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RecruitingNCT07661433krittenhouseUpdated Oct 6, 2026

Prospective Evaluation of an AI Diagnostic Ultrasound Tool for Fetal Weight Estimation

An interventional study of AI ultrasound diagnostic tool for fetal weight estimation in Fetal Weight, Pregnancy and Machine Learning, sponsored by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Recruiting at 6 sites in 4 countries. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-06.

Sponsored by University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Jun 2026; still recruiting 4 months later.
Updated Oct 6, 2026Site recruiting status changedEligibility revised+5 moreGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1,000
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Purpose: The primary objective of this study is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of an AI-enabled ultrasound tool for estimating fetal weight Participants: 1,000 pregnant individuals Procedures (methods): This prospective diagnostic accuracy study will enroll 1,000 pregnant individuals within one week of anticipated delivery. At a single visit, each participant will undergo two ultrasound assessments: (1) standardized sweeps for AI analysis (performed by both specialist and nonspecialist users), (2) specialist-performed fetal biometry.

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Conditions studied

  • Fetal Weight
  • Pregnancy
  • Machine Learning
  • Pregnancy - Prenatal Testing

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In context

Fetal Weight

17 studies on the registry are indexed under Fetal Weight; 7 are open to participants now.

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Lead sponsor

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill is the lead sponsor of 1,372 studies on the registry; 133 are open to participants now.

Of its 161 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 139 (86%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years of age or older
  • Viable intrauterine pregnancy
  • Delivery expected within one week of study procedures between 24 0/7 and 42 6/7 weeks, including participants with a scheduled induction or cesarean delivery on a known date, or those admitted in spontaneous labor
  • Ability and willingness to provide written
  • Willingness to comply with all study procedures

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Maternal ≥ 40 kg/m\^2
  • Multiple gestation (i.e., twins or higher order)
  • Known major fetal malformation or anomaly
  • Any maternal condition (medical, psychological, or social) that, in the opinion of the study team, may interfere with study participation or data integrity.
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BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
1,000 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Fetal weight estimation by AI vs. specialist biometry

    Participants receive a standardized ultrasound sweep protocol and specialist-performed fetal biometry within one week of delivery

    Diagnostic Test: AI ultrasound diagnostic tool for fetal weight estimation

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testAI ultrasound diagnostic tool for fetal weight estimation

    Participants will undergo study-specific transabdominal ultrasound acquisition using standardized abdominal sweeps of the gravid abdomen, guided by external maternal landmarks and saved as cineloop videos. The cineloop videos will be analyzed by a locked deep-learning AI diagnostic tool to generate an estimated fetal weight. The AI-generated estimate will be compared with specialist-performed fetal biometry and actual birth weight to evaluate diagnostic accuracy.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Difference in Mean Absolute Percent Error (MAPE) in fetal weight estimation

    Mean of pairwise differences in absolute percent error between the AI diagnostic tool (index test) and specialist biometry (clinical reference standard), compared against actual birthweight (ground truth).

    Time frame: Within 1 week of delivery, 24-42 weeks of gestation

Secondary outcomes

  1. Proportion of fetal weight estimates within 10% of actual birthweight

    Between-method difference in the proportion of estimates within 10% of actual birthweight (ground truth) for the AI diagnostic tool (index test) versus specialist biometry (clinical reference standard).

    Time frame: Within 1 week of delivery, 24-42 weeks of gestation

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Study locations

2 of 6 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Deidentified individual data that supports the results will be shared beginning 9 and continuing for 36 months following publication provided the investigator who proposes to use the data has approval from an Institutional Review Board (IRB), Independent Ethics Committee (IEC), or Research Ethics Board (REB), as applicable, and executes a data use/sharing agreement with UNC.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Informed consent form

Time frame: beginning 9 and continuing for 36 months following publication

Access criteria: Investigator has approved IRB, IEC, or REB and an executed data use/sharing agreement with UNC

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Jun 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2026, 6 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jun 16, 2026
First posted
Jun 22, 2026
StartActual
Jun 29, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Dec 2026
CompletionEst.
Dec 2026
Last update
Oct 6, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
Sites
1 site added. University Teaching Hospital is now Recruiting
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  • The Ohio State University · Columbus, United States
Oct 6, 2026
Eligibility
Revised
Oct 6, 2026
Interventions
Arm changed Pregnant Women within One Week of Delivery→Fetal weight estimation by AI vs. specialist biometry
Oct 6, 2026
Contact
Study contact changed: j•••@unc.edu · •••4717→k•••@unc.edu · •••4717. See the current contact
Oct 6, 2026
Sponsor
Collaborators added: NCInnovation
Oct 6, 2026
Design
Study type Observational→Interventional
Oct 6, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Oct 6, 2026
    1 site added. University Teaching Hospital is now Recruiting
    Show site
    • The Ohio State University · Columbus, United States
    Eligibility Revised
    Interventions Arm changed Pregnant Women within One Week of Delivery→Fetal weight estimation by AI vs. specialist biometry
    Sponsor Collaborators added: NCInnovation
    Design Study type Observational→Interventional
    Contact Study contact changed: j•••@unc.edu · •••4717→k•••@unc.edu · •••4717. See the current contact
    + 1 other change: identifiers

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07661433
Collaborators
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, NCInnovation
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jun 22, 2026
Start date
Jun 29, 2026
Primary completion
Dec 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 6, 2026

Study contacts

Katelyn J Rittenhouse, MD
Contact
katelyn.rittenhouse@unc.edu
919-962-4717
Katelyn J Rittenhouse, MD
principal investigator · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Oversight

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