AI reads prostate cancer scans: could it help doctors stage tumors faster?
NCT ID NCT07707232
First seen Jul 16, 2026 · Last updated Jul 22, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether a large language model (a type of AI) can accurately stage prostate cancer by reading Chinese PSMA PET/CT reports. Researchers will compare the AI's staging against expert doctors' assessments using thousands of de-identified reports. The goal is to see if AI can reliably identify cancer stage and uncertainty in the report text, potentially aiding clinical workflows.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Large language model-assisted report annotation workflow
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to faster, more consistent staging of prostate cancer from imaging reports, helping doctors make better treatment decisions.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early, observational study using historical reports, so the model may not perform well in real-world settings or on different types of data.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 4,600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2026
- 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.
Who is studied
The study population consists of male patients aged 18 years or older with clinically diagnosed, pathologically diagnosed, or clinically suspected prostate cancer who underwent PSMA PET/CT as part of routine clinical care. The study will include de-identified Chinese PSMA PET/CT report texts from the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, and Liuzhou People's Hospital, as well as a prospective set of 100 consecutive routine PSMA PET/CT reports from the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Male participants only
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male patients aged 18 years or older. 2. Patients with clinically diagnosed, pathologically diagnosed, or clinically suspected prostate cancer. 3. Patients who underwent PSMA PET/CT for initial staging, recurrence assessment, treatment response evaluation, metastatic assessment, or other clinical purposes during routine care. 4. Complete or basically complete Chinese PSMA PET/CT report text is available, including imaging findings and/or diagnostic impression. 5. The report text contains information that can be used to evaluate at least one target field, such as local prostate lesion, regional lymph nodes, non-regional lymph nodes, bone metastasis, visceral metastasis, or uncertainty expressions. 6. The research data can be de-identified and replaced by a study identification number before analysis. Exclusion Criteria: 1. PSMA PET/CT reports unrelated to prostate cancer, or reports clearly irrelevant to the research task. 2. Reports with severely missing, unreadable, or unavailable main text, imaging findings, or diagnostic impression. 3. Reports that cannot be adequately de-identified or contain residual direct personal identifiers that cannot be safely removed. 4. Duplicate records, repeated exports of the same examination, or records for which the unique report version cannot be confirmed. 5. Reports judged by the research team to be of insufficient quality for manual annotation, model evaluation, or statistical analysis.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGWenzhou, Zhejiang, China
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