AI could spot breast cancer risk better than current methods
NCT ID NCT05968157
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study is testing whether an artificial intelligence program called Mirai can better identify women at high risk for breast cancer compared to traditional risk models. Researchers will invite 200 women flagged as high-risk by Mirai to receive an additional breast MRI. The goal is to see if the AI-guided approach finds more cancers early, especially across different racial and ethnic groups.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Artificial intelligence software (Mirai) and breast MRI
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that AI-based risk assessment is more accurate than current methods, leading to earlier breast cancer detection and more personalized screening.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small, early-stage study (200 participants) comparing two screening approaches, not a treatment trial. The AI may not prove better in practice, and results may not apply to all populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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145 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Feb 2026
- 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.
- Ages
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40 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- 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: * Women who were identified as high risk on the retrospective study (dating from 2017-2025) using MIRAI will be recruited and consented for the prospective study * Women over 40 years of age identified as high risk according to traditional guidelines will also be potentially eligible for this study * Following consent and enrollment in the study, a participant will subsequently receive the following: 1. These patients will be invited to receive a supplemental MRI examination currently considered the most sensitive test for breast cancer detection. 2. Any positive diagnosis on MRI will be followed by biopsy to confirm 'truth" of diagnosis. * To be selected, a given record must include the following: 1. A report of a routine screening mammogram or diagnostic mammogram, and availability of the DICOM images from that report with the PACS system. 2. Reports of all follow up screening and diagnostic studies documented on PACS. 3. Some may have interventional procedures (as long as all of these are done at one of Umass sites) and documentation of these biopsy results in the hospitals EHR. Exclusion Criteria: * Under age 40. Women under 40 years are not routinely xrayed with a mammogram. * Xray breast cancer screening imaging study that has artifacts, corruption, or other image quality degradation. * Pregnant patients because they do not routinely receive screening mammogram * Adult male patients with breast cancer
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UMass Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, United States
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