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RecruitingNCT06525181Updated Oct 10, 2024

AI as an Aid for Weekly Symptom Intake in Radiotherapy

An interventional study of Generative Artificial Intelligence and Standard weekly symptom intake in Radiotherapy Side Effect, Pelvic Cancer and Patient, sponsored by jaide. Recruiting at 1 site in Brazil. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-10-10.

Sponsored by jaide · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Nov 2024, 1 year 11 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Jul 2024; still recruiting 2 years 2 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
200
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The study investigates the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of weekly treatment consultations (OTVs) in radiotherapy. It hypothesizes that an AI-enabled symptom summary tool will match traditional medical review methods in accuracy while saving time. The study includes patients undergoing pelvic radiotherapy and excludes those with pelvic reirradiation or who have undergone surgery. Patients will receive both standard and AI-assisted weekly consultations, with AI summaries generated using the OpenAI GPT-4 API. Blinded oncologists will compare the accuracy and quality of the AI-generated and doctor-generated summaries, while patients and doctors will rate these summaries. The primary objective is to evaluate the accuracy and time efficiency of AI-assisted symptom summaries compared to traditional methods.

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This clinical trial is a comparative study designed to evaluate the accuracy and time efficiency of an AI-enabled symptom summary tool in comparison to traditional medical review methods in patients undergoing radiotherapy in the pelvic region.

Hypothesis:

The AI-enabled symptom summary tool is hypothesized to be non-inferior in accuracy to traditional medical review methods and to save time in the process.

Primary Outcome:

Accuracy of Documentation: The quality of the documentation will be evaluated using the Physician Documentation Quality Instrument-9 (PDQI-9), a validated questionnaire that assesses nine key elements of documentation quality: completeness, correctness, consistency, comprehensibility, relevance, organization, conciseness, formatting, and overall impression. Blinded specialist doctors will use the PDQI-9 to evaluate both AI-generated and traditional summaries, assigning scores from 1 to 10.

Secondary Outcomes:

Time Efficiency: The time required to complete the AI-enabled and traditional consultations will be recorded and compared.

Physician Satisfaction: A custom-designed satisfaction questionnaire will be administered to the physicians participating in the study. This questionnaire will include Likert-scale questions to rate various aspects of satisfaction, including ease of use, time efficiency, accuracy perception, and overall satisfaction.

Patient Satisfaction: A custom-designed satisfaction questionnaire will be administered to the patients participating in the study. This questionnaire will include Likert-scale questions to rate various aspects of satisfaction, including clarity and understanding, perceived accuracy, engagement and interaction, and overall satisfaction.

Methodology:

Patient Selection: Patients meeting the inclusion criteria will be selected for participation. Exclusion criteria will be applied to eliminate cases of pelvic reirradiation or prior operations in the pelvic region.

Consultation Process: Patients will undergo a standard weekly consultation with a doctor. In the same week, each patient will also have a separate consultation with a different doctor. During this second consultation, a symptom questionnaire will be completed under medical supervision. The resulting summary from this questionnaire will be generated using the OpenAI GPT-4 API.

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Conditions studied

  • Radiotherapy Side Effect
  • Pelvic Cancer
  • Patient

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Keywords

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Patient-Reported Outcome
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In context

Pelvic Neoplasms

98 studies on the registry are indexed under Pelvic Neoplasms; 27 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 200 is above the median of 42 across 63 interventional studies indexed under Pelvic Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with jaide as lead sponsor.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

All patients undergoing radiotherapy in the pelvic region.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

Cases of pelvic reirradiation or operated cases.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
200 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Standard weekly symptom assessment by physicians

    Other: Standard weekly symptom intake

  • Experimental
    AI-assisted symptom intake

    Other: Generative Artificial Intelligence

Interventions

  • OtherGenerative Artificial Intelligence

    Gen AI assisted symptom intake summarization

  • OtherStandard weekly symptom intake

    Standard weekly symptom intake performed by a physician

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The Physician Documentation Quality Instrument-9 (PDQI-9)

    The Physician Documentation Quality Instrument-9 (PDQI-9) will be used to evaluate the quality of the documentation. The PDQI-9 is a validated questionnaire that assesses nine key elements of documentation quality: completeness, correctness, consistency, comprehensibility, relevance, organization, conciseness, formatting, and overall impression.

    Time frame: 2 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time tracking

    The total time spent with each patient and on documentation will be recorded for both the standard and AI-enabled consultations.

    Time frame: 2 months

  2. Accuracy

    A team of blinded specialist oncologists will compare the summaries generated by both methods. Accuracy ratings will be assigned based on tabulated data from the completed questionnaires. Patients will be shown both the AI-generated summary and the doctor's summary and will be asked to rate their accuracy on a scale from 1 to 10.

    Time frame: 2 months

  3. Physician satisfaction

    Physician Satisfaction Assessment: Physician satisfaction with the AI-enabled symptom summary tool compared to traditional documentation methods will be evaluated. Measurement Tool: A custom-designed satisfaction questionnaire will be administered to the physicians participating in the study. This questionnaire will include Likert-scale questions to rate various aspects of satisfaction, including: Ease of Use: Physicians will rate how easy they find the AI-enabled tool to use compared to traditional methods. Time Efficiency: Physicians will assess whether the AI tool saves time during patient consultations and documentation. Overall Satisfaction: An overall satisfaction score will be provided, reflecting the physician's general experience with the AI tool.

    Time frame: 2 months

  4. Patient satisfaction

    Patient Satisfaction Assessment: Patient satisfaction with the AI-enabled symptom summary tool compared to traditional documentation methods will be evaluated as a secondary outcome of this trial. Measurement Tool: A custom-designed satisfaction questionnaire will be administered to the patients participating in the study. This questionnaire will include Likert-scale questions to rate various aspects of satisfaction, including: Clarity and Understanding: Patients will rate how clear and understandable they find the AI-generated summaries compared to traditional documentation. Engagement and Interaction: Patients will evaluate their engagement and interaction experience during consultations using the AI tool versus traditional methods. Satisfaction: An overall satisfaction score will be provided, reflecting the patient's general experience with the AI tool.

    Time frame: 2 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Instituto Nacional de Câncer José Alencar Gomes da Silva - INCA
    Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
    • Rachele Rachele Grazziotin, MD · Contact
    Recruiting
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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 Oct 10, 2024, 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
NCT06525181
Lead sponsor
jaide
Collaborators
National Cancer Institute, Brazil
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 29, 2024
Start date
Jul 22, 2024
Primary completion
Nov 1, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 15, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 10, 2024

Study contacts

Rachele Grazziotin, MD
Contact
cep@inca.gov.br
(21)3207-4550

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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