AI vs. PDFs: which tool helps future doctors pick the right cancer treatment?
NCT ID NCT06865534
First seen Aug 19, 2026 · Last updated Aug 20, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial asks whether giving medical students access to large language models (like ChatGPT) helps them choose cancer treatments that align with expert tumor board decisions, compared to using standard treatment guideline PDFs. Around 70 medical students will review case vignettes of gynecologic cancers and select treatments, with their choices and confidence measured. The goal is to see if AI tools can serve as effective decision-support aids in medical education and oncology practice.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Large language model (LLM) and treatment guideline PDFs
- What this could lead to
- If LLMs help medical students make treatment decisions that better match expert tumor board recommendations, this could point toward AI as a useful training and decision-support tool in oncology.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with 70 participants, and it measures hypothetical decisions on case vignettes, not real patient outcomes. LLMs may also provide inaccurate or biased information, so results may not reflect real-world clinical use.
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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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70 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2026
- Finished
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Aug 2026
- 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: \- Medical students having started with clinical subjects Exclusion Criteria: \- Not being a medical student
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institute for Digital Medicine, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Philipps University Marburg
Marburg, 35043, Germany
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