ClinicalTrials.gov Scraper

Extract clinical trial data from ClinicalTrials.gov — the world's largest registry of clinical studies, maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). This Actor wraps the official ClinicalTrials.gov v2 API to deliver structured data on over 575,000 clinical studies including drug trials, device studies, and behavioral research.

ClinicalTrials.gov data is essential for pharmaceutical competitive intelligence, biotech investment research, medical device market analysis, academic research, and patient advocacy. Every interventional study conducted in the US — and many international studies — must be registered here. This Actor makes that data instantly accessible in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.

Key Features

Feature	Description
575,000+ studies	The world's most comprehensive clinical trial registry
Multi-field search	Search by keyword, condition, intervention, location, status, and phase
Study phase filtering	Early Phase 1 through Phase 4
Status filtering	Recruiting, Completed, Active, Terminated, and more
19 fields per record	Sponsor, phases, conditions, interventions, enrollment, eligibility, locations
No authentication	Uses the free public ClinicalTrials.gov v2 API — no API key needed

What Data Can You Extract?

Field	Description
nctId	ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (e.g., NCT06123456)
briefTitle	Short study title
officialTitle	Full official study title
overallStatus	Current status (Recruiting, Completed, etc.)
startDate	Study start date
completionDate	Expected or actual completion date
leadSponsor	Lead sponsor organization
sponsorClass	Sponsor type (Industry, NIH, Other)
briefSummary	Study description and objectives
conditions	Conditions or diseases being studied
studyType	Interventional, Observational, etc.
phases	Clinical trial phase (Phase 1-4)
enrollmentCount	Target or actual enrollment number
interventions	Drug names, devices, or procedures being tested
sex	Eligible sex (All, Female, Male)
minimumAge, maximumAge	Age eligibility range
locations	Up to 5 study site locations
url	Direct link to the study on ClinicalTrials.gov

How to Scrape Clinical Trial Data

1. Go to this Actor's page on the Apify Store
2. Click "Start" to open the input form
3. Set your filters:
   • Enter a Search Term (e.g., cancer immunotherapy, COVID vaccine)
   • Enter a Condition/Disease (e.g., breast cancer, diabetes)
   • Enter an Intervention/Treatment (e.g., pembrolizumab, aspirin)
   • Select a Study Status (Recruiting, Completed, etc.) — or leave blank for all
   • Select a Study Phase (Phase 1-4) — or leave blank for all
   • Enter a Location (e.g., United States, California)
   • Set Max Results (default: 100; max: 10,000)
4. Click "Start" to run the Actor
5. Download your data in JSON, CSV, or Excel format from the Dataset tab

Input Example

{
    "condition": "breast cancer",
    "intervention": "pembrolizumab",
    "status": "RECRUITING",
    "phase": "PHASE3",
    "maxResults": 50
}

Output Example

{
    "nctId": "NCT06123456",
    "briefTitle": "Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer",
    "officialTitle": "A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind Study of Pembrolizumab...",
    "overallStatus": "RECRUITING",
    "startDate": "2024-03",
    "completionDate": "2027-06",
    "leadSponsor": "Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC",
    "sponsorClass": "INDUSTRY",
    "briefSummary": "This study evaluates the efficacy and safety of pembrolizumab...",
    "conditions": "Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms",
    "studyType": "INTERVENTIONAL",
    "phases": "PHASE3",
    "enrollmentCount": 1200,
    "interventions": ["Pembrolizumab", "Placebo"],
    "sex": "Female",
    "minimumAge": "18 Years",
    "maximumAge": null,
    "locations": [
        "Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States",
        "MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States"
    ],
    "url": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06123456"
}

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-result pricing:

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.00005
Per result	$0.002

The ClinicalTrials.gov API is free and public. You only pay for Apify compute resources plus the per-result fee above. A typical run of 100 studies costs approximately $0.20 in Actor fees plus minimal compute costs.

Use Cases

• Pharmaceutical Competitive Intelligence: Track competitor pipelines, monitor new trial registrations, and analyze therapeutic area trends
• Biotech Investment Research: Identify companies with promising Phase 2/3 trials for investment analysis
• Medical Device Market Analysis: Find device trials by condition, sponsor, and development stage
• Academic Research: Build datasets of clinical studies for systematic reviews and meta-analyses
• Patient Advocacy: Help patients find recruiting trials by condition, location, and eligibility criteria
• Regulatory Intelligence: Monitor trial completions and status changes for regulatory filing timelines

Integrations

Connect this Actor to your existing workflows:

• Export to Google Sheets for collaborative analysis
• Send results to Slack or email for automated alerts
• Feed into Zapier, Make, or n8n for custom automation
• Use the Apify API to integrate directly with your application

FAQ

Q: How current is the data? A: ClinicalTrials.gov is updated continuously as sponsors register new studies and post results. The API reflects the latest submitted data.

Q: Can I search for studies by drug name? A: Yes. Use the Intervention/Treatment field to search by drug name (e.g., "pembrolizumab"), device name, or procedure type.

Q: What's the difference between study phases? A: Phase 1 tests safety in small groups. Phase 2 tests efficacy. Phase 3 confirms effectiveness in large populations. Phase 4 is post-market surveillance.

Q: Can I get results data (outcomes)? A: This Actor extracts study metadata and design information. Detailed results data posted by sponsors requires additional API endpoints.

Legal Disclaimer

This Actor accesses publicly available data from the ClinicalTrials.gov API, a free public service provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The data is in the public domain and freely available for any use.

This Actor does not bypass any authentication, does not violate any terms of service, and respects rate limits on the ClinicalTrials.gov API. The Actor is provided as-is without warranty. Users are responsible for ensuring their use of the data complies with applicable laws and regulations.

For questions or support, please open an issue on this Actor's page.