PROTEUS Study : A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Stress Echocardiography

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BACKGROUND: Stress echocardiography (SE) is one of the most commonly used diagnostic imaging tests for coronary artery disease (CAD) but requires clinicians to visually assess scans to identify patients who may benefit from invasive investigation and treatment. EchoGo Pro provides an automated interpretation of SE based on artificial intelligence (AI) image analysis. In reader studies, use of EchoGo Pro when making clinical decisions improves diagnostic accuracy and confidence. Prospective evaluation in real world practice is now important to understand the impact of EchoGo Pro on the patient pathway and outcome.

METHODS: PROTEUS is a randomized, multicenter, 2-armed, noninferiority study aiming to recruit 2,500 participants from National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in the UK referred to SE clinics for investigation of suspected CAD. All participants will undergo a stress echocardiogram protocol as per local hospital policy. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to a control group, representing current practice, or an intervention group, in which clinicians will receive an AI image analysis report (EchoGo Pro, Ultromics Ltd, Oxford, UK) to use during image interpretation, indicating the likelihood of severe CAD. The primary outcome will be appropriateness of clinician decision to refer for coronary angiography. Secondary outcomes will assess other health impacts including appropriate use of other clinical management approaches, impact on variability in decision making, patient and clinician qualitative experience and a health economic analysis.

DISCUSSION: This will be the first study to assess the impact of introducing an AI medical diagnostic aid into the standard care pathway of patients with suspected CAD being investigated with SE.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov registration number NCT05028179, registered on 31 August 2021; ISRCTN: ISRCTN15113915; IRAS ref: 293515; REC ref: 21/NW/0199.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:263

Enthalten in:

American heart journal - 263(2023) vom: 15. Sept., Seite 123-132

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Woodward, Gary [VerfasserIn]
Bajre, Mamta [VerfasserIn]
Bhattacharyya, Sanjeev [VerfasserIn]
Breen, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Chiocchia, Virginia [VerfasserIn]
Dawes, Helen [VerfasserIn]
Dehbi, Hakim-Moulay [VerfasserIn]
Descamps, Tine [VerfasserIn]
Frangou, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Fazakarley, Carol-Ann [VerfasserIn]
Harris, Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Hawkes, Will [VerfasserIn]
Hewer, Oliver [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Casey L [VerfasserIn]
Krasner, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Laidlaw, Lynn [VerfasserIn]
Lau, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Marwick, Tom [VerfasserIn]
Petersen, Steffen E [VerfasserIn]
Piotrowska, Hania [VerfasserIn]
Ridgeway, Ged [VerfasserIn]
Ripley, David P [VerfasserIn]
Sanderson, Emily [VerfasserIn]
Savage, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Sarwar, Rizwan [VerfasserIn]
Tetlow, Louise [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, Ben [VerfasserIn]
Thulborn, Samantha [VerfasserIn]
Williamson, Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Woodward, William [VerfasserIn]
Upton, Ross [VerfasserIn]
Leeson, Paul [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 14.08.2023

Date Revised 15.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05028179

ISRCTN: ISRCTN15113915

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ahj.2023.05.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356953092