Fake data, real hope: AI could speed up rare disease trials
NCT ID NCT07016282
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether artificial intelligence can create realistic, privacy-safe copies of health records from people with a rare kidney disease called ADPKD. Researchers will use these simulated datasets to run virtual clinical trials and see if they produce similar results to real studies. The goal is to make rare disease research faster and more efficient without putting patient data at risk.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could make it faster and safer to run clinical trials for rare diseases by using simulated data instead of only real patient data.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage observational study using existing records, not testing a treatment. The simulated data may not perfectly reflect real patient outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 100 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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Jun 2027
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.
Who is studied
Data from ADPKD patients collected in the form of electronic health records (EHR) stored at the Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, primarily based on two completed studies performed at the Mario Negri Institue i.e., the ALADIN Study (NCT00309283) and the ALADIN 2 Study (NCT01377246), which enrolled ADPKD-patients treated either with Octreotide-LAR or placebo.
- 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: * Adult (\>18 years) men and women with ADPKD according to Ravine criteria25 * Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) between 15 and 40 mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD stage: G3b-G4) or higher (CKD stage: G1-G3a), as calculated by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease study four variables equation Exclusion Criteria: * confounding factors that could affect renal function loss independent of kidney growth and treatment allocation (i.e., diabetes mellitus, urinary protein excretion rate \>3 g/24 h) * Abnormal urinalysis suggestive of concomitant, clinically significant glomerular disease, and urinary tract lithiasis or infection * Patients with major systemic disease * Patients unable to provide informed consent * Pregnant, lactating, or potentially childbearing women without adequate contraception
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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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Clinical Research Centre for Rare Diseases Aldo e Cele Daccò
Ranica, BG, 24020, Italy
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Department of Global Public Health (GPH), Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, 171 77, Sweden
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