AI takes on cancer experts: who makes better treatment plans?
NCT ID NCT07595107
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will compare treatment recommendations made by a large language model (AI) with those made by a team of cancer experts for 180 people with rectal cancer. The AI will analyze de-identified patient information and suggest a treatment plan. The goal is to see how often the AI's advice matches the experts' decisions. The AI's recommendations will not be used to treat patients.
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 show that AI can help doctors make consistent treatment plans for rectal cancer, potentially improving decision-making.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early observational study at one hospital. The AI may not match expert recommendations, and results may not apply to other cancers or hospitals.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 180 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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
The study population will consist of consecutive adult patients with pathologically confirmed rectal adenocarcinoma who are scheduled for routine rectal cancer multidisciplinary team discussion at Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute. Eligible cases must have sufficient clinical, pathological, and imaging information to allow preparation of a standardized de-identified case summary for concordance assessment between large language model-generated recommendations and multidisciplinary team reference recommendations.
- 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 or older. 2. Pathologically confirmed rectal adenocarcinoma. 3. Scheduled for routine rectal cancer multidisciplinary team discussion at the study center. 4. Availability of complete or substantially complete standardized decision-making information before multidisciplinary team discussion, including clinical, pathological, and key imaging information. 5. Availability of a structured pelvic magnetic resonance imaging report meeting the requirements of the institutional rectal cancer multidisciplinary team, including at least tumor location, clinical T stage, clinical N stage, circumferential resection margin or mesorectal fascia status, extramural vascular invasion status, and lateral lymph node status. 6. Presence of a defined clinical treatment decision question. 7. Clinical data can be sufficiently de-identified for research use. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Severely incomplete clinical information preventing preparation of a standardized case summary. 2. Non-rectal primary tumor. 3. Routine follow-up cases without a defined treatment decision question. 4. Absence of a structured pelvic magnetic resonance imaging report meeting the requirements of the institutional rectal cancer multidisciplinary team, or missing pelvic magnetic resonance imaging elements that preclude key rectal cancer decision-making. 5. Cases containing sensitive information considered unsuitable for large language model input by the study team. 6. Cases in which a definitive treatment decision has already been made before the multidisciplinary team discussion and the meeting serves only as a formal review.
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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
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute
Jinan, Shandong, 0531, China
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