a clinical trial to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of "waymed endo" compared to the endoscopists in classifying early gastric cancer (egc) based on the depth of invasion in endoscopic images

Conditions: Early Gastric Cancer

Summary: the purpose of this clinical trial is to prove that the prediction capability of 'waymed endo' is superior to that of the endoscopists in classifying egc based on the depth of invasion categories in gastro-endoscopic images. the computer-aided detection·diagnosis software is an artificial intelligence (ai) software used to assist medical specialists in diagnostic decisions by automatically classifying egc based on the depth of invasion categories in gastro-endoscopic images and displaying the results and possibilities on the user interface (ui).

this clinical trial aims to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of 'waymed endo' compared to that of endoscopists in classifying egc based on the depth of invasion categories in gastro-endoscopic images. it is designed as a retrospective, single-center, double-arm, double-blind (endoscopist, investigational medical device applicator), controlled, and pivotal trial. medical data collected retrospectively from subjects who underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (egd) and biopsy are screened. as a result of screening, medical data that meet all inclusion/exclusion criteria are enrolled and assigned to the trial and control groups. in the trial group, the investigational medical device is applied to the images, while the endoscopists interpret the images in the control group. the reference standard establishment committee records the reference standard results as either "mucosa (mucosal invasion)" or "submucosa (submucosal invasion)", based on the depth of invasion of the lesion, and marks the detected lesion area with an oval on the image. the reference standard results are blinded, so they cannot be disclosed to the endoscopists or the investigational medical device applicator. the primary endpoint includes the sensitivity (%) and specificity (%) of "waymed endo" and the endoscopists in classifying egc based on the depth of invasion categories ("mucosa" or "submucosa") as confirmed by the reference standard. the secondary endpoint includes the accuracy (%) of "waymed endo" and the endoscopists in accurately classifying all early gastric cancer images as either "mucosa" or "submucosa", based on the depth of invasion categories as confirmed through pathological examination.

Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: 1. patients aged 19 years or older who underwent egd 2. confirmed the presence of gastric cancer through the electronic medical record (emr), including reports of egd or pathology 1. m ("mucosa (mucosal invasion)"): medical data of early gastric cancer patients with confirmed "mucosa" for the depth of invasion category in the emr. 2. sm ("submucosa (submucosal invasion)"): medical data of early gastric cancer patients with confirmed "submucosa" for the depth of invasion category in the emr. exclusion criteria: 1. absence of pathological results for the lesion 2. history of gastrectomy 3. judged as inappropriate for inclusion by the investigator

Keywords: the depth of invasion categories for egc (mucosal invasion, submucosal invasion)