Cardiology · Coronary CT plaque and ischaemia analysis

Cleerly Coronary Analysis

Cleerly, Inc.

CEUKCAFDAProspective

Cleerly turns a coronary CT angiogram into a quantitative plaque-and-stenosis profile, with a machine-learned ischaemia module bolted on. The diagnostic numbers are strong — 94 percent sensitivity in a CREDENCE substudy, AUC 0.88 against invasive angiography — but almost every study carries Cleerly-affiliated authors, and the register is a single jurisdiction: four US FDA clearances, no verifiable CE mark or other international authorisation.

Performance Metrics

94% / 68%SENSITIVITY / SPECIFICITY≥50% stenosis vs QCA, n=303 — JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2022 (manufacturer-authored)
0.88AUC VS INVASIVE ANGIOGRAPHYvs 0.66 for stress MPI — AJR 2022, n=301 (manufacturer-authored)
57.1%CHANGED DIAGNOSIS OR MANAGEMENTProspective cross-over, 750 patients, 5 sites — CERTAIN, EHJCI 2024
4FDA 510(k) CLEARANCESUS-only footprint; no verifiable CE / UKCA / international authorisation

Clinical Evidence

The published evidence base is substantial in volume and largely manufacturer-authored — a pattern worth carrying openly, since it shapes how much the diagnostic-accuracy figures can be leaned on. The strongest diagnostic-accuracy result is a CREDENCE trial substudy (Griffin et al., JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging 2022; n=303), which reported per-patient [[sensitivity]] and [[specificity]] of 94 percent and 68 percent for ≥50 percent stenosis against quantitative coronary angiography, with an [[npv]] of 90 percent — authors are Cleerly-affiliated. A companion analysis of CREDENCE patients (Lipkin et al., AJR 2022; n=301) found AI-QCT achieved an AUC of 0.88 for ≥50 percent stenosis versus 0.66 for stress myocardial perfusion imaging, with invasive angiography as reference — also manufacturer-authored. On prospective evidence, the CERTAIN study (Nurmohamed et al., European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging 2024) enrolled 750 consecutive patients across five expert CCTA sites in a cross-over design and found that AI-QCT was associated with a change in diagnosis or management in 57.1 percent of patients (p<0.001), with a 37.1 percent reduction in downstream testing after the ischaemia assessment; the authorship is again Cleerly-affiliated. A post-hoc analysis of the independent PACIFIC-1 cohort (Bernardo et al., Open Heart 2025; n=208) reported a per-patient AUC of 0.91 for AI-QCT versus 0.77 for expert readers (p<0.002) — manufacturer-authored, with independent site investigators. The foundational CREDENCE dataset paper (Stuijfzand et al., JAMA Cardiology 2020; n=612) is largely independent and established that comprehensive anatomical CCTA interpretation outperformed functional imaging against invasive FFR — the substrate the later Cleerly analyses were built on, rather than a test of the Cleerly software itself.

StudyDesignnSensitivitySpecificityAUCPublished
Griffin WF, Choi AD, Riess JS, et al. (CREDENCE substudy; Cleerly-affiliated)
RetrospectiveRetrospective
30394% (≥50% stenosis, per patient)68%JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2022; PPV 81%, NPV 90%, accuracy 84% vs QCA; PMID 35183478; manufacturer-authored
Lipkin I, Telluri A, Kim Y, et al. (CREDENCE patients; Cleerly-affiliated)
RetrospectiveRetrospective
301AI-QCT superior to stress MPIsee AUC0.88 (vs 0.66 MPI, ≥50% stenosis)AJR 2022;219:407-19; invasive angiography reference; PMID 35441530; manufacturer-authored
Nurmohamed NS, et al. (CERTAIN; Cleerly-affiliated)
ProspectiveProspective
750n/a (management-impact endpoint)n/aEur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2024; cross-over, 5 US sites; changed dx/mgmt 57.1% (p<0.001), downstream testing -37.1%; PMID 38270472; manufacturer-authored
Bernardo R, Nurmohamed NS, et al. (PACIFIC-1 post-hoc; Cleerly-affiliated, independent site investigators)
RetrospectiveRetrospective
208AI-QCT superior to expert readerssee AUC0.91 (vs 0.77 readers, per patient, p<0.002)Open Heart 2025; PMID 39800437; manufacturer-authored
Stuijfzand WJ, et al. (CREDENCE; largely independent)
ProspectiveProspective
612n/a (predictive-modelling endpoint)n/aJAMA Cardiol 2020;5:1338-48; foundational dataset — comprehensive CCTA interpretation superior to functional imaging vs invasive FFR; PMID 32822476

