POET: Protocol Optimization via Eligibility Tuning
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| author | Das, Trisha Kero, Katherine Schumann, Dorinda Ohrt, Tracy Batra, Sanjit Singh Lyng, Gregory D Tillman, Robert E. |
| author_facet | Das, Trisha Kero, Katherine Schumann, Dorinda Ohrt, Tracy Batra, Sanjit Singh Lyng, Gregory D Tillman, Robert E. |
| contents | Eligibility criteria (EC) are essential for clinical trial design, yet drafting them remains a time-intensive and cognitively demanding task for clinicians. Existing automated approaches often fall at two extremes either requiring highly structured inputs, such as predefined entities to generate specific criteria, or relying on end-to-end systems that produce full eligibility criteria from minimal input such as trial descriptions limiting their practical utility. In this work, we propose a guided generation framework that introduces interpretable semantic axes, such as Demographics, Laboratory Parameters, and Behavioral Factors, to steer EC generation. These axes, derived using large language models, offer a middle ground between specificity and usability, enabling clinicians to guide generation without specifying exact entities. In addition, we present a reusable rubric-based evaluation framework that assesses generated criteria along clinically meaningful dimensions. Our results show that our guided generation approach consistently outperforms unguided generation in both automatic, rubric-based and clinician evaluations, offering a practical and interpretable solution for AI-assisted trial design. |
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| spellingShingle | POET: Protocol Optimization via Eligibility Tuning Das, Trisha Kero, Katherine Schumann, Dorinda Ohrt, Tracy Batra, Sanjit Singh Lyng, Gregory D Tillman, Robert E. Artificial Intelligence Eligibility criteria (EC) are essential for clinical trial design, yet drafting them remains a time-intensive and cognitively demanding task for clinicians. Existing automated approaches often fall at two extremes either requiring highly structured inputs, such as predefined entities to generate specific criteria, or relying on end-to-end systems that produce full eligibility criteria from minimal input such as trial descriptions limiting their practical utility. In this work, we propose a guided generation framework that introduces interpretable semantic axes, such as Demographics, Laboratory Parameters, and Behavioral Factors, to steer EC generation. These axes, derived using large language models, offer a middle ground between specificity and usability, enabling clinicians to guide generation without specifying exact entities. In addition, we present a reusable rubric-based evaluation framework that assesses generated criteria along clinically meaningful dimensions. Our results show that our guided generation approach consistently outperforms unguided generation in both automatic, rubric-based and clinician evaluations, offering a practical and interpretable solution for AI-assisted trial design. |
| title | POET: Protocol Optimization via Eligibility Tuning |
| topic | Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.00370 |