# ClinicalTrials.gov Scraper: Clinical Trials Search & Export (`pankajbhatia/clinicaltrials-gov-scraper`) Actor Search and export clinical trials from ClinicalTrials.gov by condition, drug, sponsor, location, phase and status. Get NCT ID, title, phase, sponsor, enrollment, dates, eligibility, outcomes and sites. Official API. - **URL**: https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/clinicaltrials-gov-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Pankaj Bhatia](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia) (community) - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 studies This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README ## ClinicalTrials.gov Scraper: Clinical Trials Search & Export **Search and export clinical trials from ClinicalTrials.gov in bulk.** Filter by **condition, drug or intervention, sponsor, location, phase, recruitment status, study type and dates**, and get one clean row per study: - **NCT ID**, link, title, official title and acronym - **Status** (recruiting, completed and more), **phase**, study type, why it stopped (if it did) - **Conditions**, keywords, MeSH terms and **interventions** (drugs, devices, procedures) - **Lead sponsor**, sponsor type (industry, NIH and others) and collaborators - **Enrollment**, allocation, masking and primary purpose - **Dates**: start, primary completion, completion, first posted and last updated - **Eligibility**: sex, age range, healthy volunteers and full criteria - Primary outcomes, brief summary, whether results are posted - **Study sites**: facility, city, state, country, site status and the total site count The data comes from the **official ClinicalTrials.gov API v2**, run by the U.S. National Library of Medicine, and covers 500,000+ studies worldwide. Contact names, phone numbers and emails are intentionally **not** collected. ### Who is it for? - **Pharma and biotech competitive intelligence**: track every phase 2 and 3 trial a competitor runs in your indication. - **CROs and site networks**: find recruiting studies near your sites and see which sponsors are active. - **Investors and analysts**: monitor pipelines, completion dates and terminated trials. - **Medical writers, researchers and AI builders**: build datasets for literature reviews and RAG. - **Patient advocacy groups**: list recruiting trials for a condition by country. ### How to use it 1. Enter a **condition**, drug, sponsor or location, or paste **NCT IDs**. 2. Add filters such as **status**, **phase**, study type and "updated on or after". 3. Click **Start** and export to Excel, CSV or JSON. For daily monitoring, schedule it with **Updated on or after** set to yesterday's date. ### Input example ```json { "condition": "obesity", "sponsor": "Novo Nordisk", "phases": ["PHASE3"], "statuses": ["RECRUITING", "NOT_YET_RECRUITING"], "updatedAfter": "2026-01-01", "sortBy": "lastUpdated", "maxResults": 100 } ``` ### Output example ```json { "nctId": "NCT07571109", "url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07571109", "title": "AMAZE 4: A Research Study Investigating How Well the Medicine...", "status": "RECRUITING", "phases": ["PHASE3"], "studyType": "INTERVENTIONAL", "conditions": ["Obesity", "Overweight", "Obstructive Sleep Apnoea"], "interventions": [{"type": "DRUG", "name": "NNC0487-0111"}], "leadSponsor": "Novo Nordisk A/S", "sponsorType": "INDUSTRY", "enrollment": 300, "startDate": "2026-05-05", "primaryCompletionDate": "2028-06-26", "lastUpdatedDate": "2026-10-07", "minimumAge": "18 Years", "locationCount": 92, "countries": ["Australia", "China", "Germany", "India", "Japan", "Poland", "United States"], "locations": [{"facility": "Dignity Health, Mercy Gilbert", "city": "Gilbert", "state": "Arizona", "country": "United States", "status": "RECRUITING"}] } ``` ### How much does it cost? Pay-per-event: a small fee **per study** returned, plus a tiny per-run start fee, with no subscription and no separate platform usage costs. For example, 1,000 studies cost about $2. Searches with no matches and invalid NCT IDs are **not charged**. Set **Max studies** or **Maximum cost per run** to cap your spending. ### Use it through the API, integrations or AI agents Run it from the Apify API, on a schedule, or connect it to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets or Slack alerts. AI agents can call it through the Apify MCP server. ### FAQ **Is it legal?** Yes. ClinicalTrials.gov is a public U.S. government database, and this tool uses its official public API. Personal contact details are not collected. **How fresh is the data?** ClinicalTrials.gov updates daily, and every run fetches live data. **Found a bug or need a feature?