Exploring the Generalization of Cancer Clinical Trial Eligibility Classifiers Across Diseases

arXiv:2403.17135v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Clinical trials are pivotal in medical research, and NLP can enhance their success, with application in recruitment. This study aims to evaluate the generalizability of eligibility classification across a broad spectrum of clinical trials. Starting with phase 3 cancer trials, annotated with seven eligibility exclusions, then to determine how well models can generalize to non-cancer and non-phase 3 trials. To assess this, we have compiled eligibility criteria data for five types of trials: (1) additional …

abstract application arxiv cancer classification classifiers clinical clinical trial clinical trials cs.cl cs.lg diseases medical medical research nlp pivotal q-bio.qm recruitment research spectrum study success type