AI eye on stomach cancer: 6,000-Person trial tests smarter scopes
NCT ID NCT05762991
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether artificial intelligence (AI) can help doctors better detect H. pylori infection and precancerous stomach changes during routine endoscopy. The goal is to see if AI assistance can reduce deaths from stomach cancer. The trial will enroll 6,000 adults aged 20–80 who are already scheduled for an endoscopy.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Artificial intelligence software for endoscopy interpretation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, AI-assisted endoscopy could become a standard tool to catch stomach cancer earlier and reduce deaths from the disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large trial, but AI may not improve detection enough to lower death rates. Results depend on real-world use and follow-up over many years.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 6,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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
This study will invite patients who need to undergo upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
- Ages
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20 to 80 years
- 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: 1. Age 20-80 2. Scheduled endoscopy Exclusion Criteria: 1\. History of gastric surgery
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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.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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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
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Yi-Chia Lee
RECRUITINGTaipei, 10015, Taiwan
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