ClinicalTrials.gov offers up-to-date information for locating federally
and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and
conditions. A clinical trial (also clinical research) is a research study in
human volunteers to answer specific health questions. Interventional trials
determine whether experimental treatments or new ways of using known therapies
are safe and effective under controlled environments. Observational trials
address health issues in large groups of people or populations in natural
settings.
ClinicalTrials.gov currently contains
61,665 trials
sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, other federal agencies, and
private industry. Studies listed in the database are conducted in all 50 States and in
157 countries
ClinicalTrials.gov receives over
40 million page views per month
50,000 visitors daily.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its National Library of Medicine (NLM), has developed
this site in collaboration with the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
as a result of the FDA Modernization Act, which was passed into law in November 1997. See the FDA document -
Guidance for Industry: Information Program on
Clinical Trials for Serious or Life-Threatening Diseases and Conditions (March 2002).
You can learn more about this site from its
Frequently Asked Questions
and
Factsheet.
For information on submitting studies to ClinicalTrials.gov, please see the information at
http://prsinfo.clinicaltrials.gov.
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linking to ClinicalTrials.gov from your web page.
Please read our
Terms and Conditions regarding use of ClinicalTrials.gov data.
