Does faster ambulance care save lives? new study investigates
NCT ID NCT07414186
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at 400 severely injured patients treated by emergency medical teams in the Paris region. It aims to see if the time spent on scene before going to the hospital affects whether patients survive the first 24 hours. The goal is to find ways to improve emergency care and save more lives.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Mar 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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 managed prehospital by a SMUR team from the Essonne department (91) and transported to a Level 1 trauma center according to the predefined inclusion criteria
- Ages
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15 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: * Age ≥ 15 years (upper age limit for the pediatric population) * Severe trauma, defined as any road traffic accident, defenestration, fall from a height greater than 3 meters, stab wound, or ballistic injury requiring medically supervised transport to one of the Level 1 trauma centers in the Île-de-France region * Prehospital management provided by one of the SMUR teams in the Essonne department (91) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients declared dead at initial medical contact, without resuscitation initiated, or with resuscitation attempted and subsequently discontinued (non-return of spontaneous circulation) * Secondary inter-hospital transfer from another hospital to a Level 1 trauma center * Transport to a hospital for local computed tomography imaging only (without direct admission to a Level 1 trauma center) * Cases regulated (dispatched) by emergency coordination centers other than the Essonne (91) medical dispatch center
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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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Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien
Corbeil-Essonnes, 91106, France
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