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Testing an AI Tool for Primary Care Doctor Consultations

This study is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool called SAGE. SAGE is designed to help primary care doctors (the doctors you usually see first) when they have questions that might need a specialist's advice. SAGE reviews a patient's case and suggests recommendations, similar to what a specialist might provide. Researchers want to see if doctors make good, timely decisions using SAGE, and if those decisions match what a specialist would recommend. Doctors in the study will review made-up patient cases and make decisions both with and without SAGE. This study aims to enroll 15 primary care doctors who are affiliated with Stanford.

Study design
This is an interventional study comparing decisions made with SAGE (AI clinical decision support) versus a standard electronic consultation format. It plans to enroll 15 primary care physicians.
What's involved
Participants will complete a single, approximately 60-minute remote (Zoom) session. During this session, they will review made-up patient cases and make management decisions.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
The study measures outcomes through study completion, which is up to approximately 2 months after the session.

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NCT07706920

Testing an AI Tool to Help Primary Care Clinicians With Specialty Consultation Questions

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalHealth services
Stanford University
~15 participants
Updated 2026-07-16 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:SAGE (AI clinical decision support)Standard eConsult

At a glance

Recruiting sites
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What they're measuring
Clinical actionability of the clinician's decision
Measured over Post-session independent review, through study completion (up to approximately 2 months)
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

Decision Support Systems, Clinical
Referral and Consultation

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
California1

Study leadership

  • Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Stanford University

Who to contact

Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD
[email protected]
650-725-3655
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Physician practicing in primary care internal medicine and/or family medicine
Attending physician, or resident physician at postgraduate year 2 (PGY-2) or higher
Stanford-affiliated (faculty, staff, or trainee)
Able to complete a single, approximately 60-minute remote (Zoom) session conducted in English

Exclusion

Not currently practicing in primary care internal medicine or family medicine
Member of the study team or otherwise involved in the development of SAGE
Unable to complete the remote study session

What this trial measures

  • Clinical actionability of the clinician's decisionPost-session independent review, through study completion (up to approximately 2 months)

    For each case, independent reviewers judge whether the physician's decision is clinically actionable, meaning the physician can act on it now rather than wait for a specialist. The outcome is the proportion of cases judged actionable, measured separately for decisions made with SAGE and for decisions made the standard way.

  • Concordance of the clinician's decision with the specialist reference answerPost-session independent review, through study completion (up to approximately 2 months)

    Agreement between the physician's management decision and a specialist reference answer, rated by independent reviewers, with inter-rater agreement summarized. Assessed for decisions made with SAGE and for decisions made the standard way.