AI coach for lung surgery recovery: could it cut complications?
NCT ID NCT07588737
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether an artificial intelligence (AI) system can improve recovery after lung cancer surgery. About 868 patients from 20 hospitals will be randomly assigned to either standard care or standard care plus an AI tool that tracks symptoms, activity, and recovery progress. The AI provides personalized advice and alerts the care team if problems arise. The main goal is to see if the AI reduces the number of days patients experience severe symptoms like pain, fatigue, and shortness of breath within the first month after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- multimodal artificial intelligence system
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a better way to monitor and manage symptoms after lung cancer surgery, potentially speeding up recovery and reducing complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively early-stage trial testing a new AI approach, so it may not prove better than standard care. The system relies on patient-reported data, which can be incomplete or inaccurate.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 868 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
- Ages
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18 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 18 years or older. 2. Clinically or pathologically diagnosed with lung cancer. 3. Undergoing lung cancer-related thoracic surgery. 4. Surgical procedures may include video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, robot-assisted thoracic surgery, or open thoracic surgery. 5. Surgical extent may include wedge resection, segmentectomy, lobectomy, sleeve resection, combined resection, bilobectomy, or pneumonectomy. 6. Clinically stable after surgery and able to participate in symptom assessment and postoperative recovery management. 7. Able to use a smartphone or study device, or has a caregiver who can assist with use. 8. Able to complete patient-reported symptom assessments and postoperative recovery information reporting. 9. Provides written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients receiving non-surgical treatment only. 2. Patients undergoing bronchoscopy, percutaneous biopsy, or other non-surgical diagnostic or therapeutic procedures only. 3. Clinically unstable after surgery and unable to participate in symptom assessment or recovery management. 4. Requiring prolonged intensive care unit treatment, continuous advanced life support, or continuous intensive medical management. 5. Severe cognitive impairment, psychiatric disorder, language communication disorder, or other conditions that preclude completion of study assessments. 6. Unable to use a smartphone or study device and without a caregiver who can assist with use. 7. Currently participating in another interventional clinical study that may affect the primary outcome of this trial. 8. Any other condition judged by the investigator to make the patient unsuitable for participation in this study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou,Guangdong 510120
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, China
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