per
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- Hypothermia, Intravascular cooling, Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Surface cooling
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- Intensive Care Medicine
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- 51
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- 4
- pages
- 10 pages
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- Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
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- scopus:105004217419
- pmid:40293464
- ISSN
- 0342-4642
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00134-025-07883-4
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- English
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abstract = {{<p>Purpose: To compare the performance of targeted temperature management (TTM) at 33 °C using intravascular (IC) vs. surface-cooling (SFC) devices after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Methods: A post hoc analysis including OHCA patients randomized to hypothermia in the TTM2-trial (NCT02908308) comparing hypothermia with normothermia. The main outcome was cooling performance, defined as the proportion of patients reaching target temperature < 33.5 °C within 4 h, time outside temperature ranges during maintenance, rewarming rate and post-TTM fever. Exploratory outcomes included survival and good functional outcome, defined as modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores of 0–3 at 6 months, analyzed using Inverse Probability Treatment Weighting (IPTW). Results: Among 930 patients randomized to hypothermia, 876 were treated with a cooling device and included in this study. Of those, 27.3% received IC devices, while 72.7% received SFC devices. The proportion reaching target temperature within 4 h was higher with IC (IC: 69.6% vs. SFC: 49.2%; p < 0.001). Temperature outside ranges during the cooling period and post-TTM fever were lower with IC compared to SFC (17.2% vs. 39.6%; p < 0.001 and 0% vs. 6.3%; p < 0.001, respectively). In the exploratory IPTW analysis, 6-month survival rates were 55.2% in the IC group and 50.2% in the SFC group (OR 1.22, 95% CI 0.89–1.68) and survival with good functional outcome at 6 months was 51.1% patients in the IC group and 44.9% in the SFC (OR 1.28, 95% CI 0.93–1.77). Conclusions: Among OHCA patients randomized to hypothermia in the TTM2 study, intravascular cooling, compared with surface cooling, was associated with better cooling performance.</p>}},
author = {{Awad, Akil and Jonsson, Martin and Holgersson, Johan and Jakobsen, Janus Christian and Hollenberg, Jacob and Thomas, Matthew and Garcia, Pedro D.Wendel and Ringh, Mattias and Grejs, Anders M. and Keeble, Thomas R. and Bělohlávek, Jan and Cariou, Alain and Annoni, Filippo and Lilja, Gisela and Taccone, Fabio Silvio and Rylander, Christian and Nielsen, Niklas and Dankiewicz, Josef and Nordberg, Per}},
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keywords = {{Hypothermia; Intravascular cooling; Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; Surface cooling}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{4}},
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publisher = {{Springer Science and Business Media B.V.}},
series = {{Intensive Care Medicine}},
title = {{Intravascular vs. surface cooling in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receiving hypothermia after hospital arrival : a post hoc analysis of the TTM2 trial}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-07883-4}},
doi = {{10.1007/s00134-025-07883-4}},
volume = {{51}},
year = {{2025}},
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