Faster Ambulance Transport System for People Having a Stroke
Tests a new ambulance system to speed treatment for adults with acute ischemic stroke.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Prehospital Response and Emergency Stroke Transport Optimisation
Key facts
- Where
- Beijing, ChinaSee the site
Where in China
- Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical UniversityBeijing, ChinaNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing
- Trial code
- NCT07892053
- Record updated
- 23 October 2026
- Original description
This study aims to develop and evaluate an innovative prehospital emergency transport system for patients with acute ischemic stroke to reduce delays in reperfusion treatment. The system integrates artificial intelligence-based prehospital stroke assessment, selected examinations and blood collection in the ambulance, and real-time information sharing between emergency medical services and the receiving hospital. Its effectiveness will be evaluated in a multicenter, stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial comparing the innovative system with standard prehospital care. The primary outcome is the time from hospital arrival to intravenous thrombolysis.Read full original descriptionShow less
Prehospital Response and Emergency Stroke Transport Optimisation: A Multicentre, Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial
This study aims to develop and evaluate an innovative prehospital emergency transport system for patients with acute ischemic stroke to reduce delays in reperfusion treatment. The system integrates artificial intelligence-based prehospital stroke assessment, selected examinations and blood collection in the ambulance, and real-time information sharing between emergency medical services and the receiving hospital. Its effectiveness will be evaluated in a multicenter, stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial comparing the innovative system with standard prehospital care. The primary outcome is the time from hospital arrival to intravenous thrombolysis.
Inclusion: Hospitals：; Hospitals with thrombolysis qualification and equipped with ambulances and pre-hospital emergency personnel; Pre-hospital emergency care can apply the AI-based innovative pre-hospital transport system; The hospital receives at least 60 stroke patients transferred via pre-hospital emergency and receiving intravenous thrombolysis annually; Patients：; Age ≥ 18 years; Suspected acute ischemic stroke patients; Symptom onset ≤ 4.5 hours; Arrival at the hospital via the pre-hospital emergency transport system; Signed informed consent.
Exclusion: Hospitals participating in other research projects aimed at improving pre-hospital emergency processes or stroke thrombolysis treatment; Patients：; Hospitals：; Patients who arrive at the hospital spontaneously (self-presentation); Patients deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the clinical trial by the investigators.