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NCT Number: NCT05501028

NLP to Aid in the Evaluation and Diagnosis of FGIDs

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Digestive System Diseases Gastrointestinal Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Latent themes present in patient descriptions of FGIDs symptoms

    Time frame: 08/09/2018-08/09/2023

    Latent themes present in patient descriptions of FGIDs symptoms as generated by machine learning as well as quantitative comparisons to traditional metrics of patient descriptions including Rome IV criteria and patient descriptions of severity.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Massachusetts General Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Aug 15, 2022
Registry last updated
May 6, 2026

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