Million-Trained trauma program finally put to the test
NCT ID NCT06321419
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) training for doctors against usual care to see if it improves survival in adult trauma patients. Over 4,000 patients from hospitals in India will take part. The goal is to find out if this widely used training actually saves lives.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 4,320 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2029
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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15 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: * age of at least 15 years; * trauma occurred less than 48 hours before arrival at the hospital; * present to the emergency department of participating hospitals, with a history of trauma defined as having any of the reasons listed in the International Classification of Diseases chapter XX as the reason for presenting; * admitted or died between arrival at the hospital and admission, or referred/transferred from the emergency department of a participating hospital to another hospital for admission; and * managed by a participating cluster in the emergency department. Exclusion Criteria: * present with isolated limb injuries; or * are directly admitted to a ward without being seen by a physician in the emergency department.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
10 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Assam Medical College & Hospital
RECRUITINGDibrugarh, Assam, 786003, India
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Christian Medical College & Hospital
RECRUITINGLudhiana, Punjab, 141008, India
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Dayanand Medical College & Hospital
RECRUITINGLudhiana, Punjab, 141001, India
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Government Medical College Hospital
RECRUITINGChandigarh, 160030, India
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Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University
RECRUITINGDehradun, Uttarakhand, 248016, India
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Holy Family Hospital
RECRUITINGNew Delhi, New Delhi, 110025, India
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Hridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackre Mun. Medical college and Dr. R.N. Cooper Hospital
RECRUITINGMumbai, Maharashtra, 400056, India
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Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research and Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital (IPGMER and SSKM Hospital)
RECRUITINGKolkata, West Bengal, 700020, India
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KEM Hospital
RECRUITINGMumbai, Maharashtra, 400012, India
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Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital
RECRUITINGMumbai, Maharashtra, 400022, India
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