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Status unknownNCT04778670ScreenTrustCADUpdated Mar 14, 2023

Artificial Intelligence in Large-scale Breast Cancer Screening

An interventional study of AI CAD and Radiologist reading in Breast Neoplasm Female, sponsored by Karolinska University Hospital. Status unknown at 1 site in Sweden. Open to female participants aged 40 Years to 74 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-03-14.

Sponsored by Karolinska University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Mar 2023), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
55,579
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
40 Years to 74 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

This is a prospective clinical trial following a paired screen-positive design, with the aims to assess the performance of an artificial intelligence (AI) computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm as an independent reader, in addition to two radiologists, of screening mammograms in a true screening population. Since all decisions by individual readers will be recorded, it is possible to determine what the outcome would have been had one or two of the readers not been allowed to assess images, and to determine what the outcome would have been had the recall decision been performed by consensus decision (actual) compared to single reader arbitration of discordant cases.

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Conditions studied

  • Breast Neoplasm Female

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Keywords

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Breast Cancer
  • Mammography
  • Screening
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In context

Breast Neoplasms

12,543 studies on the registry are indexed under Breast Neoplasms; 2,892 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 55,579 is above the median of 72 across 9,302 interventional studies indexed under Breast Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Karolinska University Hospital is the lead sponsor of 275 studies on the registry; 54 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years to 74 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants in regular population-based breast cancer screening at Capio St Göran Hospital

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Incomplete exam (complete exam: mediolateral oblique and craniocaudal images of Left and Right breast)
  • Breast implant
  • Complete mastectomy (excluded from screening positive group)
  • Participant in surveillance program for prior breast cancer
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
55,579 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Standard of Care

    Standard of Care means all examinations will receive a flagging decision by: first reader and second reader radiologist as usual. However, in this paired design all participants will belong to both arms.

    Diagnostic Test: Radiologist reading

  • Experimental
    AI CAD combination

    AI CAD combination in the primary end-point means the combination of the flagging decision of the first reader and AI CAD; in the secondary end-points it means any combination of AI alone, or AI in combination with first, second and both readers.

    Diagnostic Test: AI CAD · Diagnostic Test: Radiologist reading

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testAI CAD

    The Lunit INSIGHT MMG will be used as the AI CAD in our study. Initially, version 1.6.1.1 will be installed. The software version will be continuously updated with subsequent software releases, after confirming in a historic calibration dataset that the performance is improved. The operating point will be set based on a historic calibration dataset to attain a joint sensitivity of breast cancer detection of AI and first reader which is 2% higher than for first and second reader.

    Also known as: Lunit INSIGHT MMG

  • Diagnostic testRadiologist reading

    Standard of care, each radiologist will assess the mammography examination, making a binary flagging decision (flag the examination to continue to consensus discussion, or not)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incident breast cancer

    Breast cancer diagnosis by pathologist

    Time frame: At Screening

  2. Incident breast cancer

    Breast cancer diagnosis by pathologist

    Time frame: Within 12 months after screening

  3. Incident breast cancer

    Breast cancer diagnosis by pathologist

    Time frame: Within 23 months after screening

Secondary outcomes

  1. Reader flagging

    Radiologist or AICAD assessing the mammograms as suspicious or not suspicious for malignancy

    Time frame: At screening

  2. Consensus recall

    A decision by the consensus discussion to recall the woman for further work-up

    Time frame: At screening

  3. Tissue sampling

    Biopsy or fine needle aspiration performed

    Time frame: At screening

  4. Process failure

    Failure of the AI CAD software to generate AI scores

    Time frame: At screening

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Study locations

1 site
  • Capio St Göran Hospital
    Stockholm, 11219, Sweden
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · May 16, 2022

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — To the extent allowed by source institution, legal agreements, and applicable laws and regulations

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 14, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04778670
Lead sponsor
Karolinska University Hospital
Collaborators
Capio Sankt Görans Hospital, Lunit Inc., Karolinska Institutet
Responsible party
Fredrik Strand (Registrar (biträdande överläkare), Karolinska University Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 3, 2021
Start date
Apr 1, 2021
Primary completion
Jun 9, 2022
Completion
Dec 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 14, 2023

Study contacts

Fredrik Strand, MD PhD
principal investigator · Karolinska University Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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