Questionnaire Study Concerning Artificial Intelligence

Gastro-Intestinal Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Questionnaire Study Concerning Artificial Intelligence and Its Application in (Gastrointestinal) Healthcare - Patients' and Physicians' Perspectives

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05214625
• Other study ID #: METC 2020-2281
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 8, 2020
• Est. completion date: August 12, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: February 2022
• Source: Maastricht University Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to investigate the knowledge, experience, and opinion on AI among gastroenterology (GI) patients, gastroenterologists, and GI-fellows, particularly concerning implementation and application of AI (in assisting clinicians) in healthcare. The secondary aims are to investigate (dis)advantages of AI use in healthcare and the availability of technical facilities and infrastructures within endoscopy to implement and apply AI in Dutch hospitals.

Description:

In recent years, important developments have been made in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). These developments have led to the large-scale application of AI in our everyday lives and AI-research within healthcare. A potentially promising application of AI lies in imaging analysis. For example, within gastroenterology this means the detection and classification of colorectal polyps and Barrett's neoplasia, disease severity scoring of inflammatory bowel diseases, and differentiating pancreatic cancer from chronic pancreatitis.

Despite the investments in AI-research, there is a lack in knowledge concerning patients' and physicians' perspectives on AI in healthcare. This prospective questionnaire study investigates these perspectives, obtaining data from both gastroenterology (GI) patients and GI-physicians within the Netherlands. The questionnaires focus on the knowledge, experience, and opinion of AI, particularly concerning the implementation of AI in (gastroenterology) healthcare. Furthermore, the current (endoscopic) infrastructure within Dutch hospitals will be investigated for its readnessy for AI.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 457
• Est. completion date: August 12, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: August 12, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Gastrointestinal (GI) patients with an outpatient appointment in the gastroenterology department for an endoscopic procedure in the context of the Dutch national screening program, because of gastrointestinal symptoms, or because of follow-up of previously diagnosed bowel diseases (in one of the two participating hospitals);

• Gastroenterologists working in Dutch hospitals;

• Gastroenterology fellows working in Dutch hospitals;

• Minimal age of 18 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

• No appropriate understanding of the Dutch language;

• Not willing to sign informed consent;

• Objection to participate in medical scientific research, reported in the medical file.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Digestive System Diseases
• Gastro-Intestinal Disorders
• Gastrointestinal Diseases
• Intestinal Diseases

Intervention

Other:
• Questionnaire
Questionnaire concerning artificial intelligence and its implementation in healthcare. GI patients and GI physicians will be provided with slightly different questionnaires.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Netherlands	Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven	Eindhoven	Noord-Brabant
Netherlands	Maastricht University Medical Center	Maastricht	Limburg

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Maastricht University Medical Center	Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Netherlands, 

References & Publications (4)

Labovitz DL, Shafner L, Reyes Gil M, Virmani D, Hanina A. Using Artificial Intelligence to Reduce the Risk of Nonadherence in Patients on Anticoagulation Therapy. Stroke. 2017 May;48(5):1416-1419. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.016281. Epub 2017 Apr 6. — View Citation

Le Berre C, Sandborn WJ, Aridhi S, Devignes MD, Fournier L, Smaïl-Tabbone M, Danese S, Peyrin-Biroulet L. Application of Artificial Intelligence to Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Gastroenterology. 2020 Jan;158(1):76-94.e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.08.058. Epub 2019 Oct 5. Review. — View Citation

Shaban-Nejad A, Michalowski M, Buckeridge DL. Health intelligence: how artificial intelligence transforms population and personalized health. NPJ Digit Med. 2018 Oct 2;1:53. doi: 10.1038/s41746-018-0058-9. eCollection 2018. — View Citation

Waymel Q, Badr S, Demondion X, Cotten A, Jacques T. Impact of the rise of artificial intelligence in radiology: What do radiologists think? Diagn Interv Imaging. 2019 Jun;100(6):327-336. doi: 10.1016/j.diii.2019.03.015. Epub 2019 May 6. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The knowledge on AI investigated by means of a questionnaire	The knowledge on AI in healthcare among gastroenterology patients and physicians, investigated by means of a questionnaire.	6 months
Primary	The experience with AI investigated by means of a questionnaire	The experience with AI (in healthcare) among gastroenterology patients and physicians, investigated by means of a questionnaire.	6 months
Primary	The opinion on AI investigated by means of a questionnaire	The oninion on AI in healthcare among gastroenterology patients and physicians, investigated by means of a questionnaire.	6 months
Secondary	Willingness of physicians to use AI in (gastroenterology) healthcare	The willingness to apply AI in (gastroenterology) healthcare among gastroenterology physicians.	6 months
Secondary	Willingness to apply AI in (gastroenterology) healthcare	The willingness of gastroenterology patients for their physicians to apply AI in (gastroenterology) healthcare.	6 months
Secondary	Advantages and disadvantages of AI use in (gastroenterology) healthcare	Important advantages and disadvantages of AI use in (gastroenterology) healthcare among gastroenterology patients and physicians.	6 months
Secondary	Potential domains within gastroenterology and hepatology for AI use	Potential domains within gastroenterology and hepatology for AI use indicated by GI physicians.	6 months
Secondary	Mandatory infrastructure for AI use in healthcare	The availability of technical facilities and infrastructures within endoscopy to implement and apply AI in Dutch hospitals.	6 months