Speed of cooling after cardiac arrest in relation to the intervention effect: a sub-study from the TTM2-trial.

Simpson, Rupert F G; Dankiewicz, Josef; Karamasis, Grigoris V; Pelosi, Paolo; Haenggi, Matthias; Young, Paul J; Jakobsen, Janus Christian; Bannard-Smith, Jonathan; Wendel-Garcia, Pedro D; Taccone, Fabio Silvio; Nordberg, Per; Wise, Matt P; Grejs, Anders M; Lilja, Gisela; Olsen, Roy Bjørkholt; Cariou, Alain; Lascarrou, Jean Baptiste; Saxena, Manoj; Hovdenes, Jan; Thomas, Matthew; ... (2022). Speed of cooling after cardiac arrest in relation to the intervention effect: a sub-study from the TTM2-trial. Critical care (London, England), 26(1), p. 356. 10.1186/s13054-022-04231-6

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BACKGROUND

Targeted temperature management (TTM) is recommended following cardiac arrest; however, time to target temperature varies in clinical practice. We hypothesised the effects of a target temperature of 33 °C when compared to normothermia would differ based on average time to hypothermia and those patients achieving hypothermia fastest would have more favorable outcomes.

METHODS

In this post-hoc analysis of the TTM-2 trial, patients after out of hospital cardiac arrest were randomized to targeted hypothermia (33 °C), followed by controlled re-warming, or normothermia with early treatment of fever (body temperature, ≥ 37.8 °C). The average temperature at 4 h (240 min) after return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) was calculated for participating sites. Primary outcome was death from any cause at 6 months. Secondary outcome was poor functional outcome at 6 months (score of 4-6 on modified Rankin scale).

RESULTS

A total of 1592 participants were evaluated for the primary outcome. We found no evidence of heterogeneity of intervention effect based on the average time to target temperature on mortality (p = 0.17). Of patients allocated to hypothermia at the fastest sites, 71 of 145 (49%) had died compared to 68 of 148 (46%) of the normothermia group (relative risk with hypothermia, 1.07; 95% confidence interval 0.84-1.36). Poor functional outcome was reported in 74/144 (51%) patients in the hypothermia group, and 75/147 (51%) patients in the normothermia group (relative risk with hypothermia 1.01 (95% CI 0.80-1.26).

CONCLUSIONS

Using a hospital's average time to hypothermia did not significantly alter the effect of TTM of 33 °C compared to normothermia and early treatment of fever.

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