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| Figure/Metric | Value | Source | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Historical Mention Rate (2024-2025) | 0.34 Studies/Month | ClinicalTrials.gov / AACT | Establishes the low baseline for specific model naming. |
| Recent Mention Rate (Early 2026) | 1 - 2 Studies/Month | ClinicalTrials.gov Registry Nodes | Indicates a 3x-6x acceleration in specificity leading into 2026. |
| Total New Registrations (Expected) | 7,500 - 7,700 | ClinicalTrials.gov Seasonal Data | Provides the total ‘denominator’ for the forecast window. |
| Percent of Trials Naming AI (Current) | < 0.1% | AACT / Clinical Trials Summary | Shows that specific naming remains a niche practice. |
| Microsoft R&D Expenditure (Q1 2026) | $8.9 Billion | Equity Fundamentals (MSFT) | Demonstrates the massive capital investment supporting LLM development. |
Historically, ClinicalTrials.gov registrations have been notoriously vague regarding software and algorithmic interventions. Between January 2024 and mid-2025, it was rare to see a specific model version cited; most studies favored terms like ‘Natural Language Processing’ or ‘Deep Learning.’ A turning point occurred in late 2024 with the widespread availability of GPT-4 and the introduction of the first AI-specific reporting standards. By early 2026, the rate of naming specific products had risen to approximately 1-2 trials per month. Key examples from early 2026 include NCT07333365 (January 2026), which mentioned a ‘ChatGPT-powered intervention,’ and NCT07267962 (May 2026), which set a new precedent by naming three different high-end models from OpenAI, DeepSeek, and Google simultaneously. This transition mirrors the earlier history of medical device registration, which moved from general descriptions to specific hardware versions as the regulatory environment matured.
My analysis indicates that the number of clinical trials naming specific AI models is in a state of early-stage acceleration, moving from a very low historical baseline to a more frequent reporting pattern in 2026. Data from the Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT) and trial registry nodes shows that for much of 2024 and 2025, qualifying mentions occurred at a rate of only 0.3 to 0.5 studies per month. However, a cluster of registrations in early 2026—including NCT07267962, NCT07493681, and NCT07333365—demonstrates that researchers are beginning to cite specific versions like ‘ChatGPT-4o,’ ‘ChatGPT-5,’ ‘DeepSeek V3.1,’ and ‘Gemini 2.5 Pro.’
The forecast window of May 30 to August 11, 2026, spans approximately 2.43 months. During this period, I expect between 7,500 and 7,700 total new study registrations. Even with the current growth, named AI mentions account for less than 0.1% of these registrations. The conservative nature of clinical trial documentation is the primary factor keeping the predicted value low. Most researchers still prefer generic terminology such as ‘machine learning’ or ‘large language model’ to avoid the need for protocol amendments if they switch versions during the study.
However, several ‘tailwinds’ suggest a value higher than the historical average. The FDA’s April 2026 Request for Information regarding a pilot program for ‘AI-Enabled Optimization of Early-Phase Clinical Trials’ signals that regulators are looking for greater transparency and lifecycle governance. Furthermore, the release of medical-specific benchmarks and tools like ‘ChatGPT for Clinicians’ (April 2026) increases the likelihood that these specific products will be listed as interventions or within brief summaries.
In weighting these factors, I placed the most weight on the recent 2026 empirical rate of 1-2 mentions per month, adjusted upward for the broader range of matchers included in the question (which includes company names like OpenAI and Anthropic). I considered a high-adoption scenario where a single large research consortium might register a batch of comparative studies naming several models, but the lack of historical evidence for such clusters makes it a lower-probability outcome. The resulting forecast centers on a median of approximately 8 studies, with a 50% chance of falling between 4.5 and 9.5. This reflects a realistic expectation that while the field is moving toward transparency, the absolute volume of studies satisfying these specific regex criteria remains small relative to the total registry.
Question: how many distinct ClinicalTrials.gov records first posted from 2026-05-30 through 2026-08-11 will contain one of the specified commercial LLM/product/lab names in exactly one of the four counted AACT fields (official_title, brief_summaries.description, detailed_descriptions.description, or interventions.name)? Forecasters agree the best empirical anchors are the same-window historical counts (3 in 2023, 6 in 2024, 10 in 2025) and the immediate pre-window check that found only 3 qualifying records in the prior 74 days (2026-03-17 to 2026-05-29). All teams therefore center the forecast modestly above the 2025 value—roughly 12–13 studies—but with substantial overdispersion because the sample is tiny, registry wording is noisy, and many recent AI/LLM registrations remain generic or put product names in non-counted fields. The analysts also note a qualitative shift toward multi-vendor/version-named studies (which raises the probability a study will match the regex), while cautioning that each study still counts only once. Practical guidance: the final count should be produced by querying AACT for the exact date window, searching only the four specified fields with the supplied regex, de-duplicating by nct_id, and ignoring names found only in other fields. Minor differences between teams concern how much mass to put in the extreme tails, but all place negligible probability on a very large surge within this narrow registry-text definition.
Forecast: Probability distribution:
We are forecasting the count of distinct ClinicalTrials.gov studies (unique NCT IDs) with First Posted dates 2026-05-30 through 2026-08-11 that mention at least one of the specified LLM product/company regexes in title/summary/description/intervention fields.
Key drivers:
Analyst synthesis:
My final distribution centers near 40 studies (roughly ~0.4%–0.6% of expected postings), with wide uncertainty and a modest right tail. I include a small (≈1%) open-upper-tail chance by placing p99 above the upper bound, reflecting the possibility of a sharper-than-expected step-up in explicit naming or a burst of multi-model comparison registrations.
An amateur forecast often anchors on either (a) the hype around AI and overestimates by assuming a large share of all trials will name specific LLMs, or (b) the historical rarity of explicit naming and underestimates without accounting for rapid growth and the inclusion of company-name matchers. This forecast improves by: (1) grounding in expected total posting volume for the exact 74-day window, (2) explicitly treating the outcome as a small fraction of all new studies, (3) synthesizing the three broadly consistent analysts while using the low outlier mainly to widen the left tail, and (4) representing a nonzero chance of exceeding the platform’s upper range via a past-upper p99 rather than compressing percentiles near the bound. Confidence is moderate: the main residual risk is the true 2026 explicit-naming norm (still culturally and regulatorily driven).
Forecast rationale (numeric):
— Iteration 1 — Across the forecasts, the main reasoning pattern is a bottom-up estimate: start with the expected volume of new ClinicalTrials.gov postings in the 74-day window, narrow to studies likely involving AI/ML, then narrow again to those specifically involving LLMs, and finally apply a further discount for studies that explicitly name a commercial model version or AI-lab company in the relevant fields.
Overall, the forecasts converge on a moderate count of roughly 40–55 distinct studies, with uncertainty driven less by whether such studies exist and more by how often they name a specific product or company versus using generic AI language. The plausible range is wide, but the collective view is that the most likely outcome is a mid-double-digit number of named-study postings.
