AI reads your cancer care wishes — could it keep you out of the hospital?
NCT ID NCT07735442
First seen Jul 30, 2026 · Last updated Aug 27, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This trial tests whether sending AI-generated summaries of a patient's serious illness conversations to their care team at hospital admission can improve care. The summaries, created by a large language model, highlight the patient's goals and preferences. The study enrolls adults with cancer who have a high risk of dying in the next year. Researchers will measure whether this approach reduces the number of days patients spend in the hospital over the following 90 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- LLM-generated serious illness conversation summary email to clinical teams
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help cancer patients spend less time in the hospital by ensuring their care preferences are known and acted on by every doctor they see.
- What could go wrong
- This is a pragmatic pilot trial, so results may not apply broadly. The AI summaries depend on accurate documentation, and the intervention is limited to specific admission times and cancer types.
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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 600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
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 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: * DFCI Patients, defined as patients who have a DFCI medical record number. * Admitted to an inpatient solid tumor medical oncology service at BWH (including beds that are considered to be DFCI beds within BWH) * Age ≥ 18 years * Mortality prediction ≥ 25% * Admitted on a Sunday after 4pm through Friday at 4pm. These time restrictions are necessary for the workflow of this pragmatic pilot trial, as the intervention requires a staff member to send intervention emails during the work week but within \<= approximately 18 hours of admission. Accordingly, we will not enroll patients during holiday time periods (e.g., for a Monday holiday, enrollment would start on Monday at 4pm instead of Sunday at 4pm) or on days where staff absences (e.g., illness) preclude enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: • Patients with elective inpatient admissions (typically for planned administration of chemotherapy or other treatments)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02214, United States
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Dana Farber Cancer Institute
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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