Can AI spot sepsis sooner? new study puts algorithms to the test
NCT ID NCT05943938
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares three computer programs designed to predict sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to infection. Researchers will test these programs on 1,200 adults arriving at the emergency room, but the predictions will not be shared with doctors or patients. The goal is to find the most accurate algorithm to help speed up diagnosis and treatment in the future.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 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
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.
Who is studied
All adult patients admitted through the ED from the time they arrive at the hospital until discharge, death, or initiation of intravenous antibiotics.
- 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: * All adult patients admitted through the ED Exclusion Criteria: * None
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
7 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emory Decatur Hospital
Decatur, Georgia, 30033, United States
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Emory Healthcare System
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Emory Hillandale Hospital
Lithonia, Georgia, 30058, United States
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Emory Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Emory Johns Creek Hospital
Johns Creek, Georgia, 30097, United States
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Emory Midtown Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States
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Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can two blood markers catch sepsis before it turns deadly?
- Two cheap blood ratios put to the test as sepsis death predictors
- Can a computer model speed up sepsis blood tests?
- Stem cells put to the test against Sepsis's immune chaos
- Can the immune system reveal who will suffer kidney injury after sepsis?
- A routine calcium reading could reveal how sick a sepsis patient really is