ALIFAST Trial: Early Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Trauma Triage in a Low-Resource African Emergency Setting

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Point-of-Care Ultrasound (FAST) for Trauma Triage in a Moroccan University Hospital Emergency Department

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202507728817990

Enrollment

157

Registered

2025-07-15

Start date

2018-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Surgery

Interventions

Standard Trauma Management

Early FAST Ultrasound

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients aged = 18 years Blunt trauma of the thorax and/or abdomen Hemodynamically stable or unstable Informed consent obtained from patient or legal representative

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Penetrating trauma Isolated traumatic brain injury Pregnancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
In-hospital mortality	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Need for CT scan;Total hospital length of stay (days);Surgical intervention performed;30-day mortality;Blood transfusion requirement	—

Countries

Morocco

Contacts

Public ContactAli Kettani

Head of Emergency Medical Service of Rabat

alikettani@gmail.com+212661303646

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026