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Developing and Testing Drone-Delivered AEDs for Cardiac Arrests In Rural America

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients in the CARES registry who have a traumatic cause of cardiac arrest.

About the study

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.

What is being tested

• DFR AED Pilot Program (other)

Sponsor: Duke University · Participants: 128 · Started: Sep 8, 2025

Contact the study team

• Leo Brothers, MPH · Phone: 919-641-3555

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06229418

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Sudden Cardiac Arrest
• Cardiac Sudden Death

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.