AI eye check could catch blood pressure damage early
NCT ID NCT07471971
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tested an artificial intelligence tool called RetinAIcheck to see if it can accurately detect and grade hypertensive retinopathy—eye damage caused by high blood pressure. Researchers used 729 patients' eye photos and compared the AI's results to assessments by eye doctors. The goal was to see if the AI could be a reliable, fast way to screen for this condition.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- RetinAIcheck (an AI diagnostic tool)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this AI could help doctors quickly and accurately detect eye damage from high blood pressure, potentially preventing vision loss.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study, but the AI was tested only on a Russian population and may not work as well in other groups. Also, AI tools can sometimes make mistakes that human doctors would catch.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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755 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2021
- 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.
Who is studied
The test sample was collected at the Cardiology Clinic of the Sechenov University Clinical Hospital № 1, at the Research Institute of Eye Diseases named after M.M. Krasnov and in the Moscow Regional Clinical Research Institute named after M.F. Vladimirsky (MONIKI).
- Ages
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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: \- Patients with and without a diagnosis of arterial hypertension, based on medical records Exclusion Criteria: * anophthalmia, * optic nerve atrophy, * eyeball injuries, * age-related macular degeneration, * central serous chorioretinopathy, * central serous chorioretinitis, * clouding of the optical media of the eye, which affects the quality of the image.
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Clinical Hospital №1, Sechenov University
Moscow, Russia