Artificial intelligence may detect Children's heart disease from a routine ECG
NCT ID NCT06383546
First seen Jul 29, 2026 · Last updated Jul 30, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial is developing an artificial intelligence system that reads electrocardiograms (ECGs) to detect congenital heart disease in children. Researchers are collecting ECG data from thousands of children, including those with common and rare heart defects, to train a deep-learning model. The goal is to create a fast, affordable screening tool that could help catch heart problems earlier, especially in settings where advanced imaging is not readily available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- an artificial intelligence system that analyzes electrocardiograms (ECGs) to detect congenital heart disease in children
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a fast, low-cost screening tool to catch congenital heart disease earlier in children, potentially improving outcomes and reducing mortality.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study focused on building and testing the AI model, not a large clinical trial. The system may not perform well across all types of heart defects or in real-world settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Our dataset consisted of retrospective data from patients aged under 18 years who had complete ECG, echocardiography, examination and medical history information.
- Ages
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3 months to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * The age of first visit was from 3 months after birth to 18 years old; * In the atrial septal defect group, patients in the case group were required to complete ECG examination and confirmed by careful cardiac ultrasonography that there was a simple secondary atrial septal defect without other complex heart malformations (such as ectopic pulmonary vein drainage, trunk conus artery malformation, interrupted aortic arch, primary pulmonary hypertension, etc.). In the pulmonary hypertension group, the presence of CHD associated pulmonary hypertension was confirmed by careful cardiac ultrasonography examination. The control group was the patients with normal intracardiac structure examined by cardiac ultrasonography. The time interval between ECG examination and echocardiography examination of all patients was \< 1 month; * No major illness at the time of initial visit (non-life-threatening organic disease caused by congenital heart disease). Exclusion Criteria: * Age of first visit \< 3 months or \> 18 years old; * Complicated congenital heart disease (such as anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, trunk conus artery malformation, interrupted aortic arch, primary pulmonary hypertension, etc.); * The clinical information is incomplete, including the lack of ECG or echocardiography information, or the time interval between ECG and echocardiography is \> 1 month; * Life-threatening diseases associated with other organ systems;
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
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