# ClinicalTrials.gov New Studies Tracker (`transparent_meteorite/clinical-trials-new-studies-tracker`) Actor

Get newly registered clinical studies from the free ClinicalTrials.gov API: NCT id, title, sponsor, phase, status, conditions, interventions, enrollment, dates, countries and an opportunity score, with an optional sponsor rollup.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/transparent_meteorite/clinical-trials-new-studies-tracker.md
- **Developed by:** [Detroit Web Agent - Open Data](https://apify.com/transparent_meteorite) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 study rows

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?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## ClinicalTrials.gov New Studies Tracker: New Clinical Trials with Sponsor Rollup

Pull newly registered clinical studies from ClinicalTrials.gov into a clean table. Each row has the NCT id, title, lead sponsor, phase, status, conditions, interventions, enrollment, start date, first posted date, primary completion date, countries, a link to the study and a simple recency and opportunity score. Turn on the sponsor rollup to get one row per sponsor instead. Data comes from the free public ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. No login, no proxy, no key.

### What does this Actor do?

It calls `clinicaltrials.gov/api/v2/studies` for studies whose first-posted date falls in the window you choose (default: the last 30 days), reads only the study fields listed below, scores each study and returns the best-scoring studies first. You can narrow by search term, phase, status and minimum score. It never requests investigator, contact or facility-contact fields, so no personal names, emails or phone numbers are returned. The actor reports what the registry publishes. It adds no medical advice.

**Run in 30 seconds**

1. Open the Actor and press **Try for free** (a free Apify account is enough).
2. Keep the prefilled input (last 30 days, 100 rows) and press **Start**.
3. Open the **Output** tab. Use the table view or download CSV, Excel or JSON.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `daysBack` | Keep studies first posted in the last N days. Default 30. |
| `searchTerm` | Optional ClinicalTrials.gov search expression, for example `diabetes`. |
| `phases` | Optional list: `EARLY_PHASE1`, `PHASE1`, `PHASE2`, `PHASE3`, `PHASE4`, `NA`. |
| `statuses` | Optional list such as `NOT_YET_RECRUITING`, `RECRUITING`. |
| `minOpportunityScore` | Optional 0 to 100 threshold. |
| `sponsorRollup` | Return one row per lead sponsor instead of one row per study. |
| `maxItems` | Stop after this many rows. Default 100. |

Sample input:

```json
{
  "daysBack": 14,
  "searchTerm": "obesity",
  "phases": ["PHASE2", "PHASE3"],
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

### Output

One row per study:

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `nctId`, `studyUrl` | The registry id and a link to the study page. |
| `title` | Brief title. |
| `sponsor`, `sponsorClass` | Lead sponsor organization and its class (INDUSTRY, NIH, OTHER and so on). |
| `phase`, `status` | Study phase and overall recruitment status. |
| `conditions`, `interventions` | Conditions studied and intervention names. |
| `enrollment` | Planned or actual enrollment count. |
| `startDate`, `firstPostedDate`, `primaryCompletionDate` | Key dates (ISO; some are month precision). |
| `countries` | Countries with listed study locations. |
| `daysSincePosted` | Age of the registration. |
| `opportunityScore` | 0 to 100, see below. |
| `scrapedAt` | When the run read the data. |

With `sponsorRollup` on, each row is a sponsor: `sponsor`, `sponsorClass`, `studyCount`, `totalEnrollment`, `phases`, `topConditions`, `latestFirstPostedDate`, `maxOpportunityScore`, `nctIds` (up to 25) and `sponsorUrl`.

### Sample output

