Utility of ChatGPT in Pre-vasectomy Counselling in an Office-based Setting

NCT06009783 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: HS25978 (H2023:136)
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators wish to perform a pilot study at the Manitoba Men's Health Clinic to assess if pre-vasectomy counseling with ChatGPT can safely streamline the consultation process by reducing visit times, while increasing patient satisfaction with the consultation process.

Conditions

Vasectomy; Contraception

Keywords

vasectomy; ChatGPT

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Length of Consultation

  Length of pre-vasectomy consultation as measured from beginning to end of telephone call

  Through study completion, estimated to be 2 months measured for each phone call

• Number of questions asked

  Number of questions asked during pre-vasectomy consultation

  Through study completion, estimated to be 2 months measured for each phone call

• Satisfaction of patients assessed by Likert scale

  Satisfaction of patients as measured by questionnaire with 10-point Likert Scale (\[0-10\] higher score correlates with higher satisfaction)

  Through study completion, estimated to be 2 months measured for each patient

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Commonly asked questions

  Through study completion period, estimated to be 2 months

• Incidence of inaccurate ChatGPT responses

  Through study completion period, estimated to be 2 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention arm - ChatGPT

EXPERIMENTAL

Patient's interested in participating in the intervention group will be provided a secure ChatGPT account. They will have the opportunity to converse with ChatGPT to ask any potential questions they may have regarding their upcoming vasectomy. Patient's will then be seen for the standard pre-vasectomy consultation.

Other: ChatGPT Language Model

Control arm - no ChatGPT

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention - standard of care

Interventions

ChatGPT Language Model OTHER

ChatGPT Language Model - ability to converse with the model and ask questions regarding vasectomies

Intervention arm - ChatGPT

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients undergoing vasectomies interested in participating
• Adult (\>18 years old)
• Consenting

You may not qualify if:

• Do not consent, uninterested in participating

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Manitoba: lead

Study Sites (1)

Men's Health Clinic Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3K 1M3, Canada

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Premal Patel, MD

  Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery. Director, Undergraduate Urologic Medical Education

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Premal Patel, MD

CONTACT

204-221-4476; ppatel5@hsc.mb.ca

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery. Director, Undergraduate Urologic Medical Education

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 19, 2023
• First Posted: August 24, 2023
• Study Start: August 30, 2023
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2023
• Study Completion: October 5, 2023
• Last Updated: August 24, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)