UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000061277
Receipt number R000070113
Scientific Title Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of AI-Generated Medical Literature Summaries: A Single-Blind Comparative Study with Conventional Secondary Sources
Date of disclosure of the study information 2026/04/17
Last modified on 2026/04/16 12:00:36

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Basic information

Public title

Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of AI-Generated Medical Literature Summaries: A Single-Blind Comparative Study with Conventional Secondary Sources

Acronym

Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of AI-Generated Medical Literature Summaries: A Single-Blind Comparative Study with Conventional Secondary Sources

Scientific Title

Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of AI-Generated Medical Literature Summaries: A Single-Blind Comparative Study with Conventional Secondary Sources

Scientific Title:Acronym

Evaluation of the Clinical Utility of AI-Generated Medical Literature Summaries: A Single-Blind Comparative Study with Conventional Secondary Sources

Region

Japan


Condition

Condition

General medical conditions (Primary care topics)

Classification by specialty

Medicine in general

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

The objective of this study is to compare and evaluate the clinical utility of summaries generated by the AI tool NotebookLM with those provided by UpToDate, the gold standard in clinical practice, among physicians in general medicine.

Basic objectives2

Efficacy

Basic objectives -Others


Trial characteristics_1


Trial characteristics_2


Developmental phase



Assessment

Primary outcomes

Comparison of clinical acceptability as assessed by participants using a 5-point Likert scale.

Key secondary outcomes

Comparison of usability and perceived safety as assessed by participants using 5-point Likert scales, and comparison of the accuracy of source identification.


Base

Study type

Interventional


Study design

Basic design

Parallel

Randomization

Randomized

Randomization unit

Individual

Blinding

Single blind -participants are blinded

Control

Active

Stratification

NO

Dynamic allocation

NO

Institution consideration

Institution is not considered as adjustment factor.

Blocking

NO

Concealment

Numbered container method


Intervention

No. of arms

2

Purpose of intervention

Educational,Counseling,Training

Type of intervention

Other

Interventions/Control_1

Group for evaluating Set A:Participants evaluate the utility of 20 Japanese-translated medical literature summaries:
1. Control (10 items): Original UpToDate summaries in text format.
2. Intervention (10 items): Summaries generated by NotebookLM using UpToDate's references as sources, following UpToDate's original structure and style.

Interventions/Control_2

Group for evaluating Set B:
Participants evaluate 20 Japanese-translated summaries where the assignment of "Intervention" and "Control" is the inverse of Set A for each clinical topic.

Interventions/Control_3


Interventions/Control_4


Interventions/Control_5


Interventions/Control_6


Interventions/Control_7


Interventions/Control_8


Interventions/Control_9


Interventions/Control_10



Eligibility

Age-lower limit

20 years-old <=

Age-upper limit


Not applicable

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

1. Physicians belonging to the Department of General Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital
2. Individuals who have provided voluntary written informed consent after receiving a thorough explanation of this study

Key exclusion criteria

Individuals who are judged by the principal investigator to be inappropriate for participation in this study.

Target sample size

24


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Arisa
Middle name
Last name Hayashi

Organization

Dokkyo Medical University

Division name

Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine

Zip code

321-0293

Address

880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, Japan

TEL

0282-87-2498

Email

arisa.hayashi211@gmail.com


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Arisa
Middle name
Last name Hayashi

Organization

Dokkyo Medical University

Division name

Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine

Zip code

321-0293

Address

880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, Japan

TEL

0282-87-2498

Homepage URL


Email

arisa.hayashi211@gmail.com


Sponsor or person

Institute

Dokkyo Medical University

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

self funding

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Self funding

Nationality of Funding Organization

Japan


Other related organizations

Co-sponsor


Name of secondary funder(s)



IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

The Ethics Committee of Dokkyo Medical University

Address

880 Kitakobayashi, Mibu-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi, Japan

Tel

0282-87-2275

Email

r-kenkyu@dokkyomed.ac.jp


Secondary IDs

Secondary IDs

NO

Study ID_1


Org. issuing International ID_1


Study ID_2


Org. issuing International ID_2


IND to MHLW



Institutions

Institutions



Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2026 Year 04 Month 17 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol


Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

URL related to results and publications


Number of participants that the trial has enrolled


Results


Results date posted


Results Delayed


Results Delay Reason


Date of the first journal publication of results


Baseline Characteristics


Participant flow


Adverse events


Outcome measures


Plan to share IPD


IPD sharing Plan description



Progress

Recruitment status

Preinitiation

Date of protocol fixation

2025 Year 10 Month 23 Day

Date of IRB

2025 Year 10 Month 23 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2026 Year 04 Month 25 Day

Last follow-up date

2027 Year 03 Month 31 Day

Date of closure to data entry


Date trial data considered complete


Date analysis concluded



Other

Other related information



Management information

Registered date

2026 Year 04 Month 16 Day

Last modified on

2026 Year 04 Month 16 Day



Link to view the page

Value
https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000070113