Artificial Intelligence-Based Early Warning for Distant Metastasis in Malignant Tumors
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Malignant Tumor With Metastasis. Basic parameters: 18 years — 95 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Early detection and timely intervention of distant metastasis are essential for improving the prognosis of patients with malignant tumors. However, current clinical methods have notable limitations. Conventional imaging can only detect macroscopic metastatic lesions, failing to seize the optimal intervention window before metastasis occurs or during the micrometastasis stage. Previous research has adopted artificial intelligence to break the constraints of traditional imaging and realized subclinical early warning of distant metastasis based on retrospective data. On this basis, the present study aims to systematically validate the predictive performance and generalizability of the model in real-world clinical settings via a prospective cohort. This study intends to establish an organ-specific, non-invasive and cost-effective pan-cancer tool for early warning of distant metastasis. It can gain critical time for clinical intervention, help reduce the incidence of distant metastasis and ultimately optimize patient prognosis.
Primary outcome measures
- Incidence of distant metastasis [Time frame: At each routine follow-up visit (interval: approximately 6 months to 1 year)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Aged ≥ 18 years old;
- Diagnosed with malignant tumor confirmed by histopathology;
- No distant metastasis detected at baseline enrollment assessment;
- Regular imaging examinations for distant metastasis assessment are scheduled in the routine follow-up protocol after enrollment;
- Complete baseline clinicopathological data are available;
- Patients provide informed consent and permit researchers to collect and analyze their subsequent imaging and clinicopathological data.
Exclusion criteria
- Concurrent presence of two or more primary malignant tumors;
- Presence of any medical or social factors that may interfere with completion of routine imaging follow-up.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07616011 · SYSKY-2026-372-01