{"id":11233,"date":"2026-04-22T12:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/?p=11233"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:15:10","slug":"the-skincair-clinical-validation-study-has-officially-been-registered-on-clinicaltrials-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/the-skincair-clinical-validation-study-has-officially-been-registered-on-clinicaltrials-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"The SkincAIr clinical validation study has officially been registered on ClinicalTrials.gov."},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mo9vsx33-0e8f5acece96d029db562b99036412fb'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11243 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/skincair-banner-300x99.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/skincair-banner-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/skincair-banner-1030x340.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/skincair-banner-768x254.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/skincair-banner-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/skincair-banner-1500x495.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/skincair-banner-705x233.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/skincair-banner.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mo9vqq69-c7b21210cc2dd1a16e2c755241525e9f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>April 2026<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>SkincAIr consortium<\/strong> is pleased to announce that its clinical validation study, \u201c<em>Early <\/em><em>Detection and AI-Based Management of Skin-Related Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-<\/em><em>Saharan Africa by Frontline Health Workers (SkincAIr)<\/em>\u201d, has officially been registered on <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/\">ClinicalTrials.gov<\/a> under the <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/study\/NCT07506967\">identifier NCT07506967<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The study addresses a major public health challenge: approximately 1.8 billion people worldwide are affected by skin-related neglected tropical diseases, particularly in poor and<br \/>\nrural communities where access to specialist care is limited. <strong>SkincAIr<\/strong> is testing whether a<strong> mobile app powered by artificial intelligence<\/strong> can help frontline healthcare workers improve<br \/>\nthe early detection, diagnosis, and management of skin NTDs in real-world primary care setting<\/p>\n<p>The SkincAIr study will run in two phases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A 36-month image collection phase<\/strong>, during which dermatologists in Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nigeria will collect and annotate<br \/>\nclinical images in order to train the AI model.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A 24-month validation phase<\/strong> involving 50 frontline health workers and around 750 patients per country in Kenya, Ethiopia and Senegal, to assess the app&#8217;s diagnostic performance with and without it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During the validation phase, frontline healthcare workers will first diagnose patients without the support of AI technology, in order to establish a baseline level of performance. They will then use the <strong>SkincAIr app for an AI-assisted period<\/strong>, after which they will diagnose patients without the app to evaluate their retained skills. Various factors will be assessed during the study, including diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, time to diagnosis, referral patterns, cost implications, and epidemiological surveillance outcomes (including hotspot identification).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mo9vqe7m-3533c7bc2ded0aab51c110a723ff7c17\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mo9vqe7m-3533c7bc2ded0aab51c110a723ff7c17{\npadding-bottom:16px;\ncolor:#9d136b;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mo9vqe7m-3533c7bc2ded0aab51c110a723ff7c17 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mo9vqe7m-3533c7bc2ded0aab51c110a723ff7c17 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#9d136b;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mo9vqe7m-3533c7bc2ded0aab51c110a723ff7c17 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mo9vqe7m-3533c7bc2ded0aab51c110a723ff7c17 av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote elegant-quote elegant-centered  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  ><span class=\"heading-wrap\">A powerful African-European alliance working to close the healthcare gap in underserved regions<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mo9vqt5s-6146b0b1bbb8988f6a08636088cb16b1'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>SkincAIr is a collaborative effort involving research, clinical, academic, and implementation partners from across Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. The study is sponsored by the Kenya<br \/>\nMedical Research Institute (KEMRI) and supported by partners including the Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid, the Armauer Hansen Research Institute, the Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Initiative Nigeria, TeaCup Lab, the Order of Malta France, Sherwood, and the Universit\u00e9 Catholique de Bukavu, among others.<\/p>\n<p>This registration is an important step towards transparency, scientific credibility and alignment with international research standards. The study&#8217;s findings will be shared with the<br \/>\nrelevant national ministries of health, presented at local and international conferences, and reported to the appropriate institutional and regulatory authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>SkincAIR consortium<\/strong>, led by Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid, SkincAIr brings together<strong> 12 partners from Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa<\/strong>\u2014combining clinical, academic, technical, legal, and marketing expertise. Meet here all the partners involved in this ambitious project.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1881],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11233"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11242,"href":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11233\/revisions\/11242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gatv.ssr.upm.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}