It's all about the stage shift
Optellum Virtual Nodule Clinic®, is a unique & complete solution for early lung cancer diagnosis with seamless EHR & PACS integration. It is UKCA and CE marked, and available for clinical use in the UK and across Europe.
Optellum is trusted by industry & academic leaders
Hospitals lose a million lung nodule patients to follow-up every year
Some of these nodules are cancer 1,2
More cancers found with interventional procedures 3
Stage I lung cancers treated earlier 4
Saved on total cost of care per site 5,6
VNC is a unique & complete solution for early lung cancer diagnosis with UKCA / CE marking. It has a triple-pronged approach
Patient Safety Net AI
Our Patient Safety Net AI module runs configurable and automated overnight searches to find nodules in radiology reports across hospital sites, achieving 100% sensitivity and 98% specificity, 7 surfacing them more quickly than would otherwise be done.
Triage, track, manage
Our dedicated workflow management system provides incidental finding and screening dashboards with patient timelines to enable efficient enrollment and triage. Nurse navigators praise its ease of use and seamless workflow.
Optellum Lung Cancer Prediction® (LCP) AI
Our clinically validated risk stratification & decision support tool LCP AI uses deep learning & radiomics to analyse CT images to produce a user-friendly cancer risk score, the only FDA-cleared AI solution, outperforming standard-of-care models such as Brock and Mayo. 8,9
Potentially life-saving for patients
12%
5-y survival at stage 3C 10
90%
5-y survival at stage 1A
A care pathway transformed
Journey under standard care
A patient with an undiagnosed cancerous lung nodule undergoes a scan for an unrelated condition (i.e. not lung cancer). Their typical journey looks like this under standard of care.
Opportunities for problems:
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Patient has CT scan
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Radiologist writes report
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Referring physician reviews report
Other clinic -
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Patient referred to nodule clinic
Other clinic -
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Nurse navigator reviews case
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Lung nodule specialist (interventional pulmonologist or thoracic surgeon) reviews case*
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Lung nodule specialist consults patient
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Patient PET-CT scan scheduled
Radiology -
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Patient has PET-CT scan
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Radiologist writes report
Radiology -
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Interventional procedure scheduled
Lung nodule clinic
*Interventional pulmonologist or thoracic surgeon
Optimised journey with Optellum
Optellum's VNC transforms this with fewer opportunities for delayed and lost care.
Opportunities for problems:
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error_medPatient to be lost to care
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Patient has CT scan
Radiology -
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Radiologist writes report
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Patient referred to nodule clinic by Patient Discovery AI
Other clinic -
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Nurse navigator reviews case
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LCP AI produces cancer risk score of nodule
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Lung nodule specialist consults patient
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Interventional procedure scheduled
Lung nodule clinic
We are helping make lung nodule & lung cancer care:
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checkMore effectivewith fewer chances for patients to be lost to care
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checkMore transparentwith a simple cancer risk score that aids clinician-patient discussions
Foootnotes
1. Gould et al 2015
2. Borg et al 2024
3. Dotson et al (in preparation)
4. Lee et al 2024
5. Conservative budget impact estimate for typical NHS 1,000-bed site based on reducing unnecessary CT and PET/CT scans. Excludes savings from avoiding benign biopsies and other late-stage disease treatments. Costs based on National Schedule of NHS Costs
6. Tsakok et al 2021
7. Dotson et al 2023
8. Wulaningsih et al 2024
9. Baldwin et al 2020
10. Detterbeck et al 2024