Natural Language Processing in Clinical Research Recruitment: A Scoping Review Enriched with Stakeholder Insights.

ABSTRACT: We conducted a scoping review to characterize natural language processing (NLP) applications in clinical trials recruitment and conducted semistructured interviews to obtain stakeholders' perspectives on these technologies, with a focus on ethical considerations. The scoping review focused on English-language original articles published from January 2021 to June 2024, sourced from Ovid Medline. Data extracted included the characteristics of NLP systems, their evaluations, and ethical considerations regarding patient autonomy and equity. Additionally, semistructured interviews with experts from various specialties were conducted, and the data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Most of the 47 eligible articles focused on NLP models for electronic health records screening. The literature

SUBMITTER: Bernasconi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12476210 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature