New cooling protocol could save lives in heat stroke emergencies
NCT ID NCT06537557
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new early in-hospital temperature management protocol for heat stroke patients. The protocol includes early identification, rapid cooling methods, and precise temperature monitoring. Researchers aim to see if this approach improves cooling rates and reduces deaths in 188 emergency department patients diagnosed with heat stroke.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- early in-hospital temperature management protocol
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this protocol could provide a standardized way to rapidly cool heat stroke patients, potentially reducing organ damage and deaths.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center study with 188 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The protocol's effectiveness depends on consistent implementation and may not outperform existing cooling methods.
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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 188 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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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18 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: * Patients admitted to the emergency department and diagnosed with heat stroke according to the China expert consensus on Heat Stroke Exclusion Criteria: * transferred from another hospital and body temperature \< 39.5℃; discharged within 4 hours, and subsequent body temperature or outcomes were unavailable; required immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation; had other serious diseases, such as massive cerebral haemorrhage or severe trauma.
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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
7 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dongyang People's Hospital
RECRUITINGDongyang, China
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Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital
RECRUITINGJinhua, China
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Jinhua People's Hospital
RECRUITINGJinhua, China
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Lanxi People's Hospital
RECRUITINGLanxi, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGHanzhou, China
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Yiwu Central Hospital
RECRUITINGYiwu, China
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Yongkang No.1 People's Hospital
RECRUITINGGuli, Zhejiang, 321300, China
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