AI reads your Heart's future: new test spots cancer drug danger
NCT ID NCT07515859
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at over 31,000 cancer patients to see if an AI-enhanced electrocardiogram (ECG) could predict heart damage caused by chemotherapy. Researchers analyzed existing ECGs taken before treatment to see if the AI could identify those at risk. The goal is to develop a simple, non-invasive tool to help doctors personalize cancer therapy and prevent heart failure.
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 a simple, low-cost ECG test to identify patients at high risk of heart damage before starting cancer therapy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a retrospective study, not a controlled trial, so results may not apply to all patients. The AI tool needs further validation in prospective studies before clinical use.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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31,486 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2006
- Finished
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Dec 2022
- 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
Patients who were prescribed anthracycline, HER2 inhibitor, or ICI agents and have ECG prescription within 90 days before their first chemotherapy treatment at Severance hospital from May 2006 to November 2022.
- Ages
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19 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: * Patients prescribed anthracycline (doxorubicin, daunorubicin, epirubicin, aclarubicin, idarubicin), HER2 inhibitor (trastuzumab, emtansine, tucatinib, trastuzumab deruxtecan, pertuzumab), or immune checkpoint inhibitors (ipilimumab, nivolumab, atezolizumab, pembrolizumab, durvalumab, avelumab) * ECG performed within 90 days prior to the first chemotherapy treatment * Age ≥ 19 years * For trajectory analysis: patients with an additional ECG within 90 days after the first chemotherapy Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 19 years * History of heart failure, cardiomyopathy, or myocarditis (confirmed by ICD codes) * Prior exposure to anthracycline, HER2 inhibitor, or immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy * Baseline left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< 40% on echocardiography within 1 year prior to chemotherapy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System
Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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