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Radiomics for Distinguishing Benign and Malignant Lung Nodules

Radiomics as a Non-Invasive Adjunct to Chest CT in Distinguishing Benign and Malignant Lung Nodules

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Differentiating between benign (non-cancerous) and malignant (cancerous) pulmonary nodules is a critical step in determining appropriate patient management and cancer treatment planning. Conventional evaluation using chest computed tomography (CT) relies on visual inspection of features such as size, shape, and borders; however, benign and malignant nodules frequently exhibit overlapping characteristics, which often necessitates invasive biopsy procedures. Radiomics is an emerging analytical technique that extracts high-dimensional quantitative data from standard medical images, including tissue texture, density patterns, and complex spatial features, that cannot be detected by visual inspection alone. The purpose of this observational study is to evaluate the utility of CT-derived radiomics combined with machine learning algorithms to non-invasively differentiate between benign and malignant pulmonary nodules. Researchers will extract quantitative imaging features from chest CT scans of patients presenting with pulmonary nodules measuring less than 5 cm to train and validate predictive machine learning models, with the goal of improving non-invasive diagnostic accuracy and reducing unnecessary biopsy procedures.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
255 (estimated)
First submitted
25 Sept 2026
Start date
Oct 2026
Primary completion date
Oct 2027
Lead sponsor
Assiut University
Diseases
Lung cancer
NCT number
NCT07852000

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 255
  • From Oct 2026 to the primary completion date, Oct 2027
  • No sites listed in no country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Chest computed tomography (CT) scan obtained more than 3 years prior.

Other

  • Patients with pulmonary nodules measuring greater than 5 cm in diameter.
  • Low-quality or artifact-compromised CT images unsuitable for radiomic feature extraction.

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients presenting with pulmonary nodules measuring less than 5 cm in diameter.
  • Chest computed tomography (CT) scan acquired within the preceding 1 year.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

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