AI predicts deadly gut infection in preemies days before it strikes
NCT ID NCT06727877
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to see if an artificial intelligence tool can predict necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) — a severe and often fatal gut infection — in premature babies by analyzing their stool samples. Researchers will collect stool from 1,000 premature babies across several hospitals and use AI to look for early warning signs in the gut bacteria. The goal is to identify high-risk babies days before symptoms appear, so doctors can take steps to prevent the disease.
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 1,000 people
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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Other sponsor
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Up to 1 day
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Child born prematurely (i.e. before 34 weeks of amenorrhea) in one of participating university hospitals and hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units of the AURA region's university hospitals * Child born outside CHU and transferred before 24h of life to the neonatal intensive care unit of one of thehospital participating in the study * Affiliated with a Social Security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Child whose guardians are protected by law (guardianship, curatorship, safeguard of justice) * Children whose parents are under 18 years of age * Refusal of parental authority to participate
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Locations
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CHU Grenoble
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGGrenoble, France
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CHU Saint Etienne
RECRUITINGSaint-Etienne, France
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CHU de Clermont-Ferrand
RECRUITINGClermont-Ferrand, France
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HFME
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLyon, France
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Hopital Croix Rousse
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLyon, France
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