Artificial Intelligent Accelerates the Learning Curve for Mastering Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound of Thyroid Nodules

NCT ID: NCT05982821

Last Updated: 2023-08-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

1000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-03

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this observational study is to learn about the learning curve for mastering the thyroid imaging reporting and data system of contrast-enhanced ultrasound with the assistance of artificial intelligence in patients with thyroid nodules. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Can we develop a artificial intelligent software to assist doctors in the diagnosis of thyroid nodules using contrast-enhanced ultrasound?
2. Can artificial intelligent reduce the number of cases and time for doctors to master the contrast-enhanced ultrasound diagnosis of thyroid nodules?

Participants will be asked to undergo contrast-enhanced ultrasound examination and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules. Researchers will compare the number of cases and time for doctors with and without artificial intelligent assistance to master the contrast-enhanced ultrasound diagnosis of thyroid nodules to see if artificial intelligent reduce the number of cases and time.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Thyroid Nodule

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Training set

Patients with thyroid nodules underwent contrast-enhanced ultrasound and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration during January 2018 and December 2020 in Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital Sun Yat-sen University.

Artificial Intelligent

Intervention Type OTHER

Artificial intelligence assisted radiologists to extract ultrasound features of thyroid nodules.

Internal test set

Patients with thyroid nodules underwent contrast-enhanced ultrasound and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration during January 2021 and May 2023 in Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital Sun Yat-sen University.

Artificial Intelligent

Intervention Type OTHER

Artificial intelligence assisted radiologists to extract ultrasound features of thyroid nodules.

External test set

Patients with thyroid nodules underwent contrast-enhanced ultrasound and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration during January 2022 and June 2023 in Houjie Hospital of Dongguan and Central People's Hospital of Zhanjiang.

Artificial Intelligent

Intervention Type OTHER

Artificial intelligence assisted radiologists to extract ultrasound features of thyroid nodules.

Interventions

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Artificial Intelligent

Artificial intelligence assisted radiologists to extract ultrasound features of thyroid nodules.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with thyroid nodules with a solid component ≥5 mm confirmed by conventional ultrasound;
* Patients who underwent conventional ultrasound, contrast-enhanced ultrasound, and fine-needle aspiration biopsy;
* Patients with a final benign or malignant pathological results.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with cytopathology of Bethesda I, III, or IV and without final benign or malignant pathology;
* Patients with a history of thyroid ablation or surgery;
* Patients with low-quality ultrasound images.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jingliang Ruan, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University

Locations

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Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Jingliang Ruan, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+8613694202230

Facility Contacts

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Jingliang Ruan, PhD

Role: primary

+8613694202230

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Other Identifiers

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SYSKY-2023-702-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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