A Study Of Chatbots For Oncology Patients

Overview

About this study

A Study to develop an LLM interface for interaction with patients and assess the performance of LLMs in multi-turn conversations from evaluation metrics encompassing both the patient and oncologist perspectives. To also utilize evaluation data to further improve model performance and compare different models to one another.

Participation eligibility

Participant eligibility includes age, gender, type and stage of disease, and previous treatments or health concerns. Guidelines differ from study to study, and identify who can or cannot participate. There is no guarantee that every individual who qualifies and wants to participate in a trial will be enrolled. Contact the study team to discuss study eligibility and potential participation.

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult patient >18 years old.
Confirmed cancer diagnosis.
Being seen in the Mayo Clinic oncology clinic.
Ability to use digital interfaces (smartphone, tablet, or computer).
Cognitive capacity to participate in informed consent and study-related activities.

Exclusion Criteria:

<18 years of age.
No diagnosis of cancer.
Not a patient of the Mayo Clinic oncology clinic.
Lacking the ability to use digital interfaces.
Lacking the cognitive capacity to participate in informed consent and study-related activities.

Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria may apply.

Eligibility last updated 08/12/2025. Questions regarding updates should be directed to the study team contact.

Participating Mayo Clinic locations

Study statuses change often. Please contact the study team for the most up-to-date information regarding possible participation.

Mayo Clinic Location	Status
Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz. Mayo Clinic principal investigator Irbaz Riaz, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.	Contact us for the latest status
Jacksonville, Fla. Mayo Clinic principal investigator Arnab Basu, M.B.B.S.	Contact us for the latest status
Rochester, Minn. Mayo Clinic principal investigator Daniel Childs, M.D.	Contact us for the latest status

Mayo Clinic Location

Status

Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Irbaz Riaz, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.

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Jacksonville, Fla.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Arnab Basu, M.B.B.S.

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Rochester, Minn.

Mayo Clinic principal investigator

Daniel Childs, M.D.

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