Ambulance blood test may speed up heart attack triage
NCT ID NCT06051110
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study combined data from over 5,000 people to see if a simple blood test (troponin) and risk scores used by paramedics can accurately identify those having a heart attack before they reach the hospital. The goal is to improve how patients are triaged and treated early. No new treatments were tested—only the accuracy of existing tools was evaluated.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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5,239 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients suspected for NSTE-ACS; 2. Prospective study 3. Original data 4. Presenting prehospital (EMS) 5. Prehospital risk assessment using at least POC-troponin, performed and analyzed by EMS. 6. Outcome data available on in-hospital ACS or MACE within 30 days. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Enrolling only a specific subpopulation from the general ACS population 2. Studies with less than 100 patients 3. Studies enrolling only patients with STEMI. 4. Studies published before 1995 / the pre-troponin era 5. Studies performed by general practitioners.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Catharina hospital Eindhoven
Eindhoven, Netherlands
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