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While gastroenterologists care for many of the pediatric patients with Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), the majority of the burden continues to be borne by general pediatricians, especially with respect to initial diagnosis. Unfortunately, FGIDs are often diagnosed incorrectly by primary care providers, and patients often wait months to years before a correct diagnosis is made, and effective treatment is begun. Furthermore, primary care providers are often unaware of recent guideline changes or the evidence base for children with FGIDs, leading to overuse of testing, inappropriate or ineffective treatment, and increased costs. Given this information, it is essential that we develop interventions that target pediatric primary care providers to improve their care for children with FGIDs. The investigators propose that using a Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) that incorporates the Rome IV criteria for diagnosis and evidence-based care for FGIDs will improve the (1) accuracy of diagnosis and (2)_ effectiveness of clinical care. A CDSS has advantages with respect to guideline adherence and automated diagnosis, because it can provide focused, real-time, patient-specific data to the clinician. The investigators hypothesize that automation of screening, diagnosis, and management of FGIDs using the Rome IV criteria will result in improved resolution of FGIDs (primary outcome), as well as decreased utilization of medical services (secondary outcomes). This hypothesis will be tested utilizing a randomized controlled trial. The intervention clinic sites will be provided access to both the FGIDs Screening Module and the Treatment Module. The control clinics will have the FGIDs Screening Module. However, control clinics will not have access to the FGIDs Treatment Module. These clinic sites will be given access to the pre-screener form section of the module, so that providers are made aware of a positive screen.


Clinical Trial Description

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are extremely common in children and adolescents, and represent a wide range of disorders that are related to the gastrointestinal tract, but have no clear structural, anatomic, or histopathologic cause. FGIDs represent an enormous burden on patients and families, and patients with these functional disorders have much higher health care utilization and related costs. As there are no biochemical markers or structural abnormalities that can be used to diagnose these disorders in children objectively, FGIDs are diagnosed according to the symptom-based Rome criteria. While gastroenterologists care for many of the pediatric patients with FGIDs, the majority of the burden continues to be borne by general pediatricians, especially with respect to initial diagnosis. Unfortunately, FGIDs are often diagnosed incorrectly by primary care providers, and patients often wait months to years before a correct diagnosis is made, and effective treatment is begun. Furthermore, primary care providers are often unaware of recent guideline changes or the evidence base for children with FGIDs, leading to overuse of testing, inappropriate or ineffective treatment, and increased costs. Given this information, it is essential to develop interventions that target pediatric primary care providers to improve their care for children with FGIDs. This study proposes that using a Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) that incorporates the Rome IV criteria for diagnosis and evidence-based care for FGIDs will improve the (1) accuracy of diagnosis and (2)_ effectiveness of clinical care. A CDSS has advantages with respect to guideline adherence and automated diagnosis, because it can provide focused, real-time, patient-specific data to the clinician. Studies of barriers to guideline implementation have shown multiple factors at work: unfamiliarity with a guideline, lack of self-efficacy, or difficulty implementing the guideline components within the current workflow of a practice. CDSS can overcome many of these barriers because they are integrated with systems that routinely store and retrieve patient information and can improve workflow by providing clinicians with patient-specific advice at the time of the patient visit. The study investigators hypothesize that automation of screening, diagnosis, and management of FGIDs using the Rome IV criteria will result in improved resolution of FGIDs (primary outcome), as well as decreased utilization of medical services (secondary outcomes). This hypothesis will be tested utilizing a randomized controlled trial. The intervention clinic sites will be provided access to both the FGIDs Screening Module and the Treatment Module. The control clinics will have the FGIDs Screening Module. However, control clinics will not have access to the FGIDs Treatment Module. These clinic sites will be given access to the pre-screener form section of the module, so that providers are made aware of a positive screen for a FGID. The investigators have chosen not to have an arm without provider notification due to concern that identification of symptoms without notifying the patient's provider represented an ethical concern. If anything, this will bias towards a null result. Since FGIDs have both a high rate of relapse, and a high rate of spontaneous resolution, it is necessary to assess the pattern of symptoms across multiple time points. As such, we plan to gather various data from parents/patients at 1, 3, 6 and 12-months via phone interview. Additionally, the study will assess parental satisfaction with the screening and treatment of their child's particular FGID at the 3-month phone interview. For assessment of health care utilization, the study will look at the following variables in the 12 months after initial Rome IV screening positive: a) outpatient sick visits for any complaint; b) outpatient sick visits with an associated GI billing code; c) visits to statewide providers, including inpatient hospital stays, outpatient clinic visits, and emergency room visits; d) GI-related testing and procedures; e) use of any medications prescribed to treat Rome IV diagnoses. These data will be obtained from multiple sources including the EMR, and Indiana Network for Patient Care (INPC). ;


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NCT number NCT04773158
Study type Interventional
Source Indiana University
Contact William E Bennett, MD
Phone 317-944-3774
Email webjr@iu.edu
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date November 22, 2021
Completion date March 31, 2025

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