AI takes on kidney biopsies: could it Out-Diagnose doctors?
NCT ID NCT07330362
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing an artificial intelligence model that reads kidney biopsy images to diagnose chronic kidney disease. Researchers will compare the AI's results to the standard diagnosis made by pathologists. About 2,900 patients with chronic glomerulonephritis will participate. The goal is to see how accurate the AI is at identifying the disease.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- artificial intelligence diagnostic model
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this AI could help doctors diagnose kidney disease faster and more consistently from biopsy images.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage diagnostic study, not a treatment. The AI may not be accurate enough to replace pathologists, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 2,900 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
Who is studied
For patients with chronic kidney disease who need further diagnosis through renal biopsy.
- Ages
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15 to 79 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: 1. Voluntary signing of informed consent form; 2. Patients clinically diagnosed or suspected of having chronic kidney disease according to the 2023 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Kidney Disease; 3. Undergoing renal biopsy and pathological specimen preparation. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Biopsy tissue from donor kidney or transplanted kidney; 2. Poor quality of pathological specimen, unable to conduct pathological diagnosis.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nanfang Hospital
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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