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AI-assisted Rare Disease Diagnosis

30 de julho de 2026 atualizado por: Shuyang Zhang, MD, PhD, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial of LLM-Assisted Diagnostic Support in Patients With Suspected Rare or Diagnostically Unresolved Disease

A multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluating whether a rare-disease diagnostic large language model can improve diagnostic quality, efficiency, and health-economic outcomes for physicians managing patients with suspected rare or diagnostically unresolved disease.

Visão geral do estudo

Status

Ainda não está recrutando

Condições

Intervenção / Tratamento

Descrição detalhada

Rare disease patients commonly experience prolonged diagnostic odysseys rooted in limited rare disease recognition, phenotypic heterogeneity, and dispersed diagnostic clues. Diagnostic decision-support large language models may improve first-visit consultations by integrating prior records, generating structured analyses, and proposing candidate diagnoses, thereby shortening diagnostic pathways and improving appropriate genetic testing referral.

Participating physicians will provide care under both AI-assisted and standard diagnostic workflows. Eligible patients will be individually randomised to receive either AI-assisted diagnostic support or standard clinical practice.

In the intervention arm, physicians will have diagnostic support from AI when seeing patients. In the control arm, patients are seen under standard hospital workflow without any generative AI tools. Outcomes adjudicated by an independent Expert Committee blinded to arm assignment; adjudicators access no AI-generated materials.

A prospective within-trial economic evaluation will be conducted alongside the randomized trial. Healthcare resource use and costs associated with the diagnostic pathway will be collected.

Tipo de estudo

Intervencional

Inscrição (Estimado)

1056

Estágio

  • Não aplicável

Contactos e Locais

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Contato de estudo

Locais de estudo

  • China
      • Beijing, China
        • Peking Union Medical College Hospital
        • Contato:
      • Cangzhou, China
        • Cangzhou Central Hospital
        • Contato:
      • Changchun, China
        • Changchun Sacred Heart Hospital
      • Dongguan, China
        • Dongguan People's Hospital
      • Foshan, China
        • First People's Hospital of Foshan
      • Guiyang, China
        • Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital
      • Jilin City, China
        • Jilin Central General Hospital
      • Kunming, China
        • The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province
      • Tianjin, China
        • Tianjin Children's Hospital
      • Tianshui, China
        • Tianshui 407 Hospital
        • Contato:
      • Wuhai, China
        • Wuhai People's Hospital
      • Xining, China
        • Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital
      • Zhangzhou, China
        • Zhangzhou Municipal Hospital of Fujian Province

Critérios de participação

Os pesquisadores procuram pessoas que se encaixem em uma determinada descrição, chamada de critérios de elegibilidade. Alguns exemplos desses critérios são a condição geral de saúde de uma pessoa ou tratamentos anteriores.

Critérios de elegibilidade

Idades elegíveis para estudo

  • Filho
  • Adulto
  • Adulto mais velho

Aceita Voluntários Saudáveis

Não

Descrição

Patient Inclusion Criteria:

  • Any age. Legal guardian co-signs consent for minors or individuals lacking legal capacity.
  • Diagnostically unresolved or suspected rare disease, with at least one prior complete clinical evaluation at a secondary-level or higher institution yielding no confirmed explanatory diagnosis.
  • First presentation to the enrolling institution for the current condition, with no prior records in the institutional HIS or outpatient system.
  • No prior genetic testing related to the current condition; no results or reports available.
  • Written informed consent provided voluntarily by patient or legal guardian, with commitment and ability to complete structured follow-up.

Patient Exclusion Criteria:

  • Confirmed diagnosis (clinical, pathological, or molecular) explaining the primary symptoms.
  • Emergency presentation, critical illness, or any condition incompatible with trial participation.
  • Neither patient nor legally authorised proxy able to complete follow-up.
  • Concurrent enrollment in another interventional study with diagnostic accuracy or genetic testing yield as a primary endpoint.
  • Prior use of another AI system has already yielded a confirmed diagnosis for the current condition.

Physician Inclusion Criteria

  • Licensed physician in internal medicine, neurology, pediatrics, general medicine, rare disease, or a related specialty.
  • ≥2 years of clinical practice; competent to manage rare disease patients; stratified into junior or senior tier.
  • Voluntary participation with written informed consent.

Physician Exclusion Criteria

  • No longer in clinical practice, or unable to fulfill required outpatient duties during the study period.
  • Unwilling to provide informed consent or to permit protocol-required collection of consultation and questionnaire data.
  • Currently enrolled in another AI-assisted clinical workflow, or expected to be unable to comply with the procedures.

Plano de estudo

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Como o estudo é projetado?

Detalhes do projeto

  • Finalidade Principal: Diagnóstico
  • Alocação: Randomizado
  • Modelo Intervencional: Atribuição Paralela
  • Mascaramento: Solteiro

Armas e Intervenções

Grupo de Participantes / Braço
Intervenção / Tratamento
Experimental: AI system
AI system will be used to provide diagnostic support during the encounter in addition to conventional clinical workflow. Use of other generative AI tools is prohibited.
Outro: AI system
The study AI system will be used to provide diagnostic support during the clinical encounter, including structuring relevant clinical information, generating a clinical analysis, and suggesting candidate diagnoses for review by the treating physician.
Sem intervenção: Standard of care
The physician conducts the encounter per standard hospital workflow using conventional clinical resources only. Use of any generative AI tool is prohibited.

