AI could solve thyroid nodule mystery: new study aims to predict cancer risk
NCT ID NCT07488325
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to develop an AI model that combines ultrasound images and cell slide images to more accurately predict cancer risk in thyroid nodules that have uncertain results from a needle biopsy. About 396 patients with these uncertain results will be included. The goal is to help doctors decide who truly needs surgery and who can safely avoid it.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 396 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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.
Who is studied
Patients with a Bethesda Ⅲ thyroid nodule
- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- 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: * (a) Patients who underwent fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules and received a cytological diagnosis of Bethesda Ⅲ. * (b) Patients who subsequently underwent thyroid surgery with a definitive histopathological diagnosis of benign or malignant lesions,. * (c) Availability of at least one ultrasound image acquired prior to surgery. Exclusion Criteria: * (a) Patients without confirmation by surgical pathology,. * (b) Patients without any available or usable ultrasound images.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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No. 33 Yingfeng Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangzhou, 510288, China
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