Evaluating the Use of Artificial Intelligence to Improve Family Conversations for Intensive Care Patients and Their Families
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: Intensive Care Medicine, Critical Care. 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
- Netherlands
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Utilizing Large Language Models to Augment Family Conversations in the Intensive Care Unit
Overview
This study looks at how artificial intelligence (AI), like generative pre-trained transformer (GPT-4), can help doctors in the intensive care unit (ICU) save time and improve communication with families. Right now, doctors spend a lot of time writing notes after family conversations, which takes time away from patient care. The investigators are testing whether AI can create accurate and easy-to-understand summaries of these conversations, making it quicker for doctors to document and clearer for families to understand. ICU doctors and adult family members of patients will take part in this study, with their full consent. The goal is to see if this new technology can make life easier for doctors while helping families better understand medical information.
Primary outcome measures
- Documentation quality of family conversations [Time frame: Within 30 days after the family conversation.]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Time spent on documentation by ICU clinicians [Time frame: Within one day after the family conversation.]
- Family satisfaction [Time frame: Within 30 days after the family conversation.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Informed-consent is signed by all participating family members during the conversation.
- Informed-consent is signed by the ICU healthcare professionals.
- The patient of the family must be admitted to the adult ICU.
- All participating family members must be 18 years or older.
- The family conversation must be in Dutch.
Exclusion criteria
- Trained to interpret medical jargon and/or intensive care terminology specifically
- Difficulty reading and/or writing in the Dutch language
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
Netherlands · 2 centers
- Erasmus University Medical Center — Rotterdam
- Erasmus University Medical Center — Rotterdam
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06756542 · MEC-2024-0733