Multimodal Deep Learning for Lymph Node Metastasis Prediction and Physician Performance Assessment in T1 Gastric Cancer

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorQun Zhao

About this trial

This study aims to develop and validate an artificial intelligence (AI) model that integrates clinical, pathological, and imaging data to predict the presence of lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with T1-stage gastric cancer.

The study will also compare the diagnostic performance of physicians with and without AI assistance, including clinicians with varying levels of experience.

The goal is to improve early decision-making and support more personalized treatment strategies for patients with early gastric cancer.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

None

Trial population

Patients diagnosed with T1-stage gastric adenocarcinoma who undergo radical gastrectomy with lymph node dissection at participating centers. Participants must have available preoperative clinical, imaging, and pathological data for AI model input and postoperative histopathological confirmation of lymph node status.

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Diagnostic Model for Lymph Node Metastasis in T1 Gastric Cancer

    Diagnostic test

    This intervention involves the use of a custom-built artificial intelligence (AI) diagnostic model that integrates multimodal data-including clinical variables, histopathological features, and imaging data-to predict lymph node metastasis in patients with T1-stage gastric cancer. The model provides risk probability scores and classification outputs that assist physicians in diagnostic decision-making. The AI system will be compared with physician performance at different levels of experience (resident, attending, senior) to assess its impact on diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision support.

Treatment groups

No treatment groups listed

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Diagnostic Accuracy of the AI Model for Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in T1 Gastric Cancer

Time frame
Immediately after surgery (within 7 days postoperatively, based on final pathological report)
2

Diagnostic Accuracy of the AI Model for Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in T1 Gastric Cancer

Time frame
At the time of final pathological diagnosis (typically within 3-7 days after surgery)

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Qun Zhao

Lead sponsor

Hebei Medical University

Sponsor institution