R-TF-015-008 Clinical development plan

Clinical development plan

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Peer-reviewed publications

Automatic SCOring of Atopic Dermatitis Using Deep Learning: A Pilot Study

• Published: February 10, 2022
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjidi.2022.100107

Dermatology Image Quality Assessment (DIQA): Artificial intelligence to ensure the clinical utility of images for remote consultations and clinical trials

• Published: December 13, 2022
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2022.11.002

Automatic International Hidradenitis Suppurativa Severity Score System (AIHS4): A novel tool to assess the severity of hidradenitis suppurativa using artificial intelligence

• Published: 05 June 2023
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/srt.13357

Automatic Urticaria Activity Score (AUAS): Deep Learning-based Automatic Hive Counting for Urticaria Severity Assessment

• Published: July 11, 2023
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjidi.2023.100218

The Utility and Reliability of a Deep Learning Algorithm as a diagnosis support tool in head & neck non-melanoma skin malignancies

• Published: September 6, 2024
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-024-08951-z

Upcoming papers

Automatic Psoriasis Area and Severity Index

• Code: APASI
• Current status: Under review by the journal
• Journal: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Clinical Practice (JEADV Clinical Practice)
• Submission date: March, 2025

Severity assessment and characterisation of Pressure Ulcer using deep learning

• Code: WOUNDS
• Current status: Work in progress.
• Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD)
• Submission date: Q1, 2025

Overcoming measurement challenges in clinical trials: a deep learning-based approach for monocular surface area measurement

• Code: AREA ESTIMATION
• Current status: Paper submitted to the journal, waiting for its response.
• Journal: British Journal of Dermatology.
• Submission date: March, 2025

ALADIN: Automatic Lesion And Density INdex. A Novel Tool for Automatic Acne Severity Assessment

• Code: ALADIN
• Code: ALADIN
• Current status: Paper submitted to the journal, waiting for its response.
• Journal: JAMA Dermatology.
• Submission date: March, 2025.

Development and assessment of an automated imaging medical device based on artificial intelligence for evaluating the severity of generalized pustular psoriasis

• Code: AGPPGA
• Current status: Seeking a scientific journal for the paper.
• Journal: Pending determination of the journal.
• Submission date: Q2, 2025

Enhancing diagnostic accuracy of generalised pustular psoriasis with Legit.Health, an AI-based certified medical device

• Code: DIAGNOSTIC SUPPORT
• Current status: Work in progress. Pending Review.
• Journal: Pending determination of the journal.
• Submission date: Q2, 2025

Enhanced Dermatology Image Quality Assessment Via Cross-Domain Training

• Code: DIQA V2
• Current status: Work in progress
• Journal: International Conference Proceedings by ACM
• Submission date: September, 2025

Limitations of the Diverse Dermatology Images dataset for fairness benchmarking of machine learning models in dermatology: findings and recommendations

• Code: FITZPATRICK
• Current status: Work in progress (paper in preparation)
• Journal: Pending determination of the journal
• Submission date: Q3, 2025

Automatic WOund Severity Index (AWOSI) estimation and characterization using deep learning

• Code: WOUNDS
• Current status: Work in progress (waiting to finish the clinical validation).
• Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD)
• Submission date: Q2, 2025

Real-world evaluation of an AI-powered dermatology tool: A multi-center study of Legit.Health's diagnostic performance in elderly homes

• Code: SANITAS
• Current status: Work in progress (waiting for author revision).
• Journal: Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD)
• Submission date: Q2, 2025

Enhancing diagnostic accuracy of melanoma with Legit.Health, an AI-based certified medical device

• Code: MELANOMA
• Current status: Paper in preparation (waiting for authors revision).
• Journal: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Clinical Practice (JEADV Clinical Practice).
• Submission date: Q2, 2025

Optimisation of clinical flow in patients with dermatological conditions using Legit.Health's AI medical device

• Code: IDEI
• Current status: Work in progress (paper in preparation).
• Journal: Pending determination of the journal
• Submission date: Q2, 2025

Artificial intelligence-based quantification to assess the Automatic Vitiligo Area Scoring Index

• Code: AVASI
• Current status: Work in progress (waiting to finish the clinical validation).
• Journal: Journal of Investigative Dermatology (JID).
• Submission date: Q2, 2025.

