Smart bracelets could shave minutes off stroke treatment time
NCT ID NCT06330051
First seen Jun 29, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a smart bracelet system can help hospitals treat stroke patients faster. The bracelets track where patients are in the emergency room and send alerts if treatment is delayed. The goal is to shorten the time between arrival and life-saving clot-busting therapy. The trial involves over 2,200 patients across multiple hospitals in China.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- intelligent bracelet automatic positioning and feedback system (FAST model)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this system could help hospitals treat stroke patients faster, potentially reducing brain damage and improving recovery outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is testing a process change, not a drug, so benefits depend on hospital staff following the system. Results may vary across different hospitals and regions.
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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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2,219 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- 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.
- Ages
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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: Hospitals# 1. Secondary or tertiary public hospitals with an emergency department that receive patients with AIS. 2. Admit at least 50 patients of AIS within 4.5 hours after onset each month. 3. Have the capacity of intravenous thrombolytic therapy or/and endovascular treatment. 4. Voluntarily participate in this research and cooperate with the installation of bluetooth positioning device and the improvement of AIS emergency procedures. 5. Have good cooperation relationship among the department of Neurology, Emergency, Interventional department, Neurosurgery department, Laboratory department and Radiology department. 6. Have ability to establish or participate in the establishment of patient information database and arrange a person responsible for the collection of case information. Patients# Patients who are ≥18 years old are eligible for inclusion if they present with AIS diagnosed by CT and/or MRI, arrive at hospital within 4.5 hours after symptom onset, sign the informed consent form and agree to follow up until 3 months after stroke onset. Exclusion Criteria: Hospitals# 1. Hospital that unable to cooperate and complete the research. 2. Hospitals that are participating in other AIS medical quality improvement projects or related clinical trials. Patients# 1. Patients refuse to sign informed consent and follow up until 3 months after stroke onset. 2. Patients with mild nondisabling stroke (Defined as no measurable neurologic deficit, or NIHSS≤3 with only one of the following isolated symptoms: isolated facial paralysis; mild cortical blindness; mild hemianesthesia; mild hemiataxia.) 3. Life expectancy three-months or less by judgment of the investigator. 4. Participation in any interventional study that may affect the outcome
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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WuQing People's Hospital
Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 301799, China
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