Doctors' heart risk guesses swayed by patient hobbies and demographics
NCT ID NCT07162376
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at how emergency doctors, cardiologists, and hospitalists judge a patient's risk of a major heart event. Researchers showed them patient profiles with medical and personal details to see if things like race, gender, or hobbies influenced their risk estimates. The goal was to understand if non-medical information leads to over- or under-testing for heart disease.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this research could help doctors make more accurate risk assessments for heart disease, reducing both under- and over-testing.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed observational study with 300 participants, not a treatment trial. Findings may not apply to all doctors or settings.
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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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300 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Emergency medicine physicians * Cardiologists * Hospitalists (i.e., internists whose practice is primarily in the hospital) * If there are duplicate participant IDs in the data, only the first response will be included in the analysis Exclusion Criteria: * Participants who indicate they are retired * Participants who write gibberish in the open-ended items * Incomplete responses
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Van Munching Hall
College Park, Maryland, 20742, United States