O que o estudo está medindo?

Medidas de resultados primários

Medida de resultado
Descrição da medida
Prazo
Overall Correct Diagnostic Yield
Prazo: From the first visit to final reference diagnosis adjudication, an average of 8 weeks.
The proportion of all randomised patients whose clinical diagnosis by the end of follow-up is concordant with the blinded-adjudicated final reference diagnosis determined by an independent committee.
From the first visit to final reference diagnosis adjudication, an average of 8 weeks.

Medidas de resultados secundários

Medida de resultado
Descrição da medida
Prazo
Physician-Reported Experience
Prazo: Assessed at each consultation (day 1), within 1 day.
Physicians will assess their experience of the diagnostic workflow. Responses will be recorded using a standardized rating scale (range 1-5, where higher scores indicate more positive experience).
Assessed at each consultation (day 1), within 1 day.
Patient-Reported Experience
Prazo: Assessed at each consultation (day 1), within 1 day.
Patients will assess their experience of the diagnostic workflow. Responses will be recorded using a standardized rating scale (range 1-5, where higher scores indicate more positive experience).
Assessed at each consultation (day 1), within 1 day.
Appropriate Genetic Testing Recommendation Rate
Prazo: From the initial consultation to genetic testing indication adjudication, approximately 8 weeks
The proportion of randomized patients for whom physician-recommended genetic testing is concordant with the indication determined by an independent genetics adjudication committee.
From the initial consultation to genetic testing indication adjudication, approximately 8 weeks
Candidate Diagnostic Accuracy
Prazo: From the first visit to final reference diagnosis adjudication, an average of 8 weeks.
The agreement between physician-provided candidate diagnoses in the the initial consultation and the independently adjudicated reference diagnosis.
From the first visit to final reference diagnosis adjudication, an average of 8 weeks.
Molecular Diagnostic Yield
Prazo: From the first visit to final reference diagnosis adjudication, an average of 8 weeks.
The proportion of all randomized patients in whom genetic testing performed as part of the clinical diagnostic pathway identifies a clinically relevant molecular finding that is confirmed through independent genetics review.
From the first visit to final reference diagnosis adjudication, an average of 8 weeks.
Time to a Correct Diagnosis
Prazo: From enrollment to the end of follow-up, up to 8 weeks.
The number of days from the first study visit to the first physician-assigned diagnosis that is subsequently confirmed as concordant with the independently adjudicated reference diagnosis.
From enrollment to the end of follow-up, up to 8 weeks.
Duration of the Initial Physician Consultation
Prazo: Assessed at each consultation (day 1), within 1 day.
In-room consultation time will be recorded, measured, and compared between arms.
Assessed at each consultation (day 1), within 1 day.

Colaboradores e Investigadores

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Patrocinador

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Colaboradores

Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital
First People's Hospital of Foshan
Dongguan People's Hospital
Qinghai People's Hospital
Cangzhou Central Hospital
The First People's Hospital of Yunnan
Tianjin Children's Hospital
Zhangzhou Municipal Hospital

Investigadores

  • Investigador principal: Shuyang Zhang, MD, PhD, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Datas de registro do estudo

Essas datas acompanham o progresso do registro do estudo e os envios de resumo dos resultados para ClinicalTrials.gov. Os registros do estudo e os resultados relatados são revisados ​​pela National Library of Medicine (NLM) para garantir que atendam aos padrões específicos de controle de qualidade antes de serem publicados no site público.

Datas Principais do Estudo

Início do estudo (Estimado)

1 de agosto de 2026

Conclusão Primária (Estimado)

1 de julho de 2027

Conclusão do estudo (Estimado)

1 de dezembro de 2027

Datas de inscrição no estudo

Enviado pela primeira vez

7 de junho de 2026

Enviado pela primeira vez que atendeu aos critérios de CQ

14 de junho de 2026

Primeira postagem (Real)

16 de junho de 2026

Atualizações de registro de estudo

Última Atualização Postada (Real)

31 de julho de 2026

Última atualização enviada que atendeu aos critérios de controle de qualidade

30 de julho de 2026

Última verificação

1 de julho de 2026

Mais Informações

Termos relacionados a este estudo

Palavras-chave

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Outros números de identificação do estudo

  • PUMCH I-26PJ0002

Plano para dados de participantes individuais (IPD)

Planeja compartilhar dados de participantes individuais (IPD)?

SIM

Descrição do plano IPD

De-identified IPD will be shared with qualified researchers upon reasonable request, subject to ethics approval and a data use agreement.

Prazo de Compartilhamento de IPD

Beginning 6 months after publication of the primary study results and ending 5 years after publication.

Critérios de acesso de compartilhamento IPD

Requests must include a scientifically sound research proposal and analysis plan, and evidence of ethics approval or exemption where applicable. Access will be subject to approval by the study steering committee and participating institutions, execution of a data use agreement, and compliance with applicable ethical, legal, and data-protection requirements. Data will be made available through a secure access environment or other controlled transfer mechanism. No directly identifiable participant information will be shared.

Tipo de informação de suporte de compartilhamento de IPD

  • PROTOCOLO DE ESTUDO
  • SEIVA
  • ANALYTIC_CODE

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