AI coach for colonoscopy: could it spot more polyps?
NCT ID NCT05241210
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether giving doctors real-time feedback from an AI program during colonoscopy helps them find more polyps (adenomas). Over 4,000 participants will have their colonoscopy monitored, and the AI will highlight suspicious areas on the screen. The goal is to see if this feedback improves the adenoma detection rate. However, the trial is currently suspended, so results are pending.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI program for colonoscopy (device)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help doctors find more polyps during colonoscopy, potentially reducing colorectal cancer cases.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is currently suspended, so results are uncertain. It is an early-stage study focused on detection rates, not direct patient outcomes.
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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 4,150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2021
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: \- Any endoscopist willing to parcipate and performing routine colonscopy Exclusion Criteria: \- No exclusion criteria
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 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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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States
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University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States
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