AI heart reader aims to spot deadly rhythms before It's too late
NCT ID NCT05890716
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 21, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study is testing a cloud-based artificial intelligence platform called Willem that analyzes ECG recordings to detect heart rhythm problems and abnormal patterns. Researchers will compare the AI's readings to those of board-certified cardiologists in over 5,300 high-risk cardiac patients. The goal is to see if the AI can match or exceed human expert accuracy, potentially leading to earlier detection and prevention of serious events like sudden cardiac arrest.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI-powered ECG analysis software
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this AI could help doctors catch dangerous heart rhythms faster and more accurately, potentially preventing heart attacks or sudden cardiac death.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. The AI may not perform as well in real-world settings or on all types of heart patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 5,342 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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 recorded with a mid to long-term ECG device according to guidelines. ECG data (ECG must have been recorded according to the technical standards for the safety and essential performance of medical electrical equipment defined in EN 60601-2-47:2015.): 12-lead ECGs including rest electrocardiograms, stress ECG Test (exercise Electrocardiogram or treadmill test), Holter devices, long-duration Holter devices, event recorders, insertable cardiac monitors, 6,3,2,1-lead ECG wearables, textile electrodes and patches, smartwatches, cardiac monitors, cardiac telemetries, hemodynamic and electrophysiology recording system (i.e., polygraphs), automatic external defibrillator (AED), semi-automatic defibrillator (DESA), home telemonitoring systems and other similar devices.
- Ages
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4 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: * Patient presenting relevant cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac patterns (including supraventricular tachycardias, abnormal ECG patterns, ventricular tachycardias, ventricular fibrillation, pulseless electrical activity or asystole among others) that have been recorded with at least one short-term ECG medical device according to guidelines with ≥1 signal-channel. * Patient with suspected or diagnosed acute/chronic cardiac diseases (including patients with heart failure, patients with history of cardiac arrhythmias, patients with probable coronary artery diseases, patients with cardiomyopathies, patients with pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD), patients with indication of pacemaker or ICD in current or short-term phase, patients participating in other interventional clinical investigation, patients with hemodynamic instability or acute coronary syndromes, pregnant patients, patients with cancer and chemotherapy, patients with life-expectancy lower than 24 months, patients with in or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation as first documented rhythm). * At least one ECG tracing that can be exported in raw data. * Signed informed consent. Patients unable to consent, it will be requested to an authorized relative. Exclusion Criteria: * Unwillingness or inability to sign study written informed consent. * Unavailable or suboptimal quality of the electrocardiographic signal in raw data.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clínica Universitaria Navarra
RECRUITINGPamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain
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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña
COMPLETEDA Coruña, La Coruña, 15006, Spain
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Hospital Clínico San Carlos
COMPLETEDMadrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real
COMPLETEDCiudad Real, Ciudad Real, 13005, Spain
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Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
COMPLETEDBarcelona, Barcelona, 08950, Spain
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Hospital Universitario General de Villalba
COMPLETEDMadrid, Madrid, 28400, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria
COMPLETEDSanta Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 38010, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro
COMPLETEDMadrid, Madrid, 28222, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Basurto
RECRUITINGBilbao, Vizcaya, 48013, Spain
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Hospital Universitario del Henares
COMPLETEDMadrid, Madrid, 28822, Spain
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Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe
COMPLETEDValencia, Valencia, 46026, Spain
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Hospital Virgen de Arrixaca
COMPLETEDMurcia, Murcia, 30120, Spain
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University Medical Center Groningen
COMPLETEDGroningen, Provincie Groningen, 9713 GZ, Netherlands
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