Clinical trial · Interventional
Evaluating the Role of ChatGPT in Educating Patients With Early-stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- 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)
Liver cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Taiwan, with its onset linked to factors like chronic liver conditions, cirrhosis, and genetic predispositions. According to the "Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC)" classification, early-stage liver cancer is demarcated by stages 0 to A. Upon such diagnosis, both patients and their families often have numerous questions and concerns, ranging from treatment choices to long-term outcomes. The research proposes a GPT-3.5-based chatbot to assist these patients by providing timely, personalized information, aiming to enrich their understanding of the disease and improve communication between patients and health professionals. The research methodology employs a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) design, dividing participants into a control cohort receiving standard patient education routine and an experimental cohort receiving both the AI chatbot and traditional education routine. The comparative analysis of these cohorts will determine the effectiveness of the AI intervention in improving patients' health literacy and satisfaction.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carcinoma, Hepatocellular | Hepatocellular Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| patient education with traditional methods. | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- GPT-3.5-based educational
- description
- Patients receive additional education using a GPT-3.5-based educational robot on top of the traditional education.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: ChatGPT
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Traditional education procedures
- description
- Patients receive standard traditional education procedures.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: patient education with traditional methods.
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Health literacy score of patients
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma from both gastroenterology and general surgery outpatient departments were included. Early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma is defined based on the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) staging as stages 0 to A. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under the age of 18 or those currently undergoing treatment for other cancers.
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