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Checklist could be lifesaver for trauma patients
NCT ID NCT06944340
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether using the World Health Organization's trauma care checklist helps injured patients recover better. Sixty adults with trauma were randomly assigned to standard care or care with the checklist. Researchers measured pain, injury severity, complications, and survival to see if the checklist makes a real difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- WHO Trauma Care Checklist (a standardized checklist for trauma care)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this checklist could become a simple, low-cost tool to improve survival and recovery for trauma patients worldwide.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center trial with only 60 patients, so results may not apply broadly. The checklist's benefit may be small or hard to measure.
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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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60 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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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18 to 60 years
- 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 between 18 and 60 years old * Glasgow Coma Scale (GCC) equal to or more than 10 * Consenting to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who do not meet the inclusion criteria * Patients who refrain from continuing the study * Patients with the incomplete checklist * Pregnancy * History of chronic mental illness, lung or kidney disease * Undergoing chemotherapy. * Illicit drug dependency
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emergency Department, Khyber Teaching Hospital
Peshawar, KPK, 25000, Pakistan
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