AI for Rare Disease Diagnosis in Real World

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age0+
SponsorPeking Union Medical College Hospital

About this trial

A multicentre, prospective, cluster-randomised, parallel-controlled real-world effectiveness study evaluating whether a rare-disease diagnostic large language model can improve diagnostic quality, efficiency, and health-economic outcomes for physicians managing patients with suspected rare or diagnostically unresolved disease.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Any age. Legal guardian co-signs consent for minors or individuals lacking legal capacity.

Diagnostically unresolved or suspected rare disease, with at least one prior complete clinical evaluation at a secondary-level or higher institution yielding no confirmed explanatory diagnosis.

First presentation to the enrolling institution for the current condition, with no prior records in the institutional HIS or outpatient system.

No prior genetic testing related to the current condition; no results or reports available.

Disqualifiers

Confirmed diagnosis (clinical, pathological, or molecular) explaining the primary symptoms.

Emergency presentation, critical illness, or any condition incompatible with trial participation.

Neither patient nor legally authorised proxy able to complete follow-up.

Concurrent enrollment in another interventional study with diagnostic accuracy or genetic testing yield as a primary endpoint.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • AI system

Treatment groups

1,055 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Lead sponsor

Cangzhou Central Hospital

Collaborator

Zhangzhou Municipal Hospital

Collaborator

Dongguan People's Hospital

Collaborator

First People's Hospital of Foshan

Collaborator

Tibet Autonomous Region People's Hospital

Collaborator

Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital

Collaborator

Tianjin Children's Hospital

Collaborator

The First People's Hospital of Yunnan

Collaborator

Qinghai People's Hospital

Collaborator