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Study identifier: NCT06321419 Synced from ClinicalTrials.gov · July 29, 2026
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Effects of Advanced Trauma Life Support® on Adult Trauma Patient Outcomes

Condition: Wounds and Injuries  ·  Sponsor: Karolinska Institutet

PhaseNA
Planned participants4320
Who can joinAll sexes, 15 Years to no upper limit
Healthy volunteersNo

About this study

Rationale: Trauma is a massive global health issue. Many training programmes have been developed to help physicians in the initial management of trauma patients. Among these programmes, Advanced Trauma Life Support® (ATLS®) is the most popular, having trained over one million physicians worldwide. Despite its widespread use, there are no controlled trials showing that ATLS® improves patient outcomes. Multiple systematic reviews emphasise the need for such trials. Aim: To compare the effects of ATLS® training with standard care on outcomes in adult trauma patients. Trial Population: Adult trauma patients presenting to the emergency department of a participating hospital. Eligibility Criteria: Hospitals are secondary or tertiary hospitals in India that admit or refer/transfer for admission at least 400 patients with trauma per year. Clusters are one or more units of physicians providing initial trauma care in the emergency department of tertiary hospitals in India. Patients participants are adult trauma patients who presents to the emergency department of participating hospitals and are admitted or transferred for admission. Ethical Considerations: The study will use an opt-out consent approach for in-hospital collection of routinely recorded data, in which consent is presumed unless actively declined. Informed consent for non-routinely recorded data including out of hospital follow up will be obtained. Patients who are unconscious or lack a legally authorized represen…

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Martin Gerdin Wärnberg, PhD  ·  +46708539598  ·  martin.gerdin@ki.se

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Locations (10)

Assam Medical College & HospitalDibrugarh, Assam, IndiaRecruiting
KEM HospitalMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaRecruiting
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General HospitalMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaRecruiting
Hridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackre Mun. Medical college and Dr. R.N. Cooper HospitalMumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaRecruiting
Holy Family HospitalNew Delhi, New Delhi, IndiaRecruiting
Dayanand Medical College & HospitalLudhiana, Punjab, IndiaRecruiting
Christian Medical College & HospitalLudhiana, Punjab, IndiaRecruiting
Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan UniversityDehradun, Uttarakhand, IndiaRecruiting
Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research and Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital (IPGMER and SSKM Hospital)Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaRecruiting
Government Medical College HospitalChandigarh, IndiaRecruiting

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