** Open an issue. We usually reply within 24 hours. ### More tools from this developer - [SAM.gov Contract Opportunities Finder & Bid Alerts](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/sam-gov-contract-opportunities): federal contract opportunities and bid alerts - [Sitemap & URL Extractor](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/sitemap-url-extractor): get every URL of a website from its sitemaps - [Website to Markdown for AI & RAG](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/website-to-markdown): turn web pages into clean Markdown for LLMs - [Tech Stack Detector](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/tech-stack-detector): find what any website is built with - [Apple App Store Reviews Scraper](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/app-store-reviews): App Store reviews and ratings for any app - [ATS Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/ats-jobs-scraper): jobs from Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable and more - [Website Screenshot](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/website-screenshot): full-page, mobile and PDF screenshots in bulk - [PDF to Text & Markdown Extractor](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/pdf-text-extractor): extract text from PDFs for AI and search - [Domain WHOIS, DNS & SSL Checker](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/domain-whois-dns-ssl-checker): bulk domain, DNS, email security and SSL checks - [SEO Meta Tags & On-Page Audit](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/seo-meta-tags-checker): bulk on-page SEO audit with fixes - [Bulk URL Status & Broken Link Checker](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/url-status-broken-link-checker): status codes, redirect chains and broken links - [RSS & Atom Feed Reader](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/rss-feed-reader): merge and filter many news feeds - [Hacker News Scraper](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/hacker-news-scraper): HN stories, comments and Who is hiring jobs - [Academic Paper Search](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/academic-paper-search): papers from Crossref, arXiv and PubMed - [SEC EDGAR Filings & Financials](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/sec-edgar-filings-financials): 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K filings and company financials - [Apple Podcasts Scraper](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/apple-podcasts-scraper): podcast details and full episode lists - [App Store Top Charts & App Search](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/app-store-top-charts): top free, paid and grossing app rankings - [USAspending Federal Awards](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/usaspending-federal-awards): who won federal contracts and grants - [Grants.gov Opportunities](https://apify.com/pankajbhatia/grants-gov-opportunities): open and forecasted federal grants # Actor input Schema ## `condition` (type: `string`): e.g. obesity, breast cancer, Alzheimer's. ## `searchTerms` (type: `string`): Free-text search across the whole study record, e.g. GLP-1. ## `intervention` (type: `string`): Drug, device or treatment name, e.g. semaglutide. ## `sponsor` (type: `string`): e.g. Pfizer, Novo Nordisk, NIH. ## `location` (type: `string`): City, state or country of a study site, e.g. Texas, Germany. ## `title` (type: `string`): Words in the study title or its acronym. ## `nctIds` (type: `array`): Get specific studies, e.g. NCT06837181. ## `statuses` (type: `array`): Leave empty for all. ## `phases` (type: `array`): Leave empty for all. ## `studyType` (type: `string`): Interventional, observational or expanded access. ## `updatedAfter` (type: `string`): Only studies updated since this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Great for daily monitoring. ## `startedAfter` (type: `string`): Only studies with a start date on or after this date. ## `onlyWithResults` (type: `boolean`): Return only studies that have results on ClinicalTrials.gov. ## `sortBy` (type: `string`): Order of results. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): 0 = all matching studies. ## `maxLocationsPerStudy` (type: `integer`): How many study sites (facility, city, country) to include. 0 = none (the site count is always included). ## `textMaxChars` (type: `integer`): Shorten long text fields. 0 = full text. ## Actor input object example ```json { "condition": "obesity", "statuses": [ "RECRUITING" ], "studyType": "ANY", "onlyWithResults": false, "sortBy": "relevance", "maxResults": 50, "maxLocationsPerStudy": 20, "textMaxChars": 2000 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): One row per clinical trial. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "condition": "obesity", "statuses": [ "RECRUITING" ], "maxResults": 50 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("pankajbhatia/clinicaltrials-gov-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "condition": "obesity", "statuses": ["RECRUITING"], "maxResults": 50, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("pankajbhatia/clinicaltrials-gov-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "condition": "obesity", "statuses": [ "RECRUITING" ], "maxResults": 50 }' | apify call pankajbhatia/clinicaltrials-gov-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pankajbhatia/clinicaltrials-gov-scraper" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/tEkJXgAFdzgGgW38m/builds/mQ16AFJpvxTodDVfp/openapi.json