Checklist could save lives in trauma scans
NCT ID NCT07314437
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a special training package and checklist can help doctors better identify serious injuries on CT scans of trauma patients. About 300 medical professionals will review sets of scan images, some with the checklist and some without. The goal is to see if the checklist reduces errors in these time-critical reports.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- educational package and checklist
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a simple training tool that helps doctors catch serious injuries faster on trauma scans.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study using simulated scans, not real patients. The results may not translate to real emergency settings.
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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 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Medical professionals involved in trauma image review. * This includes clinicians who are emergency department doctors, radiologists and other specialties. * Non-radiologist clinicians will be participating completing the hot reports, radiologists will be evaluating their submissions and assessing their accuracy. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to review CT imaging due to lack of previous experience or disability that prevents them from doing so. * Under 18 years old. * Not a medical professional or clinician.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospitals Plymouth
Plymouth, Devon, PL6 8DH, United Kingdom
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