CT and Radiologist RCT

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hernia

Treatments: Other: Inaccurate Clinical Exam Findings; Other: No clinical exam findings; Other: Clinical Exam Findings

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03121131

HSC-MS-17-0277

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Participants are radiologists at LBJ Hospital.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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7 participants in 3 patient groups

Accurate Clinical Exam Findings

Other group

Description:

Radiologists will be provided with accurate clinical exam data.

Treatment:

Other: Clinical Exam Findings

Inaccurate Clinical Exam Findings

Other group

Description:

Radiologists will be provided with purposefully incorrect clinical exam data

Treatment:

Other: Inaccurate Clinical Exam Findings

No Clinical Exam Findings

Other group

Description:

Radiologists will be not be provided with any clinical exam data

Treatment:

Other: No clinical exam findings