# NEWS and Rapid Lactate Testing for Early Identification of High Risk Patients in the Emergency Department

> **NCT02817581** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Chinese University of Hong Kong** · enrollment: 1255 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Triage Category 3 (Urgent)

## Interventions

_None listed._

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02817581
- **Lead sponsor:** Chinese University of Hong Kong
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-07
- **Primary completion:** 2017-06-30
- **Final completion:** 2017-12-30
- **Target enrollment:** 1255 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-08-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02817581

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02817581, "NEWS and Rapid Lactate Testing for Early Identification of High Risk Patients in the Emergency Department". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02817581. Licensed CC0.

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