AI predicts trauma patient survival before they reach the hospital
NCT ID NCT07634185
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This trial tests a software device called AI-TRiPS that uses real-time data from ambulances to predict the risk of death, bleeding, kidney injury, and need for blood transfusion in trauma patients. The tool displays these predictions to hospital trauma teams before the patient arrives, aiming to improve decision-making. The study involves around 1,200 patients and their clinicians across four major trauma centers in London, comparing standard care to care guided by the AI predictions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI-TRiPS Device (software as a medical device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this AI tool could help trauma teams make faster, more accurate decisions, potentially improving survival and reducing complications in injured patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase study focused on clinician behavior, not patient outcomes. The AI predictions may not improve care or could lead to over-reliance on the technology.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Early phase 1
The earliest testing in people: a first look at safety, in a very small group.
- Participants
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About 1,200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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16 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Clinician Participants * Senior clinical decision-maker involved in the initial trauma resuscitation (e.g. consultant or senior trainee in emergency medicine, anaesthesia, intensive care medicine, or surgery). * Based at one of the four participating Major Trauma Centres. * Able and willing to provide informed consent. * Completed the required study-specific training. Trauma Patients * Aged 16 years and above. * Treated and transported to a participating Major Trauma Centre by London's Air Ambulance. * Managed by one or more participating trauma clinicians during the resuscitation. Exclusion Criteria: Clinician Participants ● Decline or withdraw informed consent at any stage. Trauma Patients * Aged under 16 * Not treated by London's Air Ambulance. * Transported to a non-participating hospital. * Not managed by any participating clinicians. * Presenting with injuries resulting from burns, hangings, drownings, or isolated psychiatric emergencies. * Have registered a national NHS data opt-out or otherwise requested that their routine clinical data not be used for research.
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