CT scan model may predict surgery need in Crohn's patients
NCT ID NCT05174208
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study looked at 300 Crohn's disease patients to see if CT scan images could predict who would need surgery within a year of diagnosis. Researchers built a computer model using 'radiomics' to analyze the scans. The goal is to help doctors start stronger treatments earlier for high-risk 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 model could help doctors identify Crohn's patients at high risk for early surgery, allowing for more timely and aggressive treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. The model needs further validation in other groups before it can be used in clinics.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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300 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- 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
2017-2020 CD patients in the IBD center of Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- 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: patients with a confirmed diagnosis of CD; a follow-up more than 1 year; without previous CD-associated intestinal surgeries; complete data of CTE. Exclusion Criteria: patients without a confirmed diagnosis of CD; with incomplete data and a follow-up less than 1 year; patients have previous intestinal surgeries; patients who have never undergone CTE examination.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 501655, China
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