Mild head injury study aims to sharpen CT scan decisions

NCT ID NCT07339319

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study looks back at the records of 4,500 adults with mild head injuries treated in emergency rooms in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Researchers want to see how often serious complications like brain bleeding occur and compare two common rules doctors use to decide if a CT scan is needed. The goal is to improve care and avoid unnecessary scans.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to: If successful, this study could improve how doctors decide which head injury patients need a CT scan, reducing unnecessary scans and catching complications earlier.
What could go wrong: This is a retrospective study, meaning it looks back at old records. It cannot prove cause and effect, and results may not apply to other regions or hospitals.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 4,500 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Feb 2024

Expected to finish

Dec 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a government body.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

Patients aged ≥18 years, assessed in the Emergency Department with a diagnosis of isolated head trauma, who have undergone a brain CT scan within 24 hours of the trauma.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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 aged 18 years or older capable of self-determination * patients assessed in the emergency department with a final diagnosis of isolated head trauma, subsequently discharged home or transferred to the OBI, Emergency Medicine and/or possibly admitted to other wards, who have undergone at least one brain CT scan during their diagnostic-therapeutic pathway * GCS 13-15 * presentation \<24 hours after trauma Exclusion Criteria: * patients aged \< 18 years * patients with multiple fractures outside the cranium * patients with head trauma who have not undergone a brain CT scan * GCS \<13

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

head injury

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Head injury trauma

How to take part

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The places running it

2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Mild head injury study aims to sharpen CT scan decisions

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