AI-Powered heart scans aim to prevent repeat surgeries
NCT ID NCT05807841
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether using artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze ultrasound images during heart stent placement can reduce future heart problems. About 3,000 adults with coronary artery disease will receive a stent guided by AI-enhanced intravascular ultrasound. Researchers will track heart attacks, deaths, and the need for additional procedures over two years to see if the AI approach improves outcomes.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- IVUS-guided stent implantation
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that AI-assisted imaging during stent placement reduces heart attacks, deaths, and the need for repeat procedures in people with coronary artery disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large but still early-stage study. The AI tools may not improve outcomes over standard care, and results may not apply to all heart patients. Risks include those typical of stent procedures, such as bleeding or vessel damage.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 3,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2020
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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
Between February 2020 and June 2027, a total of 3,000 patients who performe coronary angiography (± FFR) and have at least one coronary stenosis requiring PCI (as culprit) will be enrolled from 16 centers in South Korea.
- Ages
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19 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 19 years or older * Symptomatic angina patients with objective myocardial ischemia * Patients with at least one major epicardial coronary artery that requires stent implantation * Subject who signs with informed consent form Patient exclusion Criteria: * ST-segment elevation MI at admission * Patients who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery or heart transplantation * Left ventricular ejection fraction \<30% * Cardiogenic shock * Patients whose life expectancy \<2 years * Woman who are breastfeeding, pregnant or planning to become pregnant during study * Patients in whom anti-platelets or heparin is contraindicated Lesion exclusion Criteria: * Left main culprit lesion (angiographic diameter stenosis \>50%) * Thrombus-containing lesion * In-stent restenosis * Side branch lesion * Chronic total occlusion * Small vessel with reference diameter \<2.5mm * Coronary spasm despite administration of nitrate * Inability for imaging catheter to pass through tight stenosis, calcification, angulations * Poor image quality * Angiographically visible collateral vessels
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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
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
16 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital
RECRUITINGSejong, South Korea
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Gangneung Asan Hospital
RECRUITINGGangneung, South Korea
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Gosin University Gospel Hospital
RECRUITINGBusan, South Korea
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Gyeongsang National University Changwon Hospital
RECRUITINGChangwon, South Korea
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Inje University Pusan Paik Hospital
RECRUITINGBusan, South Korea
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Jesushospital
RECRUITINGJeonju, South Korea
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Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSeoul, South Korea
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Kangwon National University Hospital
RECRUITINGChuncheon, South Korea
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Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center
RECRUITINGDaegu, South Korea
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Seung-Whan Lee
RECRUITINGSeoul, 05505, South Korea
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Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital Bucheon
RECRUITINGBucheon-si, South Korea
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The Catholic University of Korea ST.VINCENT'S Hospital
RECRUITINGSuwon, South Korea
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The Catholic university of korea, Eunpyeong st. mary's hospital
RECRUITINGSeoul, South Korea
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The Catholic university of korea, daejeon st. mary's hospital
RECRUITINGDaejeon, South Korea
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Ulsan University Hospital
RECRUITINGUlsan, South Korea
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Veterans Hospital Service Medical Center
RECRUITINGSeoul, South Korea
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