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Enhancing Endoscopic Scoring Consistency and Accuracy in IBD: a Video-based Training Approach

NCT06961942 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-05-08

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Summary

Endoscopic scoring systems are vital for the objective assessment of disease activity being used in both clinical trials and daily clinical practice. These standardized scoring systems are essential for diagnosing, evaluating endoscopic healing, monitoring treatment response, and predicting clinical outcomes.

One of the primary challenges in implementing these scoring systems is inter-observer variability, as highlighted by significant discrepancies between scores assigned by local and central reviewers. However, the performance of these systems among experts has been shown to be excellent, suggesting that achieving consistent and accurate scoring requires a high level of exposure and proficiency.

Inconsistent scoring, especially among less experienced clinicians, poses a challenge to the reliability of these scoring systems.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the improvement of scoring accuracy after training with structured educational videos with a specific focus on the learning curve and the practical application of endoscopic scoring systems.

Conditions

  • IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)

Interventions

OTHER

Training

A structured teaching module for fellows in training will be prepared and conducted at three university centres, namely University Hospitals Leuven, Ljubljana University Medical Centre, and CHU de Bordeaux. The training module will include short endoscopic videos (different from the pre- and post-training set), which participants will score in real-time using a polling application. This will be followed by a step-by-step demonstration of each scoring principle with explanations of the reasoning behind specific scores. Each scoring system will be reviewed in a short training video that provides a structured demonstration, highlights common pitfalls, and showcases typical IBD-associated endoscopic features. After the video training, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions to the experts.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-30
Primary Completion
2026-09-30
Completion
2026-12-30

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