— Iteration 2 — Across the forecasts, the main reasoning is that the count should be driven by three interacting filters:
How many studies are posted in the window
How often studies are LLM-related at all
How often LLM studies explicitly name a commercial product or AI lab
The collective view is that newly posted trials in this period will likely show some measurable but limited use of explicit commercial LLM names, concentrated around a few well-known products and companies. The forecast is uncertain, but the strongest shared expectation is that the final count will fall somewhere in the low-to-middle tens, with upside risk if naming becomes more common than assumed.
— Iteration 3 — The forecasts converge on a mid-tens estimate for the number of new ClinicalTrials.gov studies in the window that explicitly name a commercial LLM product/version or AI lab company, with a rough central tendency around 40–60 studies.
Each forecast starts with a base rate of total new trial postings in the date window, then applies a small explicit-mention rate for LLM-related studies. The low final count comes from the idea that only a small fraction of all new studies will:
Overall, the forecasts suggest a small-to-moderate number of distinct studies, driven by growing AI trial activity but limited by generic wording and search-field constraints.
Base Trial Volume and the Registration Gap The rationales agree that the designated 74-day window will capture a robust and predictable baseline volume of overall new clinical trial registrations. While generative AI literature is experiencing explosive growth, forecasters emphasize a distinct “registration gap” (or “translational valley of death”). Because the vast majority of AI research currently consists of retrospective analyses, theoretical benchmarks, or in silico testing, these studies do not involve live patient interventions and thus bypass mandatory registration on ClinicalTrials.gov. As a result, the volume of registered AI trials will be substantially lower than the broader academic output.
Administrative Lag and the Hype Cycle Forecasters highlight an administrative lag—often spanning over a year—between a trial’s initial design, funding, institutional review board (IRB) approval, and its eventual public registry posting. Consequently, the trial registrations appearing in the summer of 2026 will heavily reflect the massive wave of enthusiasm and highly capitalized grant funding triggered by the generational AI model releases of 2024 and 2025.
Transparency Mandates vs. Generic Terminology A pivotal dynamic in the forecasts is how researchers choose to label AI interventions. Historically, trial sponsors have favored generic descriptors (e.g., “Large Language Model” or “AI assistant”) to maintain intellectual property, avoid commercial endorsements, and prevent the need for formal protocol amendments whenever a software version updates. However, newer, stricter transparency guidelines from medical journals, the FDA, and frameworks like SPIRIT-AI demand rigorous version control and traceability. This regulatory pressure is expected to force a transition toward explicitly naming specific models and AI labs.
Incidental Mentions and Regex Dynamics The targeted text fields (such as the detailed study descriptions) and the specific regex criteria significantly influence the anticipated match volume. Forecasters expect a substantial boost from “incidental mentions.” Because matches count in any context, hits will originate not only from trials testing LLMs as clinical interventions but also from studies disclosing the use of AI for operational tasks (like drafting protocols or translating patient forms) or from researchers pasting bibliographic citations containing AI keywords directly into the free text. Forecasters also note that while OpenAI products will likely dominate the matches, the provided regex constraints are tightly calibrated to capture modern models while successfully filtering out false positives from legacy medical acronyms.
Question: How many distinct studies newly posted on ClinicalTrials.gov (First Posted dates 2026-05-30 to 2026-08-11) will mention a specific commercial LLM product version or AI lab company by name? Final Prediction: Probability distribution:
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Forecaster 1: Probability distribution:
Forecaster 2: Probability distribution:
Forecaster 3: Probability distribution:
The research found no active prediction markets tracking how many newly posted ClinicalTrials.gov registrations will explicitly name a commercial LLM product or AI lab. It reports that most clinical studies involving AI currently describe tools generically (e.g., “large language model,” “AI assistant”) and that there are no established historical base rates for specific product mentions in ClinicalTrials.gov. Using ClinicalTrials.gov registration trends, the researcher estimates ~11,000–11,500 new study registrations in the 74-day window (2026-05-30 to 2026-08-11) and identified several recent published/preprint studies (May 2026 Penn State study; Dec 2025 Burkina Faso cardiology study; Mar 2026 BastionGPT PICU study; Apr 2026 TrialScout preprint) that did explicitly name models (e.g., ChatGPT variants, Gemini, Claude, Llama3).
The research summarizes supporting and countervailing trends: increased pressure for AI disclosure from regulators and journals and notable healthcare-focused AI product launches and integrations (e.g., January 2026 product launches and an Anthropic–ClinicalTrials.gov integration) that could raise naming likelihood, versus cultural norms and lack of mandatory disclosure that favor generic descriptions. It defines reference classes most likely to name specific LLMs (comparative AI trials, AI-as-intervention studies, sponsor-led trials, reproducibility studies), lists high uncertainty and key limitations (no precedent data, ambiguity about what counts as a “mention”), and offers rough quantitative scenarios from very conservative (0.05% → ~5–6 studies) to higher (0.5% → ~55–58 studies), with the researcher indicating a “low” scenario (roughly 5–15 studies) as their assessed most plausible outcome given the evidence.
Sources/websites used (as cited in the research):
(Note: the research cited numbered references but did not supply direct links for most items; only ClinicalTrials.gov was given as a website link.)
I’ve conducted extensive research on this forecasting question but found no active prediction markets specifically tracking this metric. Here’s what I found to inform your forecast:
Critical Context: The question’s background accurately reflects current practice. According to my research, most clinical studies incorporating AI tools describe them generically (“large language model,” “AI assistant”) rather than naming specific products [30]. A December 2025 study explicitly noted “the lack of AI disclosure guidelines in clinical trial reporting (e.g., CONSORT-AI, TRIPOD-AI) despite increasing AI use in medical research” [30].
Expected Trial Volume: ClinicalTrials.gov data shows approximately 23,281 new studies registered in the first 5 months of 2026 (through May 29), averaging ~4,600 studies/month [35]. For your 74-day window (May 30 - August 11), expect approximately 11,000-11,500 new registrations.
Historical Disclosure Patterns: I found no quantitative data on historical rates of specific LLM product mentions in ClinicalTrials.gov registries. This appears to be an emerging phenomenon.
Recent published studies explicitly naming models include:
Growing Transparency Pressure:
Counter-Trends:
Studies most likely to name specific LLMs/companies:
Rapid AI Integration in Healthcare:
BUT: Most AI use remains “behind the scenes” for operational efficiency rather than as disclosed research tools.
High uncertainty exists due to:
Given ~11,000-11,500 expected new trials in the window:
My assessment: The low scenario (5-15 studies) seems most plausible given:
⚠️ No prediction markets found for this question ⚠️ No historical base rates available for this specific metric ⚠️ High uncertainty about disclosure practices during the target period ⚠️ Regulatory environment evolving - disclosure requirements could change
Consider weighting toward lower values (3-10 studies) unless you have inside knowledge suggesting accelerated transparency adoption. The cultural norm against specific product mentions in clinical registries remains strong, even as AI usage proliferates.
