AI-Powered CT scans could replace costly PET scans for lung cancer
NCT ID NCT07243873
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether synthetic PET images, created from standard CT scans using artificial intelligence, can accurately diagnose and guide treatment for lung cancer. Researchers will enroll 10,000 people with non-small cell lung cancer to see if this new method matches the quality of real PET scans. If successful, it could reduce the need for extra radiation and expensive imaging.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
-
About 10,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
-
Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
-
Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
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
Patients with non-small cell lung cancer scheduled to undergo PET-CT and pathological examinations
- Ages
-
18 to 85 years
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with non-small cell lung cancer scheduled to undergo PET-CT and pathological examinations; 2. Voluntarily participate and sign an informed consent form; Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of other malignant tumours; 2. Image artefacts; 3. Without pathological diagnostic information; 4. Without paired CT and FDG-PET scan images.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Lung cancer are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University
RECRUITINGZunyi, Guizhou, 563000, China
-
Ningbo No.2 Hospital
RECRUITINGNingbo, Zhejiang, China
-
Shanghai East Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200433, China
-
Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200433, China
-
The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University
RECRUITINGJiangxi, Nanchang, China
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Surgeons could freeze lung tumors from miles away using 5G robots
- Can AI make lung cancer scans easier to read?
- Two-Drug combo targets Treatment-Resistant lung cancer
- Two-Drug combo targets stubborn KRAS lung cancer
- Smaller chest drain may speed recovery after lung cancer surgery
- Gut bacteria may hold clues to why some cancer treatments work better