- Pentavere collaborated with Princess Margaret Cancer Centre’s Radiation Oncology Department to assess the feasibility and accuracy of DARWEN™ AI to find patients experiencing radiation related toxicities based on information retrieved from electronic health records.
- The data and results from this groundbreaking AI research collaboration have been accepted for presentation at the American Society for Radiation Oncology in Washington DC on September 29th and the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology in Vancouver on September 11th.
- This work underscores the potential of AI powered clinical decision support to provide insights into the long-term care of cancer patients and to support oncological decision-making, balancing the act of curing cancer patients with the hardship faced by cancer survivors.
Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – June 24, 2024) – HEALWELL AI Inc. (TSX: AIDX) (OTCQX: HWAIF) (“HEALWELL” or the “Company“), a healthcare technology company focused on AI and data science for preventative care, is pleased to announce that a successful AI research collaboration between its subsidiary, Pentavere Research Group Inc. (“Pentavere“), and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre to assess the feasibility and accuracy of Pentavere’s DARWEN™ AI system to find patients experiencing radiation related toxicities using electronic health records has been accepted for presentation and publication at two prestigious medical conferences.
Approximately half of all cancer patients undergo radiotherapy1 and up to 10% of these patients will develop severe toxicity2 affecting their quality of life and survival. The ability to identify these patients as early as possible is critical to these patients’ outcomes and survival. The Adult Radiation Late Effect Clinic (ARLEC) at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is the only clinic of its kind in Canada established to help patients affected by radiotherapy side effects, but the data required to identify and do research on these patients is buried within the clinical text of electronic health records which is extremely time consuming and expensive to analyze. This continued AI validation builds upon Pentavere’s previously published work demonstrating how DARWEN™ AI powered clinician co-pilot system can support physicians to improve patient outcomes and is one of the first to use AI to identify long-term radiotherapy toxicities in head and neck cancer patients.
The data and results from this groundbreaking AI research collaboration have been accepted for presentation at the American Society for Radiation Oncology in Washington DC on September 29th and the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology in Vancouver on September 11th.
Dr. Philip Wong Radiation Oncologist at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre commented: “Early identification of these patients is critical to improve outcomes, but frequently they get missed or their referral delayed. This study demonstrated that with Pentavere’s AI we can explore our entire cancer population in a way we’ve never done before and accelerate our ability to intervene early with multidisciplinary preventative care to improve outcomes and preserve patient quality of life.”
Aaron Leibtag, Co-Founder and CEO at Pentavere, commented, “We continually hear from clinicians, scientists, and policy makers the paramount importance in building trust through peer reviewed validation to unlock the potential of AI in healthcare. We are grateful to Dr. Wong and The Adult Radiation Late Effect Clinic (ARLEC) at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre for partnering with Pentavere to build this trust together. This successful collaboration is further evidence demonstrating the power of AI to identify patients, detect disease, and support clinicians by accelerating the time-to-discovery of clinical insights buried in electronic health records. This is another step forward in our mission to support clinicians so that they can provide the best care to their patients.”
This work underscores the potential of AI powered clinical decision support to provide insights into the long-term care of cancer patients and to support oncological decision-making, balancing the act of curing cancers patients with the hardship faced by cancer survivors.
DARWEN™, Pentavere’s AI engine, unlocks a deeper understanding of patient treatment needs by enabling effortless data access and rapid insight generation. DARWEN™ harnesses EMR data and utilizes advanced large language models to analyze disparate and siloed clinical notes that are otherwise very challenging to access, allowing meaningful solutions to some of healthcare’s biggest challenges and delivering on the current need for medicine to become more personalized.
Dr. Alexander Dobranowski
Chief Executive Officer
HEALWELL AI Inc.
Footnotes:
(1) Chaput G, Regnier L. Radiotherapy: Clinical pearls for primary care. Can Fam Physician. 2021 Oct;67(10):753-757. doi: 10.46747/cfp.6710753. PMID: 34649900; PMCID: PMC8516179.
(2) Lapierre A, Bourillon L, Larroque M, Gouveia T, Bourgier C, Ozsahin M, Pèlegrin A, Azria D, Brengues M. Improving Patients’ Life Quality after Radiotherapy Treatment by Predicting Late Toxicities. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Apr 22;14(9):2097. doi: 10.3390/cancers14092097. PMID: 35565227; PMCID: PMC9099838.
About HEALWELL AI
HEALWELL is a healthcare technology company focused on AI and data science for preventative care. Its mission is to improve healthcare and save lives through early identification and detection of disease. Using its own proprietary technology, the Company is developing and commercializing advanced clinical decision support systems that can help healthcare providers detect rare and chronic diseases, improve efficiency of their practice and ultimately help improve patient health outcomes. HEALWELL is executing a strategy centered around developing and acquiring technology and clinical sciences capabilities that complement the Company’s road map. HEALWELL is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “AIDX” and on the OTC Exchange under the symbol “HWAIF”. To learn more about HEALWELL, please visit https://healwell.ai/.
About Pentavere
Pentavere Research Group is a globally recognized and award-winning AI digital health company that has built a best-in-class AI engine to identify patients that are eligible for approved medications or interventions, to improve outcomes for patients and help drive therapy growth and penetration. Pentavere’s AI system, DARWEN™, identifies patients that are eligible for but not receiving approved medications or interventions, improving outcomes for patients and helping drive appropriate therapy growth and penetration.
About UHN Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
UHN is Canada’s No. 1 hospital and the world’s No. 1 publicly funded hospital. With 10 sites and more than 20,000 members of TeamUHN, UHN consists of Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, The Michener Institute of Education at UHN and West Park Healthcare Centre. As Canada’s top research hospital, the scope of research and complexity of cases at UHN have made it a national and international source for discovery, education and patient care.
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