Clinical Trial Competitor Watch — ClinicalTrials.gov Monitor

Track clinical trial activity from ClinicalTrials.gov in real-time. Monitor trial status changes, new study registrations, and competitor pipelines. Get trial titles, NCT IDs, lead sponsors, overall status, phase data, and last update dates — all as structured JSON for pharma competitive intelligence.

What data can you get?

Trial Status Monitoring — Track clinical trials by keyword and detect status changes: new registrations, active enrollment, suspended trials, terminated studies, and completed trials. Each result includes a severity score based on trial status (terminated/withdrawn = high, suspended = medium, active = low).

Competitor Pipeline Intelligence — Search by therapeutic area, drug name, or sponsor company to build a view of competitor clinical activity. See which companies are advancing trials in your indication areas.

Use cases

• Pharma competitive intelligence — Monitor competitor clinical pipelines by drug name, indication, or sponsor
• Biotech investors — Track trial status changes that signal clinical success or failure (moved to Phase 3, suspended, terminated)
• Medical affairs — Stay current on trials in your therapeutic area for medical education and conference prep
• Regulatory strategy — Monitor the competitive landscape to inform your own regulatory filing timeline
• Academic researchers — Find active trials related to your research for collaboration opportunities
• Patient advocacy groups — Track trial availability for specific conditions and treatments

How to use

1. Set keywords (e.g., ["GLP-1", "obesity"]) to filter by condition, drug, or sponsor
2. Optionally set since to limit to recently updated trials
3. Filter by severity to focus on notable status changes
4. Run the actor and get structured trial data

Example input

{
  "keywords": ["GLP-1", "obesity"],
  "since": "2025-01-01",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Example output

{
  "source": "clinicaltrials-gov",
  "itemId": "NCT06198427",
  "itemName": "A Phase 3 Study of Oral GLP-1 Receptor Agonist in Adults With Obesity",
  "itemSummary": "Status: RECRUITING — Sponsor: Novo Nordisk",
  "severity": "low",
  "score": 2.0,
  "publishedAt": "2025-11-15T00:00:00.000Z",
  "url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06198427",
  "tags": ["clinical-trial", "competitor"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-02-14T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Data sources

• ClinicalTrials.gov — US National Library of Medicine registry of 500,000+ clinical studies worldwide
• Data refreshed in real-time with every run via the ClinicalTrials.gov API v2

Pricing

Pay-per-event pricing. You only pay for what you use:

• $0.50 per actor start
• $0.0025 per trial record

Example: Fetching 200 obesity-related trials costs $0.50 + $0.50 = $1.00 total.

Integrations

Works with all Apify integrations: webhooks, API, Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, and more. Schedule weekly runs to monitor clinical trial pipeline changes.

Tips

• Schedule weekly runs to catch trial status changes. Trials move through phases over months, so weekly monitoring provides timely intelligence without excessive costs.
• Search by sponsor name to build competitor pipeline views. Pass ["Pfizer"] or ["Moderna"] to see all their active trials.
• Monitor for terminated and suspended trials by filtering severity: "high". These status changes often signal safety concerns or efficacy failures — both are critical competitive intelligence.
• Combine with NIH Grant Intel for full R&D intelligence. Track both early-stage NIH-funded research and later-stage clinical trials in the same therapeutic area.
• Use the since filter to focus on recently updated trials. ClinicalTrials.gov contains 500,000+ studies total, but most competitive intelligence value is in the last 6-12 months of updates.