I agree with the critic’s directional point that the count is overdispersed: a few prolific groups can add several studies, and the outcome is a mechanical regex count, not a semantic “AI transparency” measure. There are already records where model names appear in countable fields: for example, REFINe names GPT-5 and other models in the brief/detailed text, the Bursa anesthesia record puts multiple model names in an intervention name, and the UroMed AI Doctor study names DeepSeek/ChatGPT/Gemini in brief/detailed text. (clinicaltrials.gov)
But I’m not fully adopting the critic’s upward move, because the narrow field scope is doing even more work than the critic implies. Several superficially relevant examples put the model name only in arm descriptions, intervention descriptions, IPD text, protocol PDFs, keywords, or other page sections that are not among the four resolution fields. For example, the Peking mindfulness trial names DeepSeek in the intervention description rather than the intervention name, and the Fudan tinnitus trial names DeepSeek in IPD/more-information material while its core title/summary/intervention names are generic LLM/AI wording. (clinicaltrials.gov)
My new insight is that the target is especially sensitive to the distinction between interventions.name and intervention/arm descriptions. This trims some of the high-tail evidence: many “LLM intervention” studies are real but not countable under the exact AACT-field rule. Conversely, the high tail remains alive because some studies do put long model-comparison strings directly into official title, brief/detailed descriptions, or intervention names.
Net update: I move the median only slightly upward from my prior 9.0 to about 9.3, and I widen the right tail somewhat, but less than the critic suggests. My central expectation is still a small trickle plus possible clusters, not a broad registry-wide norm shift.
Updated prediction:
Percentile 0.1: 0.49
Percentile 1: 1.49
Percentile 5: 3.49
Percentile 10: 4.49
Percentile 20: 5.99
Percentile 30: 7.19
Percentile 40: 8.19
Percentile 50: 9.29
Percentile 60: 10.89
Percentile 70: 13.09
Percentile 80: 16.79
Percentile 90: 24.49
Percentile 95: 35.49
Percentile 99: 74.0
Percentile 99.9: 118.0
I agree with the critic’s latest points. The most important additional downward correction is the brief_title exclusion: many ClinicalTrials.gov page headings and search-result titles are likely brief titles, while the resolver checks studies.official_title, not brief_title. That means some “obvious” ChatGPT-looking records can still fail if the qualifying term is not in official title, brief summary, detailed description, or intervention name.
I also agree that this is fundamentally a registry-field/copywriting forecast, not a healthcare-AI-adoption forecast. Recent generic AI records illustrate the issue: some newly posted studies describe “generative artificial intelligence” or “AI-supported chatbot” without naming a qualifying model/company, which would not count even if an LLM is substantively involved. (clinicaltrials.gov)
Where I still resist moving the center lower is that there are enough real-looking pre-window examples to make 6-ish more plausible than 3–4. Records such as NCT07493681 visibly use “ChatGPT-4o” in study text, NCT07555756 names DeepSeek/ChatGPT/Gemini in the brief text, and NCT07597499 has “Gemini 3.1 Pro” in its visible narrative/intervention-style text. These do not directly count for the target window if first-posted before May 30, but they show that named-model strings are sometimes landing in resolver-relevant parts of the public record, not only in PDFs or keywords. (clinicaltrials.gov)
I am also accepting the critic’s upward-tail correction a little. After prior rounds I may have slightly over-compressed the upper tail. A single cluster of small ChatGPT/Gemini/DeepSeek comparison studies, or a few mechanical false positives like “Gemini 3” in counted fields, could push the count into the high teens or 20s without any broad regulatory shift. AACT itself looks operationally normal—the downloads page lists both PostgreSQL and flat-file exports last exported on 2026-05-30—so the main uncertainty remains field content, not data availability. (aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org)
My current model: modal range 5–7, median effectively 6, with 8–13 plausible under cluster continuation. Outcomes above 20 require a cluster, template/copywriting shift, or mechanical false positives; possible, but still not my base case. I am therefore leaving the center unchanged and nudging the right tail upward.
Updated prediction:
Percentile 0.1: 0.49
Percentile 1: 1.49
Percentile 5: 2.49
Percentile 10: 3.49
Percentile 20: 4.49
Percentile 30: 5.49
Percentile 40: 5.99
Percentile 50: 6.49
Percentile 60: 7.49
Percentile 70: 9.49
Percentile 80: 12.99
Percentile 90: 19.49
Percentile 95: 26.49
Percentile 99: 46.49
Percentile 99.9: 80.49
I agree with the critic’s main correction: this is an exact registry-wording/SQL-matcher forecast, not a forecast of “LLM use in trials.” The key failure modes are real: first-posted date rather than last-update date, only four AACT fields, and regex misspecification for common variants like “GPT4,” “Chat GPT,” “Copilot,” “Perplexity,” “NotebookLM,” or unqualified “Claude/Gemini.”
I’m moving down from my previous 10.5 median, but not all the way to the critic’s 8.7. The reason is that the pre-window evidence is stronger than “a few salient examples.” As of the current ClinicalTrials.gov API data timestamp, the live dataset is only current to 2026-05-29, i.e. just before the target window, so there are essentially no target-window observations yet. (clinicaltrials.gov) But in the months immediately before the window there are multiple records whose mentions appear in counted-style fields: a Jan. 2 first-posted ChatGPT-5 ICU drug-interaction record; a Feb. 9 record whose intervention text names ChatGPT, Deepseek, Grok, Claude, and Gemini variants; a Mar. 25 record naming ChatGPT-4o Enterprise and OpenAI in the study description/intervention; and Apr. 1 / Apr. 29 records naming ChatGPT, Deepseek, and related models in brief/detailed-description-like text. (clinicaltrials.gov)
That said, I’m now more persuaded that a mechanical extrapolation to 10–12 is too optimistic. Some search-visible hits are false evidence for this resolution because they are first-posted outside the window, only updated in 2026, or put the model name in keywords, IPD-sharing text, publications, or PDFs. Also, many genuinely LLM-relevant studies will use generic wording (“large language model,” “AI chatbot,” “AI assistant”) and miss all matchers. The broad adoption trend matters, but less than I initially weighted it.
My updated central model is roughly: baseline continuation gives ~6–9, modest growth/template copying gives 9–14, and clusters/false positives create a long upper tail. The upper tail remains real: Group A terms like ChatGPT and DeepSeek are broad, and a cluster of Turkish/Chinese/education/rehab/decision-support registrations could add several at once. I also still allow some “Gemini 2/3” false-positive risk, though I do not think it is central.
So I shift the median to about 9–10, thicken the lower tail versus my prior, and keep the high tail fairly fat.
Updated prediction:
Percentile 0.1: 0.3
Percentile 1: 1.1
Percentile 5: 3.0
Percentile 10: 4.1
Percentile 20: 5.7
Percentile 30: 6.9
Percentile 40: 8.1
Percentile 50: 9.4
Percentile 60: 11.1
Percentile 70: 13.6
Percentile 80: 17.5
Percentile 90: 26.5
Percentile 95: 39.0
Percentile 99: 76.0
Percentile 99.9: 125.0
Modal: 34-48 (17.0%) • partial_shift • 5m59s
Reading: strict
The resolution criteria are highly explicit and technical: specific regex patterns with word boundaries are enumerated, the exact database fields to search are named, the snapshot source and fallback rules are specified, and the counting unit (distinct NCT numbers) is unambiguous. There is little room for charitable interpretation — the resolver must apply the listed patterns literally to the listed fields, making this a strict reading.
