ClinicalTrials.gov Scraper — Studies & Trials

Search the US National Library of Medicine's registry of 500,000+ clinical studies and get clean, structured trial data — filter by condition, intervention, sponsor, keyword or recruitment status. Built on the official ClinicalTrials.gov v2 API: free, public, no key, no anti-bot.

For pharma/biotech competitive intelligence, CRO site selection, investors tracking pipelines, and research/AI pipelines.

What you get

Per study:

• Identity — nctId, title (brief) and officialTitle, study url
• Status & design — status, phases[], studyType, enrollment
• Dates — startDate, completionDate, lastUpdateDate
• Sponsors — leadSponsor, collaborators[]
• Clinical — conditions[], interventions[] (typed, e.g. DRUG: Semaglutide), briefSummary
• Eligibility — sex, minAge, maxAge, healthyVolunteers
• Geography — locationCount, countries[]

Output sample

{
  "nctId": "NCT07091500",
  "title": "GLP-1 Receptor Agonist for Obesity",
  "officialTitle": "A Phase 2 Randomized Trial of Semaglutide in Adults With Obesity",
  "status": "RECRUITING",
  "phases": ["PHASE2"],
  "studyType": "INTERVENTIONAL",
  "enrollment": 40,
  "startDate": "2026-01-15",
  "completionDate": "2027-06-30",
  "lastUpdateDate": "2026-07-01",
  "leadSponsor": "Washington University School of Medicine",
  "collaborators": ["National Institutes of Health"],
  "conditions": ["Obesity"],
  "interventions": ["DRUG: Semaglutide"],
  "sex": "ALL",
  "minAge": "18 Years",
  "maxAge": "65 Years",
  "healthyVolunteers": false,
  "briefSummary": "This study evaluates the effect of...",
  "locationCount": 12,
  "countries": ["United States"],
  "url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07091500"
}

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
condition	string	—	Condition/disease, e.g. diabetes
intervention	string	—	Drug/treatment, e.g. semaglutide
sponsor	string	—	Lead sponsor/collaborator, e.g. Pfizer
searchTerm	string	—	Free-text search across fields (supports the API's expression syntax)
status	array	—	Filter by status: RECRUITING, ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING, COMPLETED, TERMINATED, …
maxResults	integer	200	Cap on studies returned

Provide at least one of condition, intervention, sponsor or searchTerm.

Example input

{
  "condition": "obesity",
  "intervention": "semaglutide",
  "status": ["RECRUITING"],
  "maxResults": 200
}

Why this actor

• Official, free, keyless — the ClinicalTrials.gov v2 API, auto-paginated for whole result sets. The same data thin clones resell at $50–$300/1k.
• Comprehensive fields — sponsors, collaborators, typed interventions, eligibility and geography in one flat row, ready to query.
• Reliable — no scraping tricks, no anti-bot to break.

Pricing

Pay per result — $5.00 per 1,000 results (one result = one study). No subscription; you pay only for what you get.

Notes & disclaimers

• For advanced field-level queries, use searchTerm (Essie/expression syntax) alongside condition/intervention/sponsor.
• This is registry metadata for research and intelligence — not medical advice. Verify against the official study record before any clinical or investment decision.
• Public data; you are responsible for compliant use. Not affiliated with the NIH/NLM.

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