NCT03121131

CT and Radiologist RCT

How Important is a Clinical Data for a Radiologist? A Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial of Radiologic Interpretation of Ventral Hernias Following Selectively-Provided Clinical Information

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The use of computed tomography (CT) imaging is rapidly increasing in healthcare. Despite physicians' growing reliance on radiological assessments, however, the reliability and accuracy of reads are highly variable. Inconsistencies may result from multiple factors. The researchers hypothesize that the presence and quality of clinical information will affect radiologist's assessment of CT scans for the presence/absence of a ventral hernia.

Conditions

• Hernia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Clinical Exam Findings	Findings found on clinical exam of a patient the radiologist will be reading CT scans of.
OTHER	Inaccurate Clinical Exam Findings	Inaccurate findings are given to the radiologists
OTHER	No clinical exam findings	No clinical exam findings are given to the radiologists

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-05
• Primary completion: 2020-04-10
• Completion: 2020-04-10
• First posted: 2017-04-19
• Last updated: 2020-04-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States