Total evidence registered (shared pool): ?
| Variant | Perspective | Model | Turns | Tools | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | inside_view (inside_view_v1) | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 | 18 | 31 | OK |
| 1 | outside_view (outside_view_v1) | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 | 15 | 27 | OK |
| 2 | contrarian (contrarian_v1) | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 | 24 | 31 | OK |
Evidence confidence: medium
medium evidence]The base rate of LLM-named registrations is low even as AI trials grow. The CONSORT-AI compliance evidence (source 8) shows most trials still do NOT name specific model versions. Even at 8,400 total new registrations with ~0.4–0.8% naming a specific LLM, the count falls in this range. The relatively narrow regex for Group B (requiring specific version qualifiers) would miss generic mentions of ‘Claude’ or ‘Gemini’ without a listed version.
The concrete examples (sources 10, 12) show multi-model comparison trials naming 3+ specific LLMs each, which would each count once — but if there are many such trials, the count rises above this range. Growing AI transparency norms and CONSORT-AI pressure could increase naming rates.
high evidence]The window is 74 days during a period of rapid AI clinical trial growth. At ~8,400 new registrations (source 7’s monthly rate × window) and a naming rate of ~0.8–1.5%, driven by ChatGPT/GPT dominance (65.7% of AI study mentions per source 2) plus growing DeepSeek and Gemini mentions (sources 10, 12), the count reaches this range. The broad Group A patterns (especially ChatGPT and GPT-[0-9o] with no closing word boundary) are inclusive and match many variants. OpenAI as a company name (C1) would also match studies that reference the lab without specific model versions.
CONSORT-AI compliance is still incomplete (source 8). The majority of clinical trials do not involve AI at all, and those that do often use generic terminology. Group B patterns have strict version requirements, and Gemini 3.5 does NOT match the B2 pattern (requires 1.5, 2, or 3, not 3.5).
low evidence]If the actual monthly new registration rate is closer to the 570–610/month figure implied by sources 4 and 13 (rather than 3,580/month), the window has only ~1,400–1,500 total new studies. At ~1–2% AI-related and low naming rates, only a few dozen would qualify. The strict word-boundary regex patterns (especially Group B requiring specific version numbers) would miss many informal mentions.
The concrete 2026 examples (sources 10 and 12) confirm such studies ARE being registered. The broader Group A patterns and company name patterns (Group C) are relatively inclusive. The trend toward AI transparency in trial registrations is accelerating.
low evidence]If AI naming in clinical trials is growing faster than historical rates suggest, and if OpenAI/ChatGPT mentions are now routine even in non-AI-focused trials (e.g., as comparators or methodology citations), the count could exceed 125. The nature medicine paper found 4,609 peer-reviewed studies on LLMs in clinical medicine in ~3.5 years (~3.2/day), and if trial registrations follow a similar curve, the window could see very high counts.
Clinical trial registrations historically lag peer-reviewed publications in AI adoption. The strict regex patterns would miss many informal mentions. The fraction of all ClinicalTrials.gov postings that mention specific LLM names remains small based on historical evidence.
gemini[ -]?(pro|ultra|nano|advanced|1[.]5|2|3) since ‘3.5’ is not listed.inside_view_v1)Inside View — Causal Chain Analysis
Current state → mechanism → outcome:
The evidence shows that specific commercial LLM names ARE appearing in ClinicalTrials.gov registrations (NCT07267962 with ChatGPT-5, DeepSeek V3.1, Gemini 2.5 Pro; NCT07597499 with Gemini 3.1 Pro; NCT06410547 with GPT-4 and OpenAI). The question is how many such studies accumulate in a 74-day window starting May 30, 2026.
Key causal mechanism: AI clinical trial registrations grew ~22× over 8 years, reaching 627 in 2025 (source 3). Of those ~627 AI trials per year, a fraction explicitly name LLM products. The April 2026 survey found 18+145=163 ChatGPT/GPT records in 5,828 cumulative AI-related trials (all-time through April 2026). But importantly, this is a cumulative historical number, not a 74-day rate. The naming rate is accelerating as CONSORT-AI compliance grows and multi-LLM comparison trials emerge.
Volume calculation:
- Source 4/7 diverge: ~3,580/month (all study types per 2025 annual total of 42,966) vs. ~570-610/month (source 13’s ~7,000/year)
- The 42,966/year figure (source 4) divided by 12 gives ~3,580/month is the correct full ClinicalTrials.gov rate
- 74 days × 3,580/30.4 = ~8,700 new registrations in the window
Naming rate:
- In 2025, 627 AI-related trials were registered (~1.5% of all trials). Of those, maybe 10-20% name a specific commercial LLM (historically underreported per source 8, but growing). That gives ~60-125 naming a specific LLM per year, or ~12-25 in a 74-day window.
- BUT: Group C patterns (OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepMind, Mistral AI) as company names are broader than just product names, and would catch studies that mention these companies in any context (background, methods citations, etc.). This could materially inflate counts above just the product-naming rate.
- The GPT-[0-9o] pattern with no closing word boundary also catches GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4-turbo variants.
- If ~8,700 total new studies, and ~1-2% mention any of these terms (company names or product names) = 87-174 studies. This seems high but is supported by source 7’s projection (40-125 range).
Scenario weighting by evidence strength:
- “Higher count: 70-125” tagged high evidence strength — this gets the most mass
- “Moderate count: 30-70” tagged medium evidence strength — second most mass
- “Lower count: <30” tagged low — minimal mass
- “Very high count: >125” tagged low — minimal mass
My inside view: The causal chain is: ~8,700 new registrations × accelerating AI adoption in 2026 (627/year in 2025 growing) × broad Group C company-name patterns + inclusive Group A patterns (especially ChatGPT and GPT-[0-9o]) → most mass in the 63-120 range. The high-evidence scenario (70-125) maps primarily to bins 5-8 (63-120). I’ll put the modal mass in bins 5-7 (63-106), with meaningful tails in bins 4 and 8-9.
The confidence is “medium” per the brief, so I’m widening the distribution somewhat.
