AI trained to spot dangerous chest pain faces its biggest test yet
NCT ID NCT07829536
First seen Sep 21, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026
Summary
Researchers are testing how well an artificial intelligence system called Zhunxin Agent can identify serious causes of acute chest pain in emergency departments. The study includes adults who arrive with chest pain or related symptoms and receive routine care, including an electrocardiogram. The AI analyzes routinely collected clinical data in silent mode, meaning its predictions are hidden from treating clinicians and do not affect decisions, tests, or treatment. Researchers then compare the AI's classifications with the final diagnoses made through standard medical care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Zhunxin Agent, an artificial intelligence system that assesses emergency chest pain
- What this could lead to
- If it works, the system could help emergency doctors spot heart attacks, aortic dissection, and pulmonary embolism faster and more consistently. It might also support triage in busy departments where specialist review is limited.
- What could go wrong
- The system runs silently and never guides treatment, so the study cannot show that it improves patient outcomes. Its accuracy may vary across hospitals, and a wrong prediction in real use could delay care for a dangerous cause of chest pain.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 10,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2030
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
The study population will consist of consecutive participants presenting with acute chest pain or symptoms suggestive of an acute chest pain condition to the emergency departments of participating hospitals during the prospective silent-deployment period. Participants will receive routine clinical care, while Zhunxin Agent will operate in the background without providing its predictions to treating clinicians.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
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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: * Participants aged 18 years or older. * Participants presenting to a participating emergency department with acute chest pain, chest discomfort, or other symptoms that prompt clinical evaluation for an acute chest pain-related condition. * Participants undergoing an electrocardiogram as part of routine clinical care during the index emergency department encounter. * Participants with at least one electrocardiogram that can be processed by Zhunxin Agent during the index emergency department encounter. * Participants with the routinely collected clinical information required for Zhunxin Agent to generate a valid prediction. * Participants presenting to a participating study site during the prospective study period. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants whose emergency department presentation does not involve evaluation for acute chest pain. * Participants without an electrocardiogram obtained during the index emergency department encounter. * Participants for whom the electrocardiogram or other required input data are missing, corrupted, technically inaccessible, or otherwise unusable such that Zhunxin Agent cannot generate a valid prediction. * Duplicate records corresponding to the same emergency department encounter. * Participants whose clinical data cannot be used for research because of withdrawal of consent, refusal of data use where applicable, or other ethical, institutional, or regulatory restrictions.
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