AI aims to make smarter, safer choices for heart, cancer, and sepsis care
NCT ID NCT06694181
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is developing and testing artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help doctors make personalized decisions for patients with heart disease, breast cancer, or sepsis. The AI will be designed to explain its recommendations clearly and ensure safety. Researchers will use data from up to 300,000 patients at Penn Medicine hospitals to train and evaluate these AI systems.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to AI systems that help doctors make safer, more personalized treatment decisions for heart disease, breast cancer, and sepsis.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study focused on developing and testing AI algorithms, not a treatment trial. It may not result in immediate clinical changes, and the AI recommendations will need further validation before widespread use.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
-
About 300,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
-
Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
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 will look at EMR data from cardiac, oncology, and patients at risk for acquiring sepsis. Each group has clearly defined inclusion-exclusion criteria. For the machine learning model to predict ventricular arrhythmias and in-hospital cardiac arrest, we will construct patient cohorts consisting of adult (i.e., 18 years of age or older) patients admitted to Sickbay-accessible bed within a Penn Medicine hospital from 2020 to the present as well as patients identified as having experienced cardiac arrest using EHR records.
- Ages
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Cardiology 18 years of age and older, admitted to any of the Penn Medicine hospitals from 2017 to the present. Sepsis 18 years of age at the time of presentation to an emergency department or admission to any Penn Medicine hospital from July 1, 2017, onward will be eligible as this represents the population at risk for acquiring sepsis Oncology 18 years of age and older with a diagnosis of invasive breast cancer (Stage 1-4) in the Penn Cancer registry Exclusion Criteria All prediction models will exclude patients under the age of 18 from their patient data sets. Cardiology Patients whose primary admission diagnosis was cardiac arrest Sepsis Those with pre-existing limitations on life-sustaining therapy will be excluded because their eligibility for sepsis definitions, care received, and outcomes, may be significantly and variably affected by pre-existing limitations on care. Oncology There are no other exclusions.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Artifical inteligence are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
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
-
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can a faster radiation course match the standard one after breast reconstruction?
- Can warming the body help sepsis patients who cannot make a fever?
- Can High-Risk breast cancer patients skip an extra radiation boost?
- Can a simple ultrasound measurement reveal heart strain in sepsis?
- Radioactive probe lights up CD73 on breast tumors in PET scans
- Can time with horses help cancer patients feel better?