IDEAL Study: Blinded RCT for the Impact of AI Model for Cerebral Aneurysms Detection on Patients' Diagnosis and Outcomes

NCT ID: NCT06118840

Last Updated: 2025-10-07

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

6450 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-20

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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This study (IEDAL study) intends to prospectively enroll more than 6450 patients who will undergo head CT angiography (CTA) scanning in the outpatient clinic. It will be carried out in 21 hospitals in more than 10 provinces in China. The patient's head CTA images will be randomly assigned to the True-AI and Sham-AI group with a ratio of 1:1, and the patients and radiologists are unaware of the allocation. The primary outcomes are sensitivity and specificity of detecting intracranial aneurysms. The secondary outcomes focus on the prognosis and outcomes of the patients.

Detailed Description

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A multicenter, prospective, double-blind, randomized controlled trial will be conducted (IDEAL study). Patients who are scheduled to undergo cranial CT angiography (CTA) scanning will be randomly divided into two groups with a ratio of 1:1, one of the group will be assigned to True-AI aided intracranial aneurysms diagnosis strategy (True-AI group) and the other will be assigned to Sham-AI aided intracranial aneurysms diagnosis strategy (Sham-AI group, which has a sensitivity close to 0% and a similar specificity to True-AI). The primary outcomes are diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of detecting aneurysms. Secondary endpoints include other diagnostic performance indexes for intracranial aneurysms; diagnostic performances for other intracranial lesions for intracranial arterial stenosis, occlusion, and intracranial tumors; detection rates of intracranial lesions according to Radiology Reports; workload of head CTA interpretation; resource use; treatment-related indexes during patient follow-up (e.g. clinical follow-up, hospitalization, rate of patients undergoing DSA); life quality; outcomes of aneurysm-related events; repeat head CTA or MRA at 12-month follow; cost-effectiveness analysis between intervention and control arm to evaluate the short- and longterm influence of AI system to the routine practice and patients' prognosis and outcomes.

Conditions

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Intracranial Aneurysm CT Angiography Deep Learning Double Bind Interaction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors
Study participants, nurses acquiring for patients' consent and radiographers acquiring head computered tomograhy angiography exams will be blinded to the randomization as it is automatically performed after the exam has been acquired.

A Sham-AI for the automatic detection of intracranial aneurysms has been delicately designed to mimic the True-AI model with a sensitivity close to zero and a similar specificity to True-AI. Thereforem, the participating radiologists interpreting head computered tomograhy angiography exams will also be blinded to the allocation of the AI models.

Study Groups

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True-AI-integrated intracranial aneurysms diagnosis strategy

For patients who underwent head CTA and assigned to True-AI group, they will be diagnosed by a radiologist who are aided by the True-AI-integrated intracranial aneurysms diagnosis strategy.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

True-AI-integrated intracranial aneurysms diagnosis strategy

Intervention Type DEVICE

The True-AI deep-learning based model for intracranial aneurysms detection had a patient-wise sensitivity, lesion-wise sensitivity and specificity of 0.96, 0.87, and 0.80 in the internal validation dataset.

Sham-AI-integrated intracranial aneurysms diagnosis strategy

For patients who underwent head CTA and assigned to Sham-AI group, they will be diagnosed by a radiologist who are aided by the Sham-AI-integrated intracranial aneurysms diagnosis strategy. To mimic the True-AI, the Sham-AI had a sensitivity close to 0% and a similar specificity to the True-AI.

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham-AI-integrated intracranial aneurysms diagnosis strategy

Intervention Type DEVICE

The Sham-AI deep-learning based model for intracranial aneurysms detection is designed to have a sensitivity close to 0% and a similar specificity to the True-AI. In the internal validation dataset, the Sham-AI had a patient-wise sensitivity, lesion-wise sensitivity, specificity of 0.02, 0.01, and 0.80, respectively.

Interventions

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True-AI-integrated intracranial aneurysms diagnosis strategy

The True-AI deep-learning based model for intracranial aneurysms detection had a patient-wise sensitivity, lesion-wise sensitivity and specificity of 0.96, 0.87, and 0.80 in the internal validation dataset.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham-AI-integrated intracranial aneurysms diagnosis strategy

The Sham-AI deep-learning based model for intracranial aneurysms detection is designed to have a sensitivity close to 0% and a similar specificity to the True-AI. In the internal validation dataset, the Sham-AI had a patient-wise sensitivity, lesion-wise sensitivity, specificity of 0.02, 0.01, and 0.80, respectively.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult inpatients and outpatients who are scheduled for head CTA scanning.

Exclusion Criteria

* Age under 18 years.
* Patients with contraindications to CTA.
* Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score \> 3.
* Refuse to sign informed consent.
* Participation in other clinical studies of intracranial aneurysms.
* Patients with failed head CTA scanning or incomplete image data, or poor image quality.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Jinling Hospital, China

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Zhang longjiang,MD

Head of Radiology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Trial Manager

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Jinling Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University

Locations

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The First Affiliated Hospital of University of Science and Technology of China

Hefei, Anhui, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College

Wuhu, Anhui, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital

Guiyang, Guizhou, China

Site Status RECRUITING

First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University

Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Shiyan People's Hospital

Shiyan, Hubei, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Research Institute Of Medical Imaging Jinling Hospital

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University

Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The First Hospital of Jilin University

Changchun, Jilin, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University

Jinan, Shandong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Yidu Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong Second Medical University

Weifang, Shandong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University

Kunming, Yunnan, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Hainan General Hospital

Haikou, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

The First People's Hospital of Kashgar Region

Kashgar, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

University Second Hospital

Lanzhou, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

First People's Hospital of Lianyungang

Lianyungang, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

Ma'anshan People's Hospital

Ma’anshan, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

BenQ Medical Center, Affiliated BenQ Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing Medical University

Nanjing, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

Long Gang Central Hospital of Shenzhen

Shenzhen, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

The Affiliated Suqian First Hospital of Nanjing Medical University

Suqian, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

Tianjin Medical University General Hospital

Tianjin, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University

Yinchuan, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Longjiang Zhang, MD

Role: CONTACT

+8613405833176

Facility Contacts

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Wei

Role: primary

86-13856005207

Zhou

Role: primary

86-18110876440

Wang

Role: primary

86-18685193598

Zhang

Role: primary

86-13673663923

Li

Role: primary

86-13597909005

longjiang Zhang, MD

Role: primary

13405833176

Hu

Role: primary

86-15262038898

Zhang

Role: primary

86-13843109555

Wang

Role: primary

86-15168886672

Feng

Role: primary

86-13562606690

He

Role: primary

86-13888967549

Chen

Role: primary

86-13876901502

Nijiati

Role: primary

86-13565662557

Zhou

Role: primary

86-15193107916

Gu

Role: primary

86-13815617997

Yang

Role: primary

86-13365557527

Zhou

Role: primary

86-13813951215

Zhang

Role: primary

86-18026971278

Xu

Role: primary

86-18012186660

Wang

Role: primary

86-13820976417

Wang

Role: primary

86-13995109434

References

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Shi Z, Hu B, Lu M, Chen Z, Zhang M, Yu Y, Zhou C, Zhong J, Wu B, Zhang X, Wei Y, Zhang LJ; China Aneurysm AI Project Group. Assessing the Impact of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Model for Intracranial Aneurysm Detection in CT Angiography on Patient Diagnosis and Outcomes (IDEAL Study)-a protocol for a multicenter, double-blinded randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2024 Jun 4;25(1):358. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08184-9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38835091 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2022NZKY-015-05

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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