ClinicalTrials.gov Database

What it does

Provides helper scripts and examples to query ClinicalTrials.gov API v2, returning study search results, detailed study records by NCT ID, and CSV/JSON exports. It includes pagination helpers, rate-limit guidance, and convenience functions for extracting eligibility, locations, sponsors, and outcomes—useful for patient matching, clinical research, and competitive drug/trial tracking.

When to use it

Use this skill when you need to find recruiting or completed trials for a condition or drug, retrieve full protocol details for an NCT identifier, perform geographic or sponsor-based searches, export trial lists for analysis, or build monitoring pipelines that track trial status changes.

What's included

• Scripts: a scripts/ folder with query_clinicaltrials.py and helpers for search, pagination, and CSV export (has_scripts: true).
• References: references/api_reference.md documenting endpoints, parameters, and response structure (has_references: true).
• Instructions: quick-start examples for basic searches, NCT lookups, pagination, exporting CSV, and extracting eligibility, contacts, and site locations.

Compatible agents

Best used by agents or environments that can run Python helper scripts (Claude Code, Copilot/Codex-style integrations, or any agent with Python runtime access).