CT and Radiologist RCT

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hernia
• Interventions: Other: Inaccurate Clinical Exam Findings; Other: Clinical Exam Findings; Other: No clinical exam findings

• Registration Number: NCT03121131
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-04-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-04-18
• Study First Posted: 2017-04-19
• Study Start: 2017-05-05
• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Primary Completion: 2020-04-10
• Study Completion: 2020-04-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-10
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 7

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Inaccurate Clinical Exam Findings	Inaccurate Clinical Exam Findings	Radiologists will be provided with purposefully incorrect clinical exam data
Accurate Clinical Exam Findings	Clinical Exam Findings	Radiologists will be provided with accurate clinical exam data.
No Clinical Exam Findings	No clinical exam findings	Radiologists will be not be provided with any clinical exam data

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hernia detected on CT	CT taken within 1 year	proportion of hernias detected on CT

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UT Health at Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States