outside_view_v1)Reference class: newly posted ClinicalTrials.gov studies in a 74-day window that explicitly name a commercial LLM product version or an AI lab company in one of the four specified fields. Base rate: use the brief’s extrapolated naming-rate ~0.5–1.5% (brief evidence) applied to the full-site posting-rate scenario (source 7’s extrapolation of ~8,400–9,200 new registrations in the 74‑day window) → midpoint ≈1% → ~84 studies. (Cited: source 7 estimate of ~8,400–9,200 new registrations; source 5 historical ChatGPT/GPT matches of 163 across 5,828 AI trials informs the low absolute frequency of explicit naming.) Adjustment: I widen and shift the distribution around that 84‑study anchor for three reasons. (1) Evidence-strength weighting: the brief’s scenario labelled “Higher count: 70–125” is tagged high relative_evidence_strength and is supported by concrete 2026 examples that name models/versions (NCT07267962, NCT07597499; sources 12 and 10). That pushes mass toward the 63–120 range. (2) Countervailing uncertainty about the total number of new postings (brief documents an alternate, much lower posting-rate of ~570–610/month per sources 4 and 13), plus imperfect CONSORT-AI compliance (source 8) and the strict regex/word‑boundary rules which will miss some informal mentions — these factors pull mass down toward the 30–70 and <30 ranges. (3) Overall evidence confidence is only medium, so distribution is broader than a tight peak. Implementation: center the distribution on bins covering 63–91 (bins 5–6) with the largest single-bin mass (0.22 in bin_5 and 0.20 in bin_6), reflecting the 1%×8,400 ≈84 anchor and the brief’s high‑evidence scenario (70–125). Allocate secondary mass to adjacent mid bins (48–63 and 91–106) to capture uncertainty about posting-rate and regex misses (0.15 and 0.12). Put modest tail probability on both lower outcomes (cumulative effects of low posting-rate and underreporting; 0.20 total across bins 0–3) and on the >120 tail (0.05) to reflect the small but nonzero chance that naming has accelerated sharply or the brief’s larger per-month counts are underestimates. Evidence cited inline: concrete 2026 registrations naming products/versions (NCT07267962 and NCT07597499; sources 12 and 10) justify nontrivial mass above 60; the April 2026 search showing only 18 ChatGPT + 145 GPT records among 5,828 AI trials (source 5) and CONSORT-AI noncompliance (source 8) justify substantial mass below 70; the brief’s explicit projection range (roughly 40–125 from its extrapolation) shaped the spread and the emphasis on bins 5–7. Final note: this is an outside‑view anchoring to the base‑rate (≈1% naming) with modest adjustments for concrete 2026 examples and for the significant posting‑rate uncertainty documented in the brief (medium confidence in evidence).
contrarian_v2)Adversarial reading
The implicit consensus in the brief is that the 74-day window will see 70–125 qualifying studies (high-evidence scenario), driven by the ~3,580/month registration rate extrapolated to 8,400–9,200 total postings and a 0.8–1.5% naming fraction anchored on ChatGPT/OpenAI dominance plus concrete 2026 examples like NCT07267962 and NCT07597499.
Counter-evidence found (or absence)
The brief explicitly flags a 6× discrepancy in total posting rates (570–610/month from sources 4/13 vs. 3,580/month from source 7), incomplete CONSORT-AI/SPIRIT-AI compliance where most AI trials still omit specific model versions (source 8), and the fact that Gemini 3.5 (released/announced inside the window per source 17) does not match the closed B2 regex. Historical matches remain low: only 163 ChatGPT/GPT hits across 5,828 AI-related trials accumulated through April 2026 (source 5).
Distribution implications
These factors shift mass toward bins 2–4 (19–63) relative to the high-evidence 70–125 scenario, because the lower posting-rate estimate and strict regex/compliance constraints make sub-70 outcomes substantially more plausible than a naive average of the scenarios would imply. Bins above 91 receive only residual mass.
Strategy: logit_mean • Drafts: 3/3
anchoring_v1The draft rationale anchors its p50 primarily on the “higher count: 70–125” scenario tagged high-evidence, which itself rests on source 7’s ~8,400–9,200 new registrations combined with a 0.8–1.5% naming rate. This is optimistic anchoring on two compounding fronts: (1) the 3,580/month figure (source 7) is derived from the full ClinicalTrials.gov annual total including ALL study types and trial categories, while the 570–610/month figure (sources 4/13 cross-checked at 6,800–7,300/year) is likely the operative figure for net-new distinct studies — the brief explicitly notes these sources “appear to be measuring different things.” Using the aggressive 8,700-registration figure without resolving this discrepancy places the p50 at the optimistic end of the volume range. (2) The naming rate of 0.8–1.5% is derived from extrapolating 163 cumulative ChatGPT/GPT hits across 5,828 AI-related trials (all-time through April 2026), but this conflates historical accumulation with a forward-looking 74-day rate. The brief’s own source 8 notes CONSORT-AI compliance remains incomplete and “most trials do NOT name specific model versions” — this disfavors the high end of the naming-rate range. A flat-prior approach to the posting-rate uncertainty (centering between 1,400 and 8,700 registrations at ~5,000) with a ~0.7% naming rate yields a modal estimate closer to 35 qualifying studies, suggesting the current distribution’s modal mass in 63–77 (bin_5) is shifted 1–2 bins too high.
ceiling_v1The draft rationale applies an unconditioned base rate (~1% of ~8,400 postings) without adequately integrating the structural ceiling implied by the historical cumulative data. Source 5 reports that across ALL 5,828 AI-related trials ever registered on ClinicalTrials.gov through April 2026, only 18 matched ChatGPT and 145 matched GPT — totaling ~163 cumulative LLM-product matches across years of all AI trials. If 627 AI-related trials were registered in all of 2025 (source 3), then in a 74-day window (~20% of a year), approximately 125 AI-related trials would be expected — and only a fraction of those would name a specific commercial LLM. Even generously assuming 15-20% of 2026 AI trials explicitly name a product (an accelerated rate vs. historical), that yields only ~19-25 qualifying studies from the AI-trial pool alone. Adding Group C company-name patterns (OpenAI, Anthropic) could expand this, but the brief notes these are the same labs already captured in ChatGPT/GPT/Gemini counts. The structural implication is a soft ceiling well below 70, not a modal outcome in the 63-91 range — the high-evidence scenario’s evidence is based on cherry-picked examples (NCT07267962, NCT07597499) that each count as exactly 1 NCT regardless of how many LLMs they name.
math_v1The draft’s logit-mean aggregation across three model variants yields a distribution that is internally consistent with its stated reasoning, but the reasoning itself contains a critical arithmetic contradiction. The inside view calculates ~8,700 new registrations × 1-2% naming rate = 87-174 studies, yet the draft distribution places only ~44% of mass in bins 5-8 (63-120), contradicting this calculated range. The outside view anchors to 1% × 8,400 ≈ 84 studies but then allocates the largest single-bin mass (0.22) to 63-77 (bin_5), which is below the 84-study anchor. The contrarian view shifts mass downward citing the lower posting-rate estimate (570-610/month) but doesn’t quantify the rebasing: 1,400-1,500 new registrations × 1-2% = 14-30 studies, implying bins 1-2 should be modal, not bins 4-6. The three variants resolve to overlapping but contradictory EV anchors (40-125 vs. 84 vs. <30), and the logit-mean averaging obscures rather than reconciles these conflicts.
Reviews consumed: 3
Two of three reviewers (anchoring and ceiling) independently suggested shift_lower with medium magnitude, citing the same structural concerns: (1) the 6× posting-rate discrepancy (570-610/month vs. 3,580/month) was resolved by the draft toward the optimistic end without adequate justification, and (2) the naming-rate extrapolation (0.8-1.5%) conflates cumulative historical AI-trial matches with forward-looking all-trial rates. The ceiling reviewer’s calculation is particularly compelling: ~125 AI trials in the 74-day window with even a generous 15-20% specific-naming rate yields ~19-25 from the AI pool, with Group C/A overlap (OpenAI matches likely co-occur with ChatGPT/GPT matches) limiting incremental contribution. The math reviewer flagged internal EV-vs-modal-bin inconsistency in the draft but suggested redistribute (essentially holding similar shape); I weight the two converging directional reviewers more heavily since they identify substantive forecasting errors, not just internal consistency. I shifted modal mass from bins 5-6 down to bins 3-4 (34-63), keeping meaningful right tail since concrete 2026 examples (NCT07267962, NCT07597499) confirm the phenomenon is real and growing. The math reviewer’s right-tail concern (understated >120) was partially rejected because the ceiling argument structurally caps that tail.
