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Status unknownNCT06552247MAGICUpdated Aug 13, 2024

Glaucoma Algorithm Validation Study in African Population - the MAGIC Study

An interventional study of Fundus Picture AI testing in Glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy, sponsored by Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-08-13.

Sponsored by Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Aug 2024), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms require validation in a variety of populations to ensure widespread clinical applicability. In Ophthalmology, AI algorithms are reaching maturity in diagnosis such as diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. Higher-at-risk subjects of African descent are nevertheless usually under-represented in training datasets and therefore unclear about representativity.

A small scale validation study in consecutive patients in a large Eyesore unit in Mozambique will be performed to determine the diagnostic ability of these AI softwares in this population

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm's are the next frontier in medical management, usually meant to improve diagnostic capabilities and to optimize the existing resources. They are particularly relevant in settings where there is a lack of specialised Human Resources such as physicians.

Ensuring these algorithms can be used in a wide population is therefore crucial to clinical implementation. Validation studies in specific segments of populations are needed to ensure all patients are represented and the results are therefore reliable. Higher-at-risk subjects of African descent are nevertheless usually under-represented in training datasets and therefore unclear about representativity.

A pilot study for validation of an AI algorithm for Glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy will be done for the MONA G-RISK® and diabetic retinopathy. Consecutive patients from a large Eye Unit in Mozambique's capital will be screened using these AI algorithms and validated using clinical standard as ground truth.

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Conditions studied

  • Glaucoma
  • Diabetic Retinopathy

Keywords

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Validation
  • Screening
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In context

Glaucoma

1,844 studies on the registry are indexed under Glaucoma; 233 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 65 across 1,296 interventional studies indexed under Glaucoma.

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Lead sponsor

Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • subjects age above 18 years old presenting at the Eye Unit
  • willingness to sign an informed consent for the screening process

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • none
  • Poor quality in screening image will be included in the intention to treat analysis, but excluded from the diagnostic comparator outcome.
  • Patients with a known glaucoma diagnosis will not be excluded from the screening
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    AI-based fundus picture screening

    Volunteers will performed a full study visit as part of their regular Ophthalmology assessment. This will include a fundus picture, an Optic-disc entered OCT, a Visual Field exam and a clinical examination by a clinical expert. Fundus picture will be assessed by an AI algorithm (G-Risk) and labelled with referral vs non-referrable and compared with the clinical gold standard

    Diagnostic Test: Fundus Picture AI testing

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testFundus Picture AI testing

    G-Risk AI algorithm will assess the optic disc centered fundus picture and determine whether or not there is a need for referrable based on a pre-determined threshold (\>=0.73)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Diagnostic agreement between referring decision and reading center decision

    Level of agreement will be done between referring decision and the ground truth as assessed by the reading center (normal, glaucoma suspect; definitive glaucoma). All subjects from both centers (referred and non-referred) will be reviewed. For a primary outcome analysis, the middle category (glaucoma suspect) will be pooled together with the normal diagnosis

    Time frame: Duration of the study - 3 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Level of agreement (in %) between AI-risk score and human-based assessment of disease severity

    Reading center risk score of disease severity (ranked from 0 to 100) will be compared to the AI-based disease score. This will be done separately in each of the 3 categories (normal; glaucoma suspect; glaucoma). Analysis of this score would help refine clinical risk (high risk vs low risk patients) of each category. Exploratory analysis will be made to determine the added value of including this risk score in refining AI-based referral

    Time frame: After the study - 6 months

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 13, 2024, 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
NCT06552247
Lead sponsor
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte
Collaborators
Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital
Responsible party
Luis Abegao Pinto (Co-principal investigator, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 13, 2024
Start date
Aug 14, 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 31, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 13, 2024

Study contacts

Luis Abegao Pinto, MD, PhD
Contact
abegao.pinto@ulssm.min-saude.pt
+351 217 805 000
Quirina Tavares Ferreira, PhD
Contact
quirina.ferreira@ulssm.min-saude.pt
+351 217 805 000
Joana Ferreira, MD, PhD
study director · ULS Santa Maria
Amelia Buque, MD
study director · Dr. Agarwal Eye Hospital

Oversight

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