Can AI spot kidney damage before it strikes after heart surgery?
NCT ID NCT07811583
First seen Sep 10, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
Acute kidney injury is a common and serious complication after heart surgery, affecting up to half of patients and raising the risk of death and chronic kidney disease. Researchers are building a machine-learning model that uses perioperative data from 70,000 adults who had cardiovascular surgery to predict who will develop this kidney injury. The goal is a dynamic tool that works across the entire surgical period and different types of operations, so doctors can act earlier to prevent or treat it.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a machine-learning prediction model built from perioperative patient data
- What this could lead to
- If it works, doctors could flag patients at high risk of kidney injury before and after heart surgery, opening the door to earlier preventive care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a retrospective modeling study, not a treatment trial, so the model may not predict accurately in new patients or outside the hospitals where the data came from. It also cannot prove that early prediction improves outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 70,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2015
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The cohort included adult patients who underwent cardiovascular surgery from 2015 to 2025 (Beijing) and from 2022 to 2025 (branch hospital).
- Ages
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18 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: * 1\. Age no less than 18 years old; * 2\. Patients who underwent cardiovascular surgeries at Fuwai Hospital in Beijing from 2015 to 2025 and at Fuwai Hospitals in Central China, Yunnan and Shenzhen from 2022 to 2025; * 3\. At least one blood creatinine test should be conducted within 48 hours after the operation, and at least two blood creatinine tests should be conducted within one week after the operation. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Lack of preoperative baseline creatinine; * 2\. Patients who developed AKI before surgery or whose AKI did not recover: The definition of AKI follows the KDIGO 2012 guideline; * 3\. Patients with preoperative creatinine levels exceeding 354umol/L or those in CKD stage 5.
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