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Massive chinese trial tests simple steps to prevent deadly clots in hospitals
NCT ID NCT04211181
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a set of quality improvement tools—including guidelines, care protocols, and a mobile app—can help hospitals in China better prevent blood clots in patients. About 5,800 hospitalized adults will take part across multiple hospitals. The goal is to see if the program increases the number of at-risk patients who receive proper prevention and reduces clot-related complications within 90 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- quality improvement program (guidelines, protocols, mobile app)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical way for hospitals to better prevent dangerous blood clots in patients, reducing deaths and complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large but early-stage implementation study, not testing a new drug. Results may vary by hospital and may not apply outside China.
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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 5,800 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- 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.
- Ages
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14 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: 1. Aged ≥14 years 2. Have an expected hospital stay ≥72 hours for medical and/or surgical treatment 3. Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: 1. Inability to be followed-up at until 3 months after randomization 2. Have participated in similar trials or are undergoing other clinical trials 3. Refuse or are unable to give informed consent 4. VTE identified on CTPA or lower extremity vein ultrasound at or any time before enrollment 5. Requiring a full dose of anticoagulant treatment (e.g., recent VTE, atrial fibrillation).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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China-Japan Friendship Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100029, China
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