Activity in medical congress

Experience of using the Legit.Health artificial intelligence tool in the digital monitoring of chronic dermatological pathologies

Automatic International Hidradenitis Suppurativa Severity Score System

Hidradenitis artificial intelligence pilot project

Analysis of the Performance of a Medical Device with Artificial Intelligence for the Optimization of Clinical Flow in Patients with Pigmented Lesions

Performance Study of a Diagnostic Support Medical Device with Artificial Intelligence in 15 Nursing Homes

Analysis of the Performance of a Medical Device with Artificial Intelligence for the Optimization of Clinical Flow in Patients with Pigmented Lesions

Performance Analysis of an AI-Enhanced Medical Device for Optimizing Clinical Workflow in Patients with Pigmented Lesions

Automatic Generalized Pustular Psoriasis Physician Global Assessment (AGPPGA)

Validation study of artificial intelligence for the detection of Melanoma

ALADIN scale for automatic measurement of acne severity

Double intelligence: the future telematic follow-up of patients by Dra Elena Sanchez-Largo

Artificial Intelligence for the optimization of the referral of patients with skin pathologies

Automatic calculation of urticaria with Artificial Intelligence for accurate counting of wheals

Optimization of teledermatology in primary care

Automatic SALT: Reducing variability in the measurement of alopecia

Clinical investigation

The following table summarizes the clinical trials that have been conducted or are currently in progress. The table includes the code of the trial, its status, start and end dates, and acceptance criteria, among other details.

Medical DeviceAllLegit.Health PlusLegit.Health Legacy DevicePre/Post MarketAllPre-MarketPost-Market

MC_EVCDAO_2019

• Title: Clinical validation study of a CAD system with artificial intelligence algorithms for early noninvasive in vivo cutaneous melanoma detection
• Code: MC_EVCDAO_2019
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Legacy Device
• Sample Size: 105
• Start Date: 2020-02-10
• Completion Date: 2023-11-13
• Duration: 1372 days
• Ethics Approval: ✓
• Authority Approval: ✗
• Pre/Post Market: Pre-Market
• Status: Pre-clinical
• Justification: The approval of AEMPS was not necessary since this study was carried out with the Legacy device (CE-marked) within its intended use, and it was a non-interventional study
• Journal Submission: Expected to be sent in May 2025 to the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Clinical Practice

COVIDX_EVCDAO_2022

• Title: Clinical Validation of a Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) System Utilizing Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for Continuous and Remote Monitoring of Patient Condition Severity in an Objective and Stable Manner
• Code: COVIDX_EVCDAO_2022
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: 160
• Start Date: 2022-04-13
• Completion Date: 2023-10-23
• Duration: 558 days
• Ethics Approval: ✓
• Authority Approval: ✗
• Pre/Post Market: Pre-Market
• Status: Clinical
• Justification: Legit.Health Plus was used in this investigation under its intended use and within approved purposes. Test subjects were not subjected to conditions needing article 74(1) Regulation approvals
• Journal Submission: No

DAO_Derivación_PH_2022

• Title: Project to enhance Dermatology E-Consultations in Primary Care Centres using Artificial Intelligence Tools
• Code: DAO_Derivación_PH_2022
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: 131
• Start Date: 2022-06-24
• Completion Date: 2024-01-10
• Duration: 565 days
• Ethics Approval: ✓
• Authority Approval: ✗
• Pre/Post Market: Pre-Market
• Status: Clinical
• Justification: Legit.Health Plus was used in this investigation under its intended use and within approved purposes. Test subjects were not subjected to conditions needing article 74(1) Regulation approvals
• Journal Submission: No