[math] Right tail (bins 8-9, Above 120) is understated at 7.84%; should be 10-15% to reflect inside view’s 87-174 calculated range.
[math] Logit-mean aggregation obscured rather than resolved contradictory anchors across the three variants (87-174 vs. 84 vs. 14-30).
| Bin | Probability |
|---|---|
| Below 5 (bin_0) | 3.0% |
| 5-19 (bin_1) | 8.0% |
| 19-34 (bin_2) | 14.0% |
| 34-48 (bin_3) | 17.0% |
| 48-63 (bin_4) | 17.0% |
| 63-77 (bin_5) | 14.0% |
| 77-91 (bin_6) | 11.0% |
| 91-106 (bin_7) | 8.0% |
| 106-120 (bin_8) | 5.0% |
| Above 120 (bin_9) | 3.0% |
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Extracted Percentile Values: {0.1: 2, 1.0: 4, 5.0: 8, 10.0: 12, 15.0: 15, 20.0: 18, 25.0: 21, 30.0: 24, 35.0: 27, 40.0: 30, 45.0: 33, 46.0: 34, 47.0: 35, 48.0: 36, 49.0: 37, 50.0: 38, 51.0: 39, 52.0: 40, 53.0: 41, 54.0: 42, 55.0: 44, 60.0: 48, 65.0: 53, 70.0: 59, 75.0: 66, 80.0: 74, 85.0: 84, 90.0: 96, 95.0: 115, 99.0: 150, 99.9: 200}
Model’s Answer:
I need to forecast the count of distinct NCT numbers with study_first_posted_date between 2026-05-30 and 2026-08-11 (~74 days) that match specific regex patterns for commercial LLM products or AI lab companies across four text fields.
The research indicates significant acceleration in AI clinical trial integration:
The regex patterns cover the dominant players:
Assumption 1: Rate of explicit LLM naming in registry text by mid-2026
Assumption 2: Base posting volume stability
Assumption 3: Market share distribution of covered products
Despite AI growth, registry text often lags methods papers in specificity. Most trialists may continue using generic terminology (“AI chatbot,” “LLM-based tool”) without naming specific products. The regex patterns could miss proprietary tool branding that conceals underlying models.
Likelihood: ~15%
If the transparency push has been highly successful by mid-2026, combined with major partnerships and regulatory expectations, explicit naming could become standard practice. Multiple OpenAI/Anthropic/Google health AI integrations could drive significant uptake.
Likelihood: ~10%
Given ~8,000 new studies in the window:
Adjusting for acceleration trends and uncertainty, I estimate a median around 35-40 studies.
The default range of 4.5-120.5 suggests the question authors expect most outcomes within this range. My analysis centers probability around 30-45 studies, with meaningful tails reflecting:
The distribution is right-skewed because growth trajectories could produce surprise upside more easily than surprise downside given the clear directional trend.
Percentile .1: 2 Percentile 1: 4 Percentile 5: 8 Percentile 10: 12 Percentile 15: 15 Percentile 20: 18 Percentile 25: 21 Percentile 30: 24 Percentile 35: 27 Percentile 40: 30 Percentile 45: 33 Percentile 46: 34 Percentile 47: 35 Percentile 48: 36 Percentile 49: 37 Percentile 50: 38 Percentile 51: 39 Percentile 52: 40 Percentile 53: 41 Percentile 54: 42 Percentile 55: 44 Percentile 60: 48 Percentile 65: 53 Percentile 70: 59 Percentile 75: 66 Percentile 80: 74 Percentile 85: 84 Percentile 90: 96 Percentile 95: 115 Percentile 99: 150 Percentile 99.9: 200
Registry volume has grown steadily and sets an expanding denominator that tempers raw count growth.
Formal posting rules and quality-control timing compress when name-bearing records become visible.
Most explicit naming has been concentrated in a small number of sponsors and product mentions, not broadly distributed.
External pressures from journals, regulators, and reproducibility advocates nudge authors toward explicit identification but adoption is gradual.
A mandate or standard for naming would produce a discrete upward step in counts; absent that, trends will remain incremental.
Burstiness of registrations — a single group posting multiple studies — creates overdispersion and occasional spikes.
Temporal snapshot differences and post-posting edits leave room for plus-or-minus a few records at resolution.
Counting rules that limit fields and use strict word-boundary matching are a first-order sensitivity for the final integer.
Forecast: median = 34.2162 studies
I interpret this as a count of unique NCT IDs whose First Posted date falls from 2026-05-30 through 2026-08-11 inclusive and whose official title, brief summary, detailed description, or intervention name matches one of the listed model/lab regexes. AACT is the correct resolution substrate: it mirrors all publicly available ClinicalTrials.gov protocol/results content, is updated daily from ClinicalTrials.gov, preserves the public content without cleaning/manipulation, and exposes the relevant content in tables including studies, brief_summaries, detailed_descriptions, and interventions. The AACT downloads page already shows a daily flat-file snapshot for 2026-05-30, consistent with the question’s stated resolution mechanism. (aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org)
For the denominator, ClinicalTrials.gov’s official trends page reports 42,966 studies first posted in calendar year 2025, and 22,091 first posted in 2026 as of 2026-05-20. Converting those rates to a 74-day window gives about 8,710 studies using the full-year 2025 pace, about 11,677 using the 2026 year-to-date pace, and about 10,194 using the midpoint of those two rates. So the relevant window is likely to contain on the order of ten thousand newly posted studies, not a few hundred. (clinicaltrials.gov)
The key forecasting question is therefore the share of new postings that will explicitly name one of the specified commercial models/labs. There is clear evidence that such naming is now happening and is getting more version-specific. Official study pages surfaced examples including NCT06384950 (First Posted 2024-04-25) naming ChatGPT, NCT06410547 (First Posted 2024-05-13) naming GPT-4 / OpenAI / Gemini, NCT07140250 (First Posted 2025-08-24) naming ChatGPT, NCT07267962 (First Posted 2025-12-05) naming ChatGPT-5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and DeepSeek V3.1, NCT07303517 (First Posted 2025-12-26) naming ChatGPT, NCT07333365 (First Posted 2026-01-12) using a ChatGPT-powered intervention, NCT07493681 (First Posted 2026-03-25) naming ChatGPT-4o and OpenAI, and NCT07558837 (First Posted 2026-04-30) naming DeepSeek-R1 671B. Another surfaced 2025/26 example, NCT07281066, explicitly compares ChatGPT-4o, Gemini Advanced, and Claude 3.7. (clinicaltrials.gov)
I still make a meaningful downward adjustment from the raw search hits. The resolution regex is narrower than “any AI mention,” and some apparent hits do not qualify. For example, NCT07386340 was first posted on 2026-02-04, but its “Gemini” reference is a device brand (“Eversense Gemini System”), not one of the closed Gemini model variants in the resolution regex. Likewise, model names that appear only in PDFs or in non-counted fields would not matter at resolution under the stated rules. So recent visibility of LLM-naming trials is informative, but it does not translate one-for-one into qualifying counts. (clinicaltrials.gov)
My synthesis is: (1) the denominator over the window is probably around 10k new studies; (2) explicit commercial-model naming has clearly moved from occasional 2024 examples to repeated, version-specific 2025/26 examples; but (3) the qualifying share is still tiny, because even low-double-digit counts would amount to only around a tenth of a percent of all new postings. Balancing those forces, I put the mean near 12 and the median near 11-12, with most mass in the high single digits to high teens and a thinner right tail into the 20s. My point forecast is 12 qualifying studies. (clinicaltrials.gov)
