AI learns to detect lung problems by listening to breath sounds
NCT ID NCT07227376
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study uses digital stethoscopes to record lung sounds from 250 adults and children in real clinical settings. The goal is to train an artificial intelligence algorithm to automatically detect wheezes, crackles, and other abnormal sounds. The research does not test any treatment but aims to improve how lung diseases are diagnosed.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Eko digital stethoscopes (CORE 500 and 3M Littmann CORE)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to an AI tool that helps doctors quickly identify lung problems by listening to breath sounds.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early data-collection study, not a treatment trial. The AI algorithm may not perform well enough for real-world use, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 250 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Potential research subjects with complaints of shortness of breath or relevant diagnoses like COPD/heart failure/asthma will be screened for eligibility from the upcoming clinic schedule and then recruited during their clinical appointment. Inpatients may also be identified from the EHR and recruited from inpatient units. In order to achieve the harder-to-fill buckets, it may be necessary to directly target existing registries or patient databases, and/or bring patients in for a research-specific visit. Additionally, patients seen in clinic or in hospital with no known respiratory condition will be recruited and evaluated.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
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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: * Suspected or diagnosed lower respiratory condition OR Presence of wheeze, coarse crackle, fine crackle, rhonchus, stridor, rales, and cough discovered during routine auscultation * Normal patients with no adventitious lung sounds * Adults and pediatric patients (as available) Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to have multiple recordings taken on chest and back (e.g. compromised mobility) * On mechanical ventilation
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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
2 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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Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19141, United States
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Nemours Children's Health
RECRUITINGJacksonville, Florida, 32256, United States
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