IDEI_2023

• Title: Optimisation of clinical flow in patients with dermatological conditions using Artificial Intelligence
• Code: IDEI_2023
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: 204
• Start Date: 2024-01-25
• Completion Date: 2024-08-23
• Duration: 211 days
• Ethics Approval: ✓
• Authority Approval: ✗
• Pre/Post Market: Pre-Market
• Status: Clinical
• Justification: Legit.Health Plus was used in this investigation under its intended use and within approved purposes. Test subjects were not subjected to conditions needing article 74(1) Regulation approvals
• Journal Submission: No

SAN_2024

• Title: Non-invasive prospective Pilot in a Live Environment for the Improvement of diagnosis of skin pathologies in Primary Care and Dermatology
• Code: SAN_2024
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: 29
• Start Date: 2024-06-01
• Completion Date: 2024-10-10
• Duration: 131 days
• Ethics Approval: ✗
• Authority Approval: ✗
• Pre/Post Market: Pre-Market
• Status: Clinical
• Justification: Observational, non-interventional study using non-sensitive anonymised data; no direct interaction with patients. Ethics approval deemed unnecessary
• Journal Submission: No

BI_2024

• Title: Non-Invasive Prospective Pilot in a Live Environment for the improvement of diagnosis of Generalized Pustular Psoriasis
• Code: BI_2024
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: 100
• Start Date: 2024-06-01
• Completion Date: 2024-09-15
• Duration: 106 days
• Ethics Approval: ✗
• Authority Approval: ✗
• Pre/Post Market: Pre-Market
• Status: Clinical
• Justification: Observational, non-interventional study using anonymised data; no direct patient interaction
• Journal Submission: No

PH_2024

• Title: Non-invasive prospective Pilot in a Live Environment for the Improvement of the diagnosis of skin pathologies in Primary Care
• Code: PH_2024
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: 30
• Start Date: 2024-06-04
• Completion Date: 2024-09-13
• Duration: 101 days
• Ethics Approval: ✗
• Authority Approval: ✗
• Pre/Post Market: Pre-Market
• Status: Clinical
• Justification: Observational, non-interventional study using anonymised data; no direct patient interaction
• Journal Submission: No

DAO_Derivation_O_2022

• Title: Pilot study for the clinical validation of an artificial intelligence algorithm to optimize the appropriateness of dermatology referrals. (Ongoing Study)
• Code: DAO_Derivation_O_2022
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: 117
• Start Date: 2022-11-23
• Completion Date: 2025-04-04
• Duration: 863 days
• Ethics Approval: ✓
• Authority Approval: ✗
• Pre/Post Market: Pre-Market
• Status: Clinical
• Justification: Legit.Health Plus was used in this investigation under its intended use and within approved purposes. Test subjects were not subjected to conditions needing article 74(1) Regulation approvals
• Journal Submission: No

AIHS4 2025

• Title: Evaluation of AIHS4 Performance in the M-27134-01 Clinical Trial for Hidradenitis Suppurativa
• Code: AIHS4 2025
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: 2
• Start Date: 2024-06-04
• Completion Date: 2024-07-11
• Duration: 37 days
• Ethics Approval: ✗
• Authority Approval: ✗
• Pre/Post Market: Pre-Market
• Status: Clinical
• Justification: Observational, non-interventional study using anonymised data; no direct patient interaction
• Journal Submission: No

triaje_VH_2025

• Title: Evaluating the performance of Legit.Health in automated triage in teledermatology
• Code: triaje_VH_2025
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: N/A
• Start Date: 2025-06-01
• Completion Date: N/A
• Ethics Approval: N/A
• Authority Approval: N/A
• Pre/Post Market: Post-Market
• Status: Planned
• Justification: N/A
• Journal Submission: Not applicable yet

