AI vs. nurse: which orientation keeps ICU patients calmer?
NCT ID NCT07171944
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study compares an AI-powered orientation program to one given by human nurses for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). The goal is to see if the AI program helps patients have more days without delirium, lowers anxiety and depression, and shortens their hospital stay. Ten adult ICU patients will take part, receiving orientation twice daily for three days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- structured orientation program (AI-supported vs. human nurse)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, AI-based way to reduce delirium, anxiety, and hospital stays for ICU patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early trial (10 people) that hasn't started yet. Results may not apply to all ICU patients, and the AI program may not outperform human nurses.
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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 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Nov 2025
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.
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18 years and older
- 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: * Intensive care unit confusion assessment scale (CAM-ICU scale) score of 0-2 * Age 18 years or older * Hospitalized in the intensive care unit for at least 24 hours * Glasgow coma scale score of 13-14-15 points * Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) score between -1 and +1 * No hearing problems Exclusion Criteria: * Intensive care unit confusion assessment scale (CAM-ICU scale) score of 6-7 * Any psychiatric illness or impaired brain function * Defined hearing loss * Advanced dementia * Younger than 18 years of age * Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale (RASS) score outside the range of -1 to +1 * Who use sedative medication * History of surgery or disease around the ear
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Koç University
Istanbul, 34010, Turkey (Türkiye)
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