Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

Children's National Research Institute

Code:

NCT07831018

Conditions

Health Literacy

Comprehension

Patient Satisfaction

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

AI Care Summary

Study Details

Brief summary:

The primary objective is to assess if an AI-generated plain language summary of an inpatient progress note can improve caregiver understanding of their child's hospitalization by measuring differences in Hospital Course Comprehension scores, based on their responses to a survey regarding their child's hospital course.

Secondary objectives include exploring the caregiver's perspective on the use of AI in clinical care, as well as 7-day and 30-day readmission rates, 7-day and 30-day emergency department (ED) re-utilization rates, length of stay, and environmental impact measures.

Conditions

Health Literacy

Comprehension

Patient Satisfaction

Study ID

NCT07831018

Start date

May 5, 2026

Status verified date

Sep, 2026

Completion date

Jun 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 30, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria: Caregiver of a patient 10 years and younger admitted to Children's National Hospital, whose preferred language is English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Caregivers of patients older than age 10 years
  • Caregivers of patients not admitted to the Hospital Medicine service
  • Caregivers of admitted patients whose preferred language is non-English
  • Patients whose care summaries are deemed inaccurate by their attending physician and not eligible for sharing with their caregiver.

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: Standard Hospital Communication

Standard hospital communication

experimental: Standard Hospital Communication Plus AI Care Summary

Attending-approved written AI Care Summary provided to caregiver

Interventions

AI Care Summary

Written AI-generated plain-language summary of the patient's hospital course, reviewed and approved by the attending physician and provided to the caregiver during the hospitalization.

Primary outcome measure

  • Hospital Course Comprehension Score [ Time Frame: Within 24 hours after receipt of the AI care summary or completion of standard care communication, during the index hospitalization ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Kristen E Johnson, MD, MS

571-235-6524kejohnson@childrensnational.org

Locations

Children's National Hospital

Recruiting

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010

More Information

Sponsor

Children's National Research Institute

Last update posted

Sep 21, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2026

Keywords

  • plain language
  • health literacy
  • communication

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-24. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Children's National Research Institute on 2026-09-21. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.