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Inside the algorithm

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How Cleerly reads a coronary CT angiogram.

Five stages — from raw input to verdict — drawn from manufacturer documentation and the public regulatory record.

  1. INGEST
  2. NORMALISE
  3. DETECT
  4. LOCALISE
  5. VERDICT

Stage 01 · INGEST

A coronary CT angiogram is uploaded to the cloud service.

The pathway begins with a standard coronary study acquired on the referring site's scanner. Cleerly is delivered as a web-based service: the images are uploaded rather than processed at the scanner, and the analysis is returned to the ordering clinician.

No additional radiation, pharmacological stress or invasive access is required beyond the CCTA itself.

Input

Coronary CCTA DICOM

Inference

Per-study

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Regulatory Approvals

CE
No verifiable CE mark under the EU MDR
UKCA
No verifiable UKCA / MHRA registration
FDA
Cleerly LABS v2.0 — Special 510(k) (product code QIH, 21 CFR subpart B diagnostic devices)

K242338

Class II

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Safety Record

MAUDE adverse-event report (manufacturer-filed)

Manufacturer-filed report (brand Cleerly Labs, product code LLZ, event type Injury) describing a discrepancy between the stenosis severity reported by Cleerly on CCTA and a later invasive coronary angiogram; a patient with a Cleerly-reported indeterminate finding declined recommended further testing. Filed in an abundance of caution; report cannot determine whether the software underreported severity or the disease progressed. No FDA recall or safety communication followed. MAUDE detail page not directly readable from this environment; corroborated via indexed copy.

MAUDE adverse-event report (manufacturer-filed)

Second manufacturer-filed report (brand Cleerly Labs, product code LLZ, event type Injury) describing a further Cleerly-versus-invasive-angiography stenosis discrepancy, including a case in which a patient subsequently presented with acute chest pain and high-grade blockages. Filed in an abundance of caution. No FDA recall or safety communication followed.

Two adverse-event reports were filed by the manufacturer to the FDA MAUDE database in 2024, both describing discrepancies between the stenosis severity reported by Cleerly on CCTA and a later invasive coronary angiogram — one case in which a patient declined recommended further testing, and one in which a patient later presented with acute chest pain and high-grade blockages. The manufacturer states both were submitted in an abundance of caution, and each notes it could not be determined whether the software underreported severity or the disease progressed in the interval. No FDA recall, enforcement action or safety communication for Cleerly was found in public reporting as of July 2026. The MAUDE detail pages could not be read directly from this environment; the case narratives above are corroborated through indexed copies. As adjunctive decision-support software, Cleerly does not deliver therapy or alter image acquisition, and the interpreting physician owns the verdict — a discrepancy between the software and invasive findings is a reason the reports exist, not a device malfunction.

Intended Use & Indications

Cleerly Labs is a web-based post-processing tool that ingests coronary CT angiography images from patients evaluated for coronary artery disease and produces a per-vessel account of atherosclerotic plaque volume, composition and stenosis severity. Cleerly ISCHEMIA, cleared as an adjunctive cardiovascular status indicator (21 CFR 870.2200), adds a machine-learned estimate of the functional significance of coronary lesions to support non-invasive assessment. Both products are adjunctive decision-support software per their indications: the outputs inform, but do not replace, the interpreting physician's judgment, and downstream diagnostic and treatment decisions remain with the treating clinician.