AI as a second opinion: could a chatbot improve chronic disease care?
NCT ID NCT07740044
First seen Jul 31, 2026 · Last updated Jul 31, 2026
Summary
This trial tests whether a medical artificial intelligence (AI) tool can assist primary care doctors in managing chronic conditions like heart disease, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and stroke. Doctors in the intervention group use the AI to help make decisions about assessments, tests, treatments, and patient education. Experts then blindly compare these AI-assisted plans against standard care plans to see if the AI improves quality. The goal is to explore whether AI could be a useful support tool in community health settings.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Medical large language model (AI software)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that AI tools help primary care doctors make better decisions for managing chronic conditions, potentially improving care in community settings.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 20 doctors, and it measures expert ratings rather than real patient outcomes. The AI may not perform as well in real-world practice or across different populations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Work experience of 3 years or more; 2. Able to complete the case assessment tasks required by the study; 3. Have a practicing doctor qualification; 4. Work at a township health center or community health service center; 5. Voluntarily participate in the study and sign the informed consent form. Exclusion Criteria: N/A
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Affiliated Taizhou People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
Taizhou, Jiangsu, 225300, China
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