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ClinicalTrials.gov API

clinicaltrials.gov · Health

Health No Auth Free & Open Healthcare Clinical Trials Research

US National Library of Medicine database of clinical studies — 500,000+ studies worldwide. Search by condition, drug, location, status, and more. Free, no API key.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Search studies

Find clinical trials on COVID-19 vaccines.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?format=json&pageSize=5&query.cond=COVID-19&query.intr=vaccine

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curl -X GET "https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?format=json&pageSize=5&query.cond=COVID-19&query.intr=vaccine"
import requests
params = {
    "format": "json",
    "pageSize": "5",
    "query.cond": "COVID-19",
    "query.intr": "vaccine"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())
const url = new URL('https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies');
url.searchParams.set('format', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('pageSize', '5');
url.searchParams.set('query.cond', 'COVID-19');
url.searchParams.set('query.intr', 'vaccine');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("format", "json")
	q.Set("pageSize", "5")
	q.Set("query.cond", "COVID-19")
	q.Set("query.intr", "vaccine")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "format" => "json",
  "pageSize" => "5",
  "query.cond" => "COVID-19",
  "query.intr" => "vaccine"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)
<?php
$url = "https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies?" . http_build_query([
    "format" => "json",
    "pageSize" => "5",
    "query.cond" => "COVID-19",
    "query.intr" => "vaccine"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

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  1. No API key needed
  2. Search: GET /api/v2/studies?query.cond=cancer&pageSize=10&format=json
  3. Filter by status: &filter.overallStatus=RECRUITING
  4. Near location: &query.locn=New+York
  5. Single study: GET /api/v2/studies/{NCT_ID}?format=json

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