AI predicts infection risk after brain surgery – study aims to stop it
NCT ID NCT07378683
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a machine learning tool can identify patients at high risk for surgical site infection after brain or spinal tumor surgery. High-risk patients will receive extra preventive care, like stronger antibiotics and nutrition support. The goal is to see if this personalized approach lowers infection rates within 90 days after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Machine learning-based enhanced prevention package (tailored antibiotics, nutrition, monitoring)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical way to cut infection rates after brain or spinal tumor surgery, improving recovery and reducing complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center study with 500 participants, so results may not apply to all hospitals. The model's predictions might not always be accurate, and enhanced measures could increase costs or side effects.
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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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About 500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 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.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: 1. Patients with a pathologically confirmed primary or metastatic central nervous system (brain or spinal) tumor. 2. Scheduled for elective craniotomy or spinal tumor resection surgery. 3. Age ≥ 18 years. 4. Expected survival \> 3 months, and able/willing to comply with postoperative follow-up. 5. Voluntary participation and provision of written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Presence of active systemic or local surgical site infection before surgery. 2. Use of therapeutic antibiotics for any reason within 72 hours prior to surgery. 3. Concurrent severe immunosuppressive conditions, or chronic use of high-dose immunosuppressants. 4. Pregnancy or lactation. 5. Known contraindications or severe allergy to the antibiotics planned for use in the study. 6. Any other condition that, in the investigator's judgment, may affect study participation or outcome assessment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
RECRUITINGBeijing, PUMC, 10010, China
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