AI spots liver trouble hidden in heart scans
NCT ID NCT07216859
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether an artificial intelligence (AI) program can analyze routine heart ultrasound images to find people who may have undiagnosed fatty liver disease or cirrhosis. About 2,000 adults will have their heart scans checked by the AI. If the AI flags them as high risk, their doctors will be notified to consider follow-up tests. The goal is to see if this approach leads to faster diagnosis and treatment of liver disease.
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Study facts
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- 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 2,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2028
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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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: * Adults ≥18 years. * Underwent routine TTE within site defined recent timeframe and flagged as high risk for MASLD and/or cirrhosis by the AI model using pre specified threshold. * Able to provide informed consent; reachable for follow up. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to consent or communicate. * Enrollment in hospice or life expectancy so limited that additional evaluation would not be appropriate per clinician judgment. * Clinical circumstances where immediate alternative diagnostic pathways supersede study procedures (e.g., acute decompensation requiring urgent management). * Prior liver or kidney transplant. * Patient unwilling to undergo prospective testing for liver disease.
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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
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, 90034, United States
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Kaiser Permanente
Pleasanton, California, 94588, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Stanford Healthcare
Palo Alto, California, 94588, United States
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UCLA
Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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