Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) Artificial Intelligence Model for Normal Mediastinal and Abdominal Strictures Assessment

NCT ID: NCT05151939

Last Updated: 2021-12-30

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-10-01

Study Completion Date

2022-06-30

Brief Summary

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Therefore, a high number of procedures is necessary to achieve EUS competency, but interobserver agreement still varies widely. Artificial intelligence (AI) aided recognition of anatomical structures may improve the training process and inter-observer agreement. Robles-Medranda et al. developed an AI model that recognizes normal anatomical structures during linear and radial EUS evaluations. We pursue to design an external validation of our developed AI model, considering an endoscopist expert as the gold standard.

Detailed Description

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Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is a high-skilled procedure with a limited number of facilities available for training. Therefore, a high number of procedures is necessary to achieve competency. However, the agreement between observers varies widely. Artificial intelligence (AI) aided recognition and characterization of anatomical structures may improve the training process while improving the agreement between observers. However, developed EUS-AI models have been explicitly trained or only with disease samples or for detecting abdominal anatomical features.

In other fields as Radiation Oncology, developed AI models have been widely used. They must recognize in unison healthy and disease strictures throughout any part of the human body during the contouring. It avoids unnecessary irradiation of normal tissue. EUS-AI models not trained with healthy samples can cause an increase in false-positive cases during real-life practice. It implies potential overdiagnosis of abnormal/disease strictures. EUS-AI models not trained with samples outside

Using an automated machine learning software, Robles-Medranda et al. have previously developed a convolutional neuronal networks (CNN) AI model that recognizes the anatomical structures during linear and radial EUS evaluations (AI Works, MD Consulting group, Ecuador). To the best of our knowledge, this EUS-AI model is the first trained with EUS videos from patients without pathologies and, thus, with normal mediastinal and abdominal organ/anatomic strictures. In this second stage, we pursue to design an external validation of our developed AI model, considering an endoscopist expert as the gold standard.

Conditions

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Abdomen Mediastinum Anatomic Abnormality Strictures

Keywords

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Endoscopic ultrasound Artificial intelligence

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Patients with normal mediastinal and abdominal organ/anatomic strictures

Adult patients with normal mediastinal and abdominal organ/anatomic strictures after imaging test and EUS assessment due to chronic dyspepsia.

Identification or discharge visualization of mediastinal and abdominal organ/anatomic strictures through Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) videos by an expert endoscopist

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

An expert endoscopist will select a dataset of mediastinal and abdominal EUS videos (one per patient). An expert endoscopist will identify or discharge visualization of the following organs correctly: aorta, vertebral spine, aortic arch, trachea, AP window, left kidney, liver, spleen, pancreas body, pancreas tail, coeliac trunk, splenic artery, splenic vein, inferior vena cava, adrenal gland, right kidney, gallbladder, common bile duct, ampulla of Vater, portal vein.

Recognition of mediastinal and abdominal organ/anatomic strictures through Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) videos using artificial intelligence (AI)

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Using the same previous dataset of mediastinal and abdominal EUS videos, the EUS-AI model will recognize the following organs: aorta, vertebral spine, aortic arch, trachea, AP window, left kidney, liver, spleen, pancreas body, pancreas tail, coeliac trunk, splenic artery, splenic vein, inferior vena cava, adrenal gland, right kidney, gallbladder, common bile duct, ampulla of Vater, portal vein. Considering each patient (and not data frame videos) as the study unit, a contingency table per each mediastinal and abdominal organ/anatomic stricture will be designed.

Interventions

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Identification or discharge visualization of mediastinal and abdominal organ/anatomic strictures through Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) videos by an expert endoscopist

An expert endoscopist will select a dataset of mediastinal and abdominal EUS videos (one per patient). An expert endoscopist will identify or discharge visualization of the following organs correctly: aorta, vertebral spine, aortic arch, trachea, AP window, left kidney, liver, spleen, pancreas body, pancreas tail, coeliac trunk, splenic artery, splenic vein, inferior vena cava, adrenal gland, right kidney, gallbladder, common bile duct, ampulla of Vater, portal vein.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Recognition of mediastinal and abdominal organ/anatomic strictures through Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) videos using artificial intelligence (AI)

Using the same previous dataset of mediastinal and abdominal EUS videos, the EUS-AI model will recognize the following organs: aorta, vertebral spine, aortic arch, trachea, AP window, left kidney, liver, spleen, pancreas body, pancreas tail, coeliac trunk, splenic artery, splenic vein, inferior vena cava, adrenal gland, right kidney, gallbladder, common bile duct, ampulla of Vater, portal vein. Considering each patient (and not data frame videos) as the study unit, a contingency table per each mediastinal and abdominal organ/anatomic stricture will be designed.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with no history of the thorax and abdominal abnormalities confirmed through an imaging test requested for healthcare purposes in the last twelve months (e.g., thorax X-ray and abdominal ultrasound or thorax and abdominal CT)
* Patients who undergo EUS assessment due to chronic dyspepsia.

Exclusion Criteria

* Morphological alteration on at least one mediastinal and abdominal organ/anatomic strictures documented through any imaging test or EUS.
* Uncontrolled coagulopathy, kidney/liver failure, or any comorbidity with a meaningful impact on cardiac risk assessment (NHYA III/IV);
* Refuse to participate in the study or to sign corresponding informed consent.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

79 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Instituto Ecuatoriano de Enfermedades Digestivas

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Carlos Robles-Medranda

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ecuadorian Institute of Digestive Diseases

Locations

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Ecuadorian Institute of Digestive Diseases

Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Ecuador

Central Contacts

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Carlos Robles-Medranda

Role: CONTACT

Phone: +59342109180

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Carlos A Robles-Medranda, MD

Role: primary

References

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Other Identifiers

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IECED-26112021

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id