Clinical trial · Interventional
App Teaches Doctors to Diagnose Skin Cancer
Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in Skin Cancer Diagnostics Using Educational Mobile App: a Randomized Controlled Study
NCT05661370CI-TRIAL-00068198completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study aimed to examine if self-paced learning with a novel digital patient-case-based educational platform can increase primary care physicians' diagnostic accuracy of malignant and benign skin lesions on both the level of benign/malignant and the diagnosis level. Secondarily the study aimed to investigate the time spent in reaching this change in proficiency.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dermloop Learn | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Intervention
- description
- Access to educational mobile application for 8 days, diagnosing 500 digital patient-cases.
- interventionNames
- Other: Dermloop Learn
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Control group receiving no intervention, continuing daily practice.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Multiple-Choice Questionnaire (MCQ) Score
- timeFrame
- Before and immediately after intervention (On average 19 days after enrollment)
- description
- Participants are given a test before and after the intervention using a skin cancer MCQ test with 12 digital-patient cases. A higher score means better diagnostic proficiency. The primary outcome is the change of this score.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 120 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Primary Care Physician who works in General Practice Exclusion Criteria: \-
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDNervil GG, Ternov NK, Vestergaard T, Solvsten H, Chakera AH, Tolsgaard MG, Holmich LR. Improving Skin Cancer Diagnostics Through a Mobile App With a Large Interactive Image Repository: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Dermatol. 2023 Aug 9;6:e48357. doi: 10.2196/48357. PMID 37624707