```json
{
  "nctId": "NCT07841106",
  "title": "Early Prophylactic Versus Late Salvage Recombinant Human Endostatin in Managing Radiosurgery-Induced Brain Injury for NSCLC Brain Metastases",
  "sponsor": "Jiangmen Central Hospital",
  "sponsorClass": "OTHER",
  "phase": "Phase 2",
  "status": "NOT_YET_RECRUITING",
  "conditions": ["Lung Cancer (Non-Small Cell)", "Brain Injury"],
  "interventions": ["Recombinant Human Endostatin (Endostar)"],
  "enrollment": 49,
  "startDate": "2026-09-01",
  "firstPostedDate": "2026-09-25",
  "primaryCompletionDate": "2028-04-30",
  "studyUrl": "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07841106",
  "opportunityScore": 56
}
```

### Use cases

- Business development teams at CROs, labs and suppliers: spot sponsors who just registered Phase 2 and 3 trials and are about to need sites, vendors or services.
- Biotech and pharma competitive intelligence: watch new studies in a condition or drug class with a weekly scheduled run.
- Investors and analysts: use the sponsor rollup to see which companies are registering the most new studies this month.
- Patient advocacy and research groups: list newly posted, not yet recruiting studies for a condition.

### Opportunity score

A fixed rule of thumb, not a clinical or financial rating. Up to 40 points for recency (linear over 60 days), 20 for not yet recruiting or 18 for recruiting (10 enrolling by invitation, 5 active not recruiting), up to 15 for phase (Phase 3 highest), up to 15 for planned enrollment size, and 10 if the lead sponsor is industry. Capped at 100. The same inputs always give the same score on the same day.

### Why use it

- **Official source.** Data is the ClinicalTrials.gov registry as published through its public API.
- **Ready to filter.** Dates in ISO format, one row per study, scores for sorting.
- **Sponsor view.** The rollup turns thousands of studies into a short list of active sponsors.

### Pricing

Pay per event. You pay a small fixed amount per row delivered, listed on the Pricing tab, plus a tiny start fee per run. You can set a maximum cost per run in the run options.

### FAQ

**How fresh is the data?**
New registrations appear on ClinicalTrials.gov on the business days after review. `firstPostedDate` is the date the registry first published the study.

**Why do I get fewer rows than maxItems?**
Only studies posted inside your window and matching your filters exist. Try a larger `daysBack` or remove filters.

**Does it include contact people?**
No. Investigator, official and contact names, emails and phone numbers are not requested or returned.

**Is this an official ClinicalTrials.gov or NIH product?**
No. It is an independent tool that reads the public API. Check the registry for authoritative records.

### Limits

- Covers studies registered on ClinicalTrials.gov only; other registries are not included.
- Registry data is sponsor-reported and may be incomplete or change. Do not use it for medical decisions.
- Rollup mode reads up to 20,000 studies per run.

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# Actor input Schema

## `daysBack` (type: `integer`):

Keep studies whose first-posted date on ClinicalTrials.gov falls in the last N days.

## `searchTerm` (type: `string`):

Optional ClinicalTrials.gov search expression, for example "diabetes" or "KRAS inhibitor". Leave empty for all conditions.

## `phases` (type: `array`):

Optional. Keep only these study phases. Leave empty for all.

## `statuses` (type: `array`):

Optional. Keep only these statuses. Leave empty for all.

## `minOpportunityScore` (type: `integer`):

Optional 0 to 100. Keep only rows at or above this score.

## `sponsorRollup` (type: `boolean`):

Turn on to get one row per lead sponsor (study count, phases, top conditions, total enrollment, best score) instead of one row per study.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many rows, best opportunity score first. You pay only for rows delivered.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "daysBack": 30,
  "minOpportunityScore": 0,
  "sponsorRollup": false,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "daysBack": 30,
    "maxItems": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("transparent_meteorite/clinical-trials-new-studies-tracker").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "daysBack": 30,
    "maxItems": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("transparent_meteorite/clinical-trials-new-studies-tracker").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 '{
  "daysBack": 30,
  "maxItems": 100
}' |
apify call transparent_meteorite/clinical-trials-new-studies-tracker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,transparent_meteorite/clinical-trials-new-studies-tracker"
        }
    }
}
```

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 <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` 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/B0ZEmgtscI19m2eLp/builds/dZWouTk0B6OM41xJj/openapi.json