AI reads tumor slides to predict cancer return in early breast cancer
NCT ID NCT07541703
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that analyzes digitized images of tumor tissue from 2,200 women with ER-positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer. The AI aims to predict the risk of cancer spreading to distant parts of the body. Researchers will compare the AI's predictions with actual patient outcomes to see how accurate it is.
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-based prognostic assay (diagnostic test)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this AI tool could help doctors better predict which early breast cancer patients are at risk of distant recurrence, guiding treatment decisions.
- What could go wrong
- This is a retrospective observational study, not a prospective trial, so results may not apply to all patients. The AI tool's accuracy depends on the quality of stored tissue samples and data.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 2,200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer enrolled in ABCSG-8, restricted in this validation study to the ER-positive/HER2-negative subgroup with available archived tumor material and required baseline clinicopathologic variables.
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: * Female patients enrolled in ABCSG-8 * Postmenopausal patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative early invasive breast cancer * Available archived primary tumor material suitable for H\&E slide digitization * Available required baseline clinicopathologic variables or variables derivable according to the prespecified statistical analysis plan * Patients with permission for inclusion in this retrospective translational research study Exclusion Criteria: * No suitable archived primary tumor material for H\&E slide digitization * Missing required baseline clinicopathologic variables not recoverable according to the prespecified statistical analysis plan * No analyzable follow-up for the endpoint of interest
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Medical University of Vienna, Center of Cancer Research
Vienna, Austria
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