Recruiting

PrioritiesAI

Sponsor:

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Code:

NCT07848386

Conditions

Health Priorities

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 60+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

AI Chatbot

Control Arm (Educational Preparation Guide)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of the study is to to evaluate an artificial intelligence (AI) powered large language model (LLM) chatbot -PrioritiesAI -that assists patients in understanding, clarifying, and communicating their health priorities and desired outcomes related to elective hernia surgery.

Conditions

Health Priorities

Study ID

NCT07848386

Start date

Apr 30, 2026

Status verified date

Sep, 2026

Completion date

Oct 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 30, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 60+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Capacity to provide informed consent
  • Ability to communicate effectively by phone in English
  • Access to a working email address that the participant checks regularly
  • Scheduled for an upcoming outpatient consultation with one of our partner surgeons to discuss elective hernia surgery (femoral, ventral, inguinal, or umbilical)
  • No significant cognitive impairment that would interfere with meaningful participation

To ensure focus on surgical decisions, participants must fall into one of these categories:

1. Patients scheduled for an upcoming outpatient consultation with one of our partner surgeons specifically to discuss a potential surgical procedure
2. Patients who have undergone a surgical procedure performed one of our partner surgeons after January 1, 2025
3. Participants must meet criteria #1 or #2 above and must not have participated in Phase 1 of the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Cognitive impairment sufficient to interfere with meaningful participation in Patient Priorities Care (PPC) discussions
  • Communication challenges that cannot be reasonably accommodated within the study protocol
  • Inability to complete patient-reported outcome measures independently or with minimal assistance
  • Lack of decision-making capacity regarding surgical care

Study Design

Enrollment

80 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: AI Chatbot

active comparator: Control arm

Interventions

AI Chatbot

Participants receive a personalized web link by email . The link provides access to the Priorities AI chatbot on any internet-connected device. The chatbot guides participants through a structured conversation to identify their health priorities and goals related to their surgical decision,

Control Arm (Educational Preparation Guide)

Participants will receive a Portable Document Format(PDF) educational preparation guide ("Preparing for Your Surgical Consultation") by email, with sufficient time before the scheduled surgical consultation to review the materials. Participants review the materials independently on their own schedule.

Primary outcome measure

  • Decision regret as assessed by the Decision regret scale [ Time Frame: 4 months after surgery ]
  • Self-identified health goals following elective hernia surgery, as measured by the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) [ Time Frame: 4 months after surgery ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Aanand D Naik, MD

713-500-9000Aanand.Naik@uth.tmc.edu

Geethika Yalavarthy

(713) 500-4040Geethika.Yalavarthy@uth.tmc.edu

Locations

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Aanand D Naik, MD

713-500-9000Aanand.Naik@uth.tmc.edu

Geethika Yalavarthy

(713) 500-4040Geethika.Yalavarthy@uth.tmc.edu

More Information

Sponsor

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Last update posted

Sep 30, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-10-01. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston on 2026-09-30. Recruitment status is synced daily from ClinicalTrials.gov and may not reflect the sponsor's current status. Confirm during your call.