AI stethoscope boosts heart defect detection in kids
NCT ID NCT06791096
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed trial compared how well primary care doctors detect congenital heart disease in children using either their own listening skills or an AI-assisted stethoscope. The AI analyzes heart sounds in real time and gives an immediate result. The study enrolled 212 children and measured sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of both methods.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI-assisted electronic stethoscope
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could give primary care doctors a simple, accurate tool to screen for congenital heart disease in children, potentially catching cases earlier.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is completed but relatively small (212 participants) and was done in specialized hospitals, so results may not apply everywhere. AI may still miss some cases or give false alarms.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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212 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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.
- Ages
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Up to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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 between 0 to 18 years, with no gender restrictions. * Children who consent to undergo echocardiography to determine the presence or absence of congenital heart disease. * Voluntary participation in this study and signing of an informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Age greater than 18 years. * Children who are unable to undergo echocardiography or who do not cooperate with auscultation. * Participants who cannot provide informed consent or are unwilling to comply with study requirements to provide medical data for further analysis and research.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Qinghai Provincial Women and Children's Hospital
Qinghai, China
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Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Shanghai, China
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