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CompletedNCT02994004Updated Dec 15, 2016

Exploring Medical Decisions Using Functional MRI

An observational study in F-MRI Brain Imaging Data, sponsored by University Hospital, Montpellier. Completed. Open to participants aged 25 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-12-15.

Sponsored by University Hospital, Montpellier · Observational

Study type
Observational
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
34
Ages
25 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Hospital physicians are increasingly facing budgetary constraints that might have an impact on individual medical decisions (i.e. diagnostic or therapeutic decisions). This might translate into role conflict and ambiguity. We explore the medical decision-makingprocess of physicians usingfunctional MRI. Twenty hospital physicians will be asked to make simulated medical decisions during fMRI acquisitions, with and without explicit budgetary constraints. We will compare the fMRI data between the 2 modalities.

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Conditions studied

  • F-MRI Brain Imaging Data

Keywords

  • Hospital, medical decision-making, role conflict, f-MRI
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In context

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Montpellier is the lead sponsor of 1,244 studies on the registry; 225 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
25 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Hospital physicians

Inclusion criteria

  • Hospital physicians
  • working in the CHU of Montpellier

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contra indication to f-MRI
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Study design

Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
34 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • Otherno intervention
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Brain activation patterns measured by Functional magnetic resonance imaging

    Time frame: up to study completion, usually 2 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Level of role conflict, measured by the Kahn questionnaire (Kahn et al., 1964)

    Time frame: up tu study completion, usually 2 weeks

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 15, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02994004
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Montpellier
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 15, 2016
Start date
Jun 2013
Primary completion
Jul 2014
Completion
Jul 2015
Last update
Dec 15, 2016

Study contacts

Gregoire MERCIER, MD, PhD
principal investigator · University Montpellier Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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