Enrolling by invitation NCT05501028

NLP to Aid in the Evaluation and Diagnosis of FGIDs

— Observational Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

For patients and families

In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied: This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
Who it may be relevant to: Registry conditions: Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
What needs checking: Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place: United States
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Official title

Using Natural Language Processing of Novel Biopsychosocial Disease Constructs to Aid in the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders

Overview

The study has two arms, where the same natural language processing (NLP) and probabilistic graphical modeling technology will be utilized on patients' report of symptoms in both arms. The clinical arm is focused on patients presenting for consultation with a gastroenterologist. The endoscopy arm is focused generally on patients presenting for a diagnostic endoscopy, with the goal of capturing Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder (FGID) patients prior to diagnosis.

Primary outcome measures

Latent themes present in patient descriptions of FGIDs symptoms [Time frame: 08/09/2018-08/09/2023]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

Scheduled for consult in the Motility Clinic in the MGH Gastroenterology Unit or for diagnostic endoscopy in the MGH Gastroenterology Unit
Patient must agree to have their interactions audio-recorded
Informed consent form signed by the subjects

Exclusion criteria

Non-native English speaker
Patients unable to communicate their own symptoms

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Observational model: Cohort

Study locations

United States · 1 center

Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston

Identifiers

NCT: NCT05501028 · 2018P001542

Primary sources (government registries)

ClinicalTrials.gov (US NIH)

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