AI could spot liver cancer types and predict survival without needle biopsy
NCT ID NCT07658586
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study is developing an artificial intelligence system that combines CT/MRI scans, lab results, and radiology reports to help diagnose liver cancer and predict how patients will fare after surgery. The AI aims to distinguish benign from malignant liver lesions and differentiate between two common liver cancer types—hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma—without needing a biopsy. It will also estimate how long patients might live without the cancer returning after tumor removal. The research involves at least 600 patients and uses past medical data to train and test the AI model.
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 model
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this AI system could help doctors diagnose liver cancer subtypes more accurately without invasive biopsies and better predict patient outcomes after surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a retrospective study using existing data, not a prospective trial. The AI model may not perform as well in real-world settings or on diverse patient populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- 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
(1) Key clinical, imaging, or pathological data severely missing or incomplete; (2) Preoperative CT or MRI images of poor quality or missing sequences, unable to perform reliable image analysis; (3) Prior local treatment for the target liver lesion, unless clearly recorded as neoadjuvant therapy before surgery; (4) Concurrent other malignant tumors; (5) Lost to follow-up or follow-up data cannot meet endpoint determination requirements.
- 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: -Diagnostic Model Cohort: * Age ≥18 years * Underwent preoperative contrast-enhanced CT or MRI for clinically suspected liver space-occupying lesion * Have complete preoperative clinical laboratory data * Have complete original CT/MRI imaging data and radiology reports * Have definite pathological diagnosis from surgery or biopsy as gold standard Prognostic Prediction Model Cohort (selected from diagnostic cohort): * Meet all diagnostic cohort inclusion criteria * Pathologically confirmed liver cancer * Underwent radical hepatectomy * Have complete preoperative multimodal data (CT/MRI imaging, clinical laboratory data, radiology reports) * Have complete postoperative follow-up data to determine progression-free survival and overall survival endpoints and time (minimum follow-up of 24 months) Exclusion Criteria: * · Key clinical, imaging, or pathological data severely missing or incomplete * Preoperative CT or MRI images of poor quality or missing sequences, unable to perform reliable image analysis * Prior local treatment for the target liver lesion, unless clearly recorded as neoadjuvant therapy before surgery * Concurrent other malignant tumors * Lost to follow-up or follow-up data cannot meet endpoint determination requirements
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Guangxi Medical University First Affiliated Hospital
Nanning, Guangxi, China
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