AI tool could unmask hidden cancers in blood clot patients
NCT ID NCT07310693
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study is testing a computer model called the CLOVER score, which uses machine learning to predict whether a person with a blood clot might have an undiagnosed cancer. Researchers will check the model's accuracy in 500 patients over two years. If it works well, doctors could use it to decide who needs extra cancer screening.
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 give doctors a reliable way to identify which blood-clot patients need cancer screening, potentially catching hidden cancers earlier.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational validation study, not a treatment trial. The model may not perform as well in real-world settings, and it won't directly benefit participants.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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
Adults (≥18 years) with objectively confirmed symptomatic venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism) who are consecutively recruited in participating hospitals in Spain. All participants undergo routine clinical evaluation, laboratory testing, and age- and sex-appropriate cancer screening according to standard practice. The population represents real-world patients with new-onset VTE without known or suspected cancer at baseline.
- 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 years. * Objectively confirmed acute symptomatic venous thromboembolism (deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism). * Ability to provide written or electronic informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Suspicion of cancer during the initial diagnostic evaluation for VTE. * Participation in another interventional study that may interfere with outcomes. * Inability or refusal to provide informed consent.
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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.
How to take part
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The places running it
12 sites. 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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Hospital Clínic
RECRUITINGBarcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
RECRUITINGMurcia, Murcia, Spain
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Hospital San Agustín
RECRUITINGAvilés, Principality of Asturias, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor
RECRUITINGMadrid, Madrid, 28051, Spain
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Hospital Universitario La Paz
RECRUITINGMadrid, Madrid, 28051, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer
RECRUITINGMurcia, Murcia, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Príncipe de Asturias
RECRUITINGMadrid, Madrid, 28051, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Son Llatzer
RECRUITINGBalea, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Móstoles
RECRUITINGMadrid, Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Universitatio del Sureste
RECRUITINGMadrid, Madrid, 28051, Spain
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