AI eye on X-Rays: could a computer save lives in the ER?
NCT ID NCT06842043
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests an artificial intelligence (AI) system that reads chest X-rays in real time to help doctors quickly find misplaced breathing or feeding tubes and lung collapse (pneumothorax). The trial will involve about 10,900 patients in emergency and intensive care units. The goal is to see if the AI tool can reduce deaths, shorten hospital stays, and lower costs without changing standard care.
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Study facts
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- 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 10,900 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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.
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18 years and older
- 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 for units: * Emergency critical care or intensive care units. * The units included the patients requiring chest X-rays due to endotracheal intubation, nasogastric tube insertion, or ventilator use with a risk of pneumothorax. Exclusion Criteria for units: * The unit supervisor doesn't agree to participate in the trial. * The unit is unable to implement the AI-assisted system (e.g., no data connection or system support). Inclusion Criteria for Patients: ● Patients who are adults and require chest X-ray due to one of the following conditions: endotracheal intubation, nasogastric intubation, or the use of a ventilator with the potential to cause pneumothorax. Exclusion Criteria for Patients: Patients in isolation wards or pediatric * Patients in isolation wards. * Patients in Infant Intensive Care Unit
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, 100225, Taiwan
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