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Can AI help doctors spot more colon polyps?
NCT ID NCT05244278
First seen Sep 21, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether an artificial intelligence system that highlights possible polyps on the colonoscopy screen helps doctors find more adenomas than standard colonoscopy alone. Adults aged 45 to 89 scheduled for a screening, surveillance, or diagnostic colonoscopy take part. Each colonoscopy is randomly assigned to use the AI system or not, and researchers compare how often adenomas are detected.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- an AI software system that highlights polyps on the colonoscopy screen in real time
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could make colonoscopies more reliable at catching precancerous polyps, which may help prevent colorectal cancer.
- What could go wrong
- The AI may not improve detection in everyday practice, or it could flag harmless spots and lead to unnecessary removals. The trial is still testing whether the benefit is real.
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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 1,596 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
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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45 to 89 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: * indication of undergoing a screening, surveillance, or diagnostic colonoscopy * Age 45-89 years Exclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing emergency colonoscopy * Patients with a known familial polyposis syndrome or a known inflammatory bowel disease
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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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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montréal
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, Canada
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