Retinal Clinical Assessment With AI-derived Quantitative Information
NCT ID: NCT07291960
Last Updated: 2025-12-18
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
21 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2025-12-15
2026-01-31
Brief Summary
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All reports produced by both groups will be de-identified and independently evaluated by a separate panel of senior ophthalmologists who are blinded to group allocation. The expert evaluators will assess report accuracy, completeness, clarity, and overall clinical quality using predefined scoring criteria. The study aims to determine whether access to quantitative retinal biomarkers enhances clinicians' reporting performance and reduces reporting time during retinal assessment tasks.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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AI-derived retinal quantification
AI-derived retinal quantitative information-assisted reporting
Clinicians assigned to the intervention arm will complete retinal clinical reports with access to an AI system that provides automated retinal feature quantification. The system generates multiple quantitative retinal biomarkers-including vessel characteristics, optic nerve head metrics, macular indices, and other region-specific structural measurements-derived from automated segmentation of each fundus image.
During report writing, clinicians can view these AI-generated quantitative values alongside the image. The system does not provide diagnostic labels, impressions, or textual interpretations; it only supplies numerical measurements intended to support clinicians' assessment. All clinical judgments, narrative descriptions, and final conclusions in the report are made solely by the clinician.
Routine clinical interpretation
No interventions assigned to this group
Outcome Assessor
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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AI-derived retinal quantitative information-assisted reporting
Clinicians assigned to the intervention arm will complete retinal clinical reports with access to an AI system that provides automated retinal feature quantification. The system generates multiple quantitative retinal biomarkers-including vessel characteristics, optic nerve head metrics, macular indices, and other region-specific structural measurements-derived from automated segmentation of each fundus image.
During report writing, clinicians can view these AI-generated quantitative values alongside the image. The system does not provide diagnostic labels, impressions, or textual interpretations; it only supplies numerical measurements intended to support clinicians' assessment. All clinical judgments, narrative descriptions, and final conclusions in the report are made solely by the clinician.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
1. Board-certified ophthalmologists or ophthalmology trainees (registrars or fellows) with clinical experience in interpreting fundus images.
2. Capable of independently completing retinal clinical reports based on fundus photography.
3. Willing and able to participate in the study tasks (report writing) under assigned study conditions.
4. Able to provide informed consent.
Expert Evaluators (Outcome Assessors)
1. Senior ophthalmologists with at least 5 years of post-certification clinical experience.
2. Not involved in the report-writing stage of the study.
3. Willing to evaluate de-identified reports across predefined quality dimensions.
4. Able to provide informed consent.
Fundus Images (Data Inputs)
1. Retinal fundus photographs of sufficient quality for clinical interpretation.
2. Images representing a range of common retinal findings (normal or abnormal).
3. Previously collected, de-identified images with no patient-identifiable information.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Lack of experience in interpreting fundus images (e.g., interns, medical students).
2. Prior involvement in the development, training, or validation of the AI system being tested.
3. Inability to complete reporting tasks due to time constraints or technical limitations.
4. Any condition that may interfere with ability to perform study tasks (e.g., prolonged absence).
Expert Evaluators
1. Participation in the intervention or control reporting arms.
2. Prior exposure to or involvement in development of the AI system.
3. Any conflict of interest affecting impartiality of report quality evaluation.
Fundus Images
1. Poor-quality images with insufficient clarity for interpretation.
2. Images containing artifacts or cropping that prevent accurate segmentation or assessment.
3. Images with any remaining patient identifiers (excluded to maintain confidentiality).
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Beijing Tongren Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Other Identifiers
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TRECK2018-056-GZ(2022)-07
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id