Clinicians' Trust in AI-Based Fetal Growth Estimates

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorRigshospitalet, Denmark

About this trial

This study examines how clinicians trust and use artificial intelligence (AI) when estimating fetal weight during pregnancy.

Accurate assessment of fetal growth is important for identifying growth problems that may affect pregnancy management. New AI-based tools can estimate fetal weight from ultrasound images, but little is known about how clinicians trust these estimates or how uncertainty information influences their decisions.

In this study, clinicians will review anonymized ultrasound cases and compare fetal weight estimates generated by an AI model with traditional estimates. Some clinicians will also be shown information about the AI model's performance and uncertainty, while others will not.

Participants will be asked to choose which estimate they find most reliable, indicate their level of confidence, and decide whether they would recommend follow-up scans. The study aims to better understand how AI and uncertainty information affect clinical decision-making and trust among clinicians with different levels of experience.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Clinicians working in obstetrics and gynecology departments.

Regular use of obstetric ultrasound in clinical practice.

Willingness to participate in a questionnaire-based study.

Disqualifiers

Clinicians who do not perform obstetric ultrasound examinations.

Clinicians with a known conflict of interest related to the AI system being evaluated.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Intervention - AI Performance Information

    Other intervention

    Participants receive brief information about the AI model's overall performance before completing the questionnaire.

Treatment groups

308 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Control - No AI Performance InformationNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: ntervention - AI Performance InformationOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Clinicians' choice of fetal weight estimation method

The proportion of cases in which clinicians choose the AI-based fetal weight estimate rather than the traditional Hadlock estimate when assessing anonymized ultrasound cases.

Time frame
Immediately after questionnaire completion

Secondary outcomes

1

Clinicians' confidence in selected fetal weight estimate

Clinicians' self-reported confidence in the selected fetal weight estimate, measured on a 7-point Likert scale for each case.

Time frame
Immediately after questionnaire completion
2

Recommendation of follow-up growth scan

Whether clinicians recommend a follow-up fetal growth scan based on the selected fetal weight estimate, recorded as a binary outcome (yes/no).

Time frame
Immediately after questionnaire completion
3

Impact of uncertainty information on model preference

Difference in clinicians' preference for AI-based versus traditional fetal weight estimates when AI predictions are presented with versus without uncertainty information.

Time frame
Immediately after questionnaire completion

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Lead sponsor

Slagelse Hospital

Collaborator

Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation

Collaborator

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