CVCSD_VC_2402

• Title: Study for the clinical validation of a medical device for prioritising follow-up visits in patients at risk of melanoma
• Code: CVCSD_VC_2402
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: N/A
• Start Date: 2025-06-01
• Completion Date: N/A
• Ethics Approval: N/A
• Authority Approval: N/A
• Pre/Post Market: Post-Market
• Status: Planned
• Justification: N/A
• Journal Submission: Not applicable yet

clinical_VH_2025

• Title: Pilot study for the clinical validation of a medical device for the automatic triage in teledermatology
• Code: clinical_VH_2025
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: N/A
• Start Date: 2025-06-30
• Completion Date: N/A
• Ethics Approval: N/A
• Authority Approval: N/A
• Pre/Post Market: Post-Market
• Status: Planned
• Justification: N/A
• Journal Submission: Not applicable yet

AFF_EVCDAO_2021

• Title: Pilot study for the clinical validation of a medical device for the quantification of severity and monitoring of the evolution of patients with FFA (Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia)
• Code: AFF_EVCDAO_2021
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: N/A
• Start Date: 2025-07-31
• Completion Date: N/A
• Ethics Approval: N/A
• Authority Approval: N/A
• Pre/Post Market: Post-Market
• Status: Planned
• Justification: N/A
• Journal Submission: Not applicable yet

acne

• Title: Pilot study for the clinical validation of a medical device for the automatic assessment of severity and remote monitoring of patients with acne
• Code: acne
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: N/A
• Start Date: 2025-07-01
• Completion Date: N/A
• Ethics Approval: N/A
• Authority Approval: N/A
• Pre/Post Market: Post-Market
• Status: Planned
• Justification: N/A
• Journal Submission: Not applicable yet

aEASI_HVN

• Title: Pilot study for the clinical validation of an automatic EASI scoring system with artificial intelligence algorithms to assess the severity of atopic dermatitis
• Code: aEASI_HVN
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: N/A
• Start Date: 2025-07-01
• Completion Date: N/A
• Ethics Approval: N/A
• Authority Approval: N/A
• Pre/Post Market: Post-Market
• Status: Planned
• Justification: N/A
• Journal Submission: Not applicable yet

PMCF-ICD-DXP-2026

• Title: Image-based diagnosis non-interventional performance analysis
• Code: PMCF-ICD-DXP-2026
• Medical Device: Legit.Health Plus
• Sample Size: N/A
• Start Date: 2026-11-01
• Completion Date: N/A
• Ethics Approval: ✗
• Authority Approval: ✗
• Pre/Post Market: Post-Market
• Status: Post-Market
• Justification: Observational, non-interventional study using anonymised data; no direct patient interaction
• Journal Submission: Not applicable yet

Timeline and milestones

• 2025
  • Start of the study CVCSD_VC_2402
  • Start of the study LEGIT.HEALTH_acne
  • Start of the study LEGIT.HEALTH_aEASI_2024
  • Start of the study LEGIT.HEALTH_triaje_VH_2024
  • Start of the study Legit.Health_DAO_wounds
  • Start of the study Legit.Health_clinical_VH_2025
  • Start of the study Legit.Health_AVASI
  • Start of the study LEGIT_AFF_EVCDAO
  • Completition of the study LEGIT.HEALTH_aEASI_2024
  • Completition of the study Legit.Health_DAO_wounds
• 2026
  • Completition of the study CVCSD_VC_2402
  • Completition of the study LEGIT.HEALTH_acne
  • Completition of the study LEGIT.HEALTH_triaje_VH_2024
  • Completition of the study Legit.Health_clinical_VH_2025
  • Completition of the study Legit.Health_AVASI
  • CE certification completed
  • FDA certification completed
  • Expected Market launch
• 2027
  • Completition of the study LEGIT_AFF_EVCDAO

Conclusions

This CDP outlines a structured and comprehensive approach to the clinical development of the device, ensuring thorough evaluation at each phase of development. The plan outlines a clear regulatory pathway, leading to the successful market introduction and long-term monitoring of the device.

Signature meaning

The signatures for the approval process of this document can be found in the verified commits at the repository for the QMS. As a reference, the team members who are expected to participate in this document and their roles in the approval process, as defined in Annex I Responsibility Matrix of the GP-001, are:

• Author: Team members involved
• Reviewer: JD-003, JD-004
• Approver: JD-005