AI takes on stroke recovery scoring: will it beat human judgment?
NCT ID NCT07544927
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests an artificial intelligence system designed to automatically score disability after a stroke using the Modified Rankin Scale. Researchers will compare the AI's scores to those from trained clinicians in 490 stroke patients. The goal is to see if the AI can provide a more consistent and efficient way to assess recovery, reducing human variability.
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 AI tool could provide a quicker, more objective way to measure stroke recovery, helping doctors and researchers assess outcomes more reliably.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early validation study, not a treatment trial. The AI may not match human accuracy in all cases, and results may not apply to all stroke patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 490 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- 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
Consecutive stroke patients from multiple centers who are ≥18 years old, with confirmed stroke, and able to complete the 1-week follow-up will be enrolled. Patients with severe non-stroke neurological diseases, inability to communicate, or loss to follow-up will be excluded.
- Ages
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18 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: 1. Age ≥ 18 years, male or female. 2. Clinically diagnosed with stroke, and confirmed by cranial CT/MRI to have stroke. 3. Clinically stable, with basic communication ability at discharge or outpatient visit. The patient or a fixed family caregiver is able to cooperate with telephone follow-up at 1 week after discharge or outpatient visit. 4. Signed informed consent by the patient or their legally authorized representative. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Neurological deficits caused by non-stroke etiologies (e.g., brain tumor, traumatic brain injury, encephalitis). 2. Presence of severe disturbance of consciousness, severe cognitive impairment, psychiatric disorders, or global aphasia at discharge/outpatient visit, preventing effective communication; neither the patient nor family can cooperate with follow-up or assessment. 3. Combined with severe multi-organ failure (e.g., cardiac, hepatic, renal, respiratory), with an expected survival of less than 1 month, making completion of the 1-week follow-up impossible. 4. Long-term bedridden without a fixed caregiver, with no confirmed contact for follow-up, or refusal to participate in telephone follow-up and mRS assessment. 5. Incomplete clinical data, preventing baseline data collection.
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