AI to predict heart attacks in diabetes patients: qatar study
NCT ID NCT07515807
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study will look at health records of 10,000 patients in Qatar who were hospitalized for heart problems and have diabetes or prediabetes. Researchers will use artificial intelligence to find patterns that predict future heart attacks, strokes, or death. The goal is to create better risk prediction tools for this high-risk group.
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 could lead to better risk prediction tools for heart attacks and strokes in people with diabetes, helping doctors intervene earlier.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study using existing data, so it cannot prove cause and effect. The AI models may not work well for people outside Qatar or other Arab populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 10,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2030
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
Participants admitted at Hamad Medical Corporation for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) or Acute Heart Failure (AHF).
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 * Qatari and Arab participants * Participants admitted for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) or Acute Heart Failure (AHF) * Metabolic disease: Diabetes (HbA1C ≥ 6.5% or any HbA1C if a patient is on an antidiabetic agent) or pre-diabetes: 5.7% ≤ HbA1c ≤ 6.4% Exclusion Criteria: * Non-Qatari or non-Arab participants * Non-diabetic: HbA1C \< 5.7% * This chart review involves no direct interaction with individuals. Prisoners are not a focus of this study, and incarceration status is not identifiable in the records reviewed.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hamad Medical Corporation
Doha, Qatar
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