Clinical Trial

Artificial Intelligence(AI) in the Emergency Department (ED) in Cologne

Study acronym: KINA-CO
Active, Not Recruiting
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Summary
This retrospective, non-interventional study evaluates the prognostic performance of open-weight Large Language Models (LLMs) in the setting of a German academic emergency department. Using a full census of all consecutive emergency department cases at University Hospital Cologne between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2025 (approximately 100,000 cases), the study assesses whether LLMs can make reliable prognostic predictions (e.g., hospital admission, imaging, diagnosis, placement) based on the initial history, vital signs, and triage category. In addition, it quantifies how strongly automated anonymization and perturbation procedures affect the models' diagnostic accuracy. This is an Investigator-Initiated Trial (IIT) with no intervention on patients.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07725965
Lead Sponsor University of Cologne
Conditions Emergency Care, Clinical Decision Support, Triage
Enrollment 100,000 participants
Start Date 2026-07-01
Primary Completion 2027-07-31 (estimated)
Study Completion 2027-12-31 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2026-07-28