Resolution uses the AACT flat-file snapshot after the window and counts distinct NCT IDs whose study_first_posted_date is between 2026-05-30 and 2026-08-11 inclusive and whose official title, brief summary, detailed description, or intervention name matches the supplied regexes. AACT is a structured mirror of public ClinicalTrials.gov data, is refreshed daily, and its flat files map directly to tables such as studies, brief_summaries, detailed_descriptions, and interventions; the downloads page provides recent daily snapshots plus archives. That makes historical AACT/ClinicalTrials.gov registrations the right base rate for this forecast. (aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org)
For the broader background, a 2025 analysis of AACT data downloaded on 2025-03-06 found 94 ClinicalTrials.gov registrations involving LLMs after manual review, versus an earlier review that had only 19 registrations in early 2024. The same paper noted that all identified LLM studies had start dates in 2023 or later, which is strong evidence of a rapidly growing but still niche registration stream. (journals.sagepub.com)
The named-model subset relevant to this question is clearly active by late 2025 and early 2026. Examples with exact first-posted dates visible in ClinicalTrials.gov snippets include NCT07199231 on 2025-09-30 (mentions OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Google’s Gemini), NCT07214831 on 2025-10-09 (ChatGPT), NCT07253571 on 2025-11-28 (ChatGPT/OpenAI), NCT07267962 on 2025-12-05 (ChatGPT-5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, DeepSeek V3.1), NCT07281066 on 2025-12-15 (ChatGPT-4o, Gemini Advanced, Claude 3.7), NCT07293078 on 2025-12-18 (ChatGPT-5), and NCT07314125 on 2026-01-02 (ChatGPT-5). The pattern persisted into spring 2026 with NCT07485465 first posted 2026-03-20 (GPT-5) and NCT07493681 first posted 2026-03-25 (ChatGPT-4o/OpenAI). These examples matter because they show not just generic AI language, but explicit model versions and lab names that would actually satisfy the resolution regexes. (clinicaltrials.gov)
I treat those web-found records as a floor rather than a full count, because a search engine will surface only a subset of what a direct AACT regex query would catch. My forecast therefore combines three scenarios: a low scenario around 6 if the pace looks more like the lighter 2025 summer period; a base scenario around 10.5 if late-2025/early-2026 momentum continues with modest growth; and a high scenario around 15.5 if explicit version/company naming keeps spreading as investigators move from generic LLM wording to auditable product names. Weighting those scenarios 25% / 50% / 25% gives a mean of 10.625 and puts most mass in the high-single-digit to mid-teen range. This is also consistent with the broader picture that LLM-trial registrations are growing fast, while explicit naming is still a niche subset of all clinical registrations. (journals.sagepub.com)
My median-like central forecast is about 10 to 11 studies, with the single most plausible integers clustered around 9, 10, 11, and 12. I assign nontrivial downside probability because many registrations still use generic AI language and would fail these specific regexes, but I also leave a meaningful upside tail because recent records already include very specific names such as ChatGPT-5, Claude 3.7, Gemini Advanced / 2.5 Pro, DeepSeek V3.1, OpenAI, and Anthropic. (clinicaltrials.gov)
I start with the denominator. ClinicalTrials.gov had 585,919 registered studies as of 2026-05-20. The official trends table shows 43,671 first-posted studies in 2024, 42,966 in 2025, and 22,091 already in 2026 through May 20. Over the 74-day resolution window from 2026-05-30 through 2026-08-11, that implies roughly 8,710 new postings if 2025 pace repeats, or roughly 11,675 if the faster 2026 year-to-date pace were to persist. So the opportunity set is on the order of about 9,000 to 12,000 newly posted study records. (clinicaltrials.gov)
The resolution source is also well specified. AACT documents that it provides the 30 most recent daily snapshots plus permanent monthly archives, and the downloads pages currently show daily snapshot exports such as the 2026-05-30 flat-file and PostgreSQL dumps. ClinicalTrials.gov defines Study First Posted as the date a study record first became publicly available after QC review, which is the same concept the question uses for its date window. (aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org)
For a field-level base rate, the best direct paper I found is a 2025 analysis of AACT data that identified 94 LLM-related ClinicalTrials.gov studies after manual review; all had start dates in 2023 or later, and 23 had start dates in 2025 or later as of 2025-05-01. A broader JMIR study found 3,106 AI/ML studies registered on ClinicalTrials.gov for 2010-2023, with 62.8% starting in 2021-2023, which reinforces that AI-related registration activity has been rising steeply. (journals.sagepub.com)
What matters most here is not generic AI usage but explicit naming of a counted commercial model/version or AI lab. Recent records show that this is already happening. Examples with 2026 First Posted dates include NCT07314125 (First Posted 2026-01-02; ChatGPT-5), NCT07318571 (2026-01-06; ChatGPT-assisted intervention), NCT07328815 (2026-01-09; ChatGPT-5.1 plus Claude Sonnet 4.5, Gemini 2.5 Pro Thinking, and GPT-5.1 in the description), NCT07414966 (2026-02-17; DeepSeek-V3.1), NCT07459491 (2026-03-09; ChatGPT-5), NCT07493681 (2026-03-25; ChatGPT-4o Enterprise, developed by OpenAI), NCT07542561 (2026-04-21; DeepSeek R1 in the study description as surfaced by search), and NCT07555756 (2026-04-29; DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and Google Gemini in the brief summary). (clinicaltrials.gov)
But not every AI or LLM study will count. Some very recent first-posted studies are generic only, such as NCT07602725 (First Posted 2026-05-22; unnamed LLM-generated plain-language summaries) and NCT07592338 (First Posted 2026-05-18; generic computer-program treatment recommendations in the snippet). And some apparent string matches are deliberate false-positive traps, such as the non-AI Eversense Gemini device study, which was first posted on 2026-02-04. So the final count should be materially below the total number of AI/LLM-related postings. (clinicaltrials.gov)
My forecast combines two lenses. First, the directly observed 2026 examples already give a floor in the high single digits by late May, and ordinary web search almost certainly misses some qualifying study pages; scaling that floor upward for incomplete discovery suggests something like low-teens qualifying studies over a roughly five-month span, or around 6 to 8 over a 74-day slice. Second, the 2025 LLM-study paper implies a broader LLM-registration flow around mid-single-digits per month by early 2025, while the overall ClinicalTrials.gov denominator is larger in 2026 than in 2025; adjusting upward for continued adoption but downward because many studies remain generic or use non-qualifying names points me to a center around 11 to 12 for this window. That is an inference from the cited base rates and recent examples, not a directly observed count. (journals.sagepub.com)
My median forecast is 11, with mean about 11.8. I represent uncertainty with a moderately overdispersed negative-binomial distribution: enough spread to allow for search undercoverage, continued acceleration in naming exact models for reproducibility, and the possibility that many sponsors still use only generic language. In practical terms, I think the most plausible region is roughly 7 to 16, with smaller but real tails below 5 and above 20. (journals.sagepub.com)
I anchor this forecast to the exact resolution mechanics. AACT is a structured relational mirror of ClinicalTrials.gov that is updated daily, and the AACT downloads page on May 30, 2026 shows both the PostgreSQL dump and the flat-file export dated 2026-05-30. The AACT schema includes the
studies,brief_summaries,detailed_descriptions, andinterventionstables named in the question, and ClinicalTrials.gov’s search-area documentation confirms that fields such as Official Title, Brief Summary, Intervention Name, and Intervention Description are standard searchable text fields. (aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org)The broad base rate is still small, but it is rising. A March 6, 2025 AACT-based analysis identified 94 ClinicalTrials.gov studies involving LLMs; all had start dates in 2023 or later, with 25 starts in 2023 and 46 in 2024. A separate 2024 review of registered LLM trials found 22 ongoing registered studies, of which 15 used GPT variants, 7 explicitly specified GPT-4, and only 4 did not specify which LLM would be used. That combination suggests two things at once: LLM-related registrations remain a tiny niche relative to the whole registry, but among genuinely LLM-focused registrations, naming a commercial model family is already fairly common. (journals.sagepub.com)
For the most relevant near-term evidence, I looked for direct official study pages already first-posted in 2026 that would satisfy this market question’s matcher list. I found at least these dated examples on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT07314125 (ChatGPT-5) first posted 2026-01-02; NCT07328815 (ChatGPT-5.1, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Gemini 2.5 Pro Thinking) first posted 2026-01-09; NCT07459491 (ChatGPT-5) first posted 2026-03-09; NCT07493681 (ChatGPT-4o Enterprise, OpenAI) first posted 2026-03-25; NCT07599358 (ChatGPT) first posted 2026-04-29; NCT07267962 (ChatGPT-5, DeepSeek V3.1, Gemini 2.5 Pro) first posted 2026-04-30; and NCT07558837 (DeepSeek-R1 671B) first posted 2026-04-30. (clinicaltrials.gov)
There are also additional 2026 registrations surfaced by official ClinicalTrials.gov pages that clearly mention qualifying names but whose search snippets did not expose the first-posted date in the returned excerpt, such as NCT07555756 (explicitly comparing against DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and Google Gemini) and NCT07352475 (benchmarking GPT-5, GPT-4o, Llama-4 Maverick-17B, Gemini-2.5-Pro, DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp, and Claude Sonnet-4.5 before choosing a GPT-5-class model). Separately, a May 2026 arXiv abstract on AI trends in ClinicalTrials.gov reports a marked increase in AI-related trials, including recent growth in references to GPTs and large language models. (clinicaltrials.gov)
My key inference is that the seven directly dated 2026 examples are a floor, not a full census. Search-engine retrieval of ClinicalTrials.gov study pages is not exhaustive, and the official-site snippets above already show that matching trials were being first-posted repeatedly across January through April 2026. Against that, I do not want to over-extrapolate: the absolute LLM-trial base is still small, and many AI trials remain generic enough that they will miss this question’s specific regex list. Balancing those forces, I put the center of the distribution in the low double digits rather than the high teens or 20s. (journals.sagepub.com)
Numerically, I encode that judgment as a three-scenario negative-binomial mixture with means 8, 11, and 16, weighted 0.40/0.45/0.15. That produces a mean forecast of 10.55. In plain language: my median-type expectation is about 10 to 11 matching studies in the window 2026-05-30 through 2026-08-11, with most probability mass concentrated roughly from the upper single digits into the mid-teens, a meaningful but not dominant chance of fewer than 5, and only a very thin upper tail beyond 20.
I treated this as a rate forecast over a 74-day window. ClinicalTrials.gov says its data refresh daily Monday through Friday, and the API version endpoint showed a dataTimestamp of 2026-05-29T09:00:06 when checked, so the public registry data were effectively current through May 29, 2026 at forecast time. AACT/ClinicalTrials.gov documentation also confirms the relevant first-posted date field and the text fields implicated by the resolution rule. (clinicaltrials.gov)
For base rates, I looked at concrete examples of qualifying-style studies already appearing on ClinicalTrials.gov. Recent named-model studies include NCT07267962, first posted 2025-12-05, explicitly naming ChatGPT-5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and DeepSeek V3.1; NCT07281066, first posted 2025-12-15, naming ChatGPT-4o, Gemini Advanced, and Claude 3.7; NCT07314125, first posted 2026-01-02, naming ChatGPT-5; NCT07328815, first posted 2026-01-09, naming ChatGPT-5.1, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and Gemini 2.5 Pro Thinking; NCT07333365, first posted 2026-01-12, describing a ChatGPT-powered intervention; NCT07493681, first posted 2026-03-25, naming ChatGPT-4o Enterprise and OpenAI; NCT07505732, first posted 2026-04-01, describing a sarcoma chatbot built on ChatGPT; and NCT07555756, first posted 2026-04-29, comparing against DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and Google Gemini. (clinicaltrials.gov)
Looking back one year, the same general phenomenon was already present but thinner. Examples include NCT07012577, first posted 2025-06-10, naming GPT-4; NCT07091435, first posted 2025-07-29, naming ChatGPT in the title; NCT07140250, first posted 2025-08-24, naming ChatGPT; plus earlier 2025 studies such as NCT06774612 (2025-01-14), NCT06775938 (2025-01-15), NCT06865534 (2025-03-10), NCT06911645 (2025-04-04), NCT06963957 (2025-05-09), and NCT06981208 (2025-05-20). (clinicaltrials.gov)
From this sample, the visible raw rate is only low-single-digits per 74-day window, but it is clearly rising. The 2025-12-01 to 2026-02-12 period alone contains at least five obvious qualifying studies from the registry pages above (NCT07267962, NCT07281066, NCT07314125, NCT07328815, NCT07333365), while the 2026-03-17 to 2026-05-29 period contains at least three (NCT07493681, NCT07505732, NCT07555756). I do not take those raw counts literally because search-engine retrieval will miss some qualifying records, but they are enough to show that the event is no longer rare-zero and that explicit naming of commercial models is now a recurring pattern. (clinicaltrials.gov)
The main adjustment from the raw visible sample is upward, not downward. By late 2025 and early 2026, registrations were already naming specific versions such as ChatGPT-5, GPT-5.1, Claude 3.7, Claude Sonnet 4.5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and DeepSeek V3.1, which is exactly the kind of specificity this question measures. That suggests ongoing diffusion and a mild transparency trend, though not an explosive one. (clinicaltrials.gov)
I therefore centered the forecast on about 6 studies across the 74-day target window (the scenario-mixture mean in the code is 5.975, and the target window length is 74 days). My median forecast is 6. Most of my probability mass sits in roughly the 3-10 range, with 5-7 the thickest part of the distribution. I think outcomes below 5 remain very plausible if summer 2026 looks more like the lighter 2025 window, but I lean slightly above that because the more recent 2026 pattern is stronger and more model-specific.