Clinical Trials

Clinical trial search and status from ClinicalTrials.gov

Should I use this

Quality & Safety

A
Description quality
100%
Schema completeness
97%
Naming quality
100%
Poisoning risk
100%
Permission match
100%
Protocol compliance
100%

Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.

Context Cost

~475Tokens (tool definitions)
~1.1 KBTypical response size
Minimal attention impact (0.37% of 128k context)

This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.

Install

One-Click Install

Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clinical": {
      "url": "https://clinical.memoryapi.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Remote endpoints

https://clinical.memoryapi.org/mcpstreamable-http

What it can do

Tool inventory

Tools (3)

🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢search_trials(condition, intervention, sponsor, status, phase, ...)

Search clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov by condition, intervention, sponsor, status, or phase. Returns trial IDs, titles, status, phases, conditions, interventions, enrollment, and locations count.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "condition": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Disease or condition (e.g. \"diabetes\", \"breast cancer\", \"alzheimer\")"
    },
    "intervention": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Drug, device, or intervention (e.g. \"metformin\", \"pembrolizumab\")"
    },
    "sponsor": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Sponsor name (e.g. \"Pfizer\", \"NIH\", \"Mayo Clinic\")"
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Trial status: RECRUITING, COMPLETED, ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING, NOT_YET_RECRUITING, TERMINATED"
    },
    "phase": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Trial phase: PHASE1, PHASE2, PHASE3, PHASE4"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of results (max 20)",
      "default": 10
    }
  }
}
🟢get_trial_details(nct_id)

Get full details of a specific clinical trial by NCT ID. Returns title, summary, description, eligibility criteria, primary/secondary outcomes, sponsor, collaborators, locations, and results summary if available.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "nct_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ClinicalTrials.gov NCT ID (e.g. \"NCT03232697\")"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "nct_id"
  ]
}
🟢get_trial_stats(condition, group_by)

Get clinical trial statistics and trends for a condition. Returns counts by status (recruiting, completed, etc.), by phase, and top sponsors. Useful for: "How many Alzheimer's trials are recruiting right now?"

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "condition": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Disease or condition to analyze (e.g. \"alzheimer\", \"lung cancer\", \"covid\")"
    },
    "group_by": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Grouping dimension: status (default), phase, or sponsor",
      "default": "status"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "condition"
  ]
}

Recommended Prompts

search_research
Search for information about [topic] using Clinical Trials
Expected tools: search_trials
find_specific
Find [specific item] using Clinical Trials
Expected tools: search_trials
retrieve_data
Get details about [item] from Clinical Trials
Expected tools: get_trial_details
fetch_info
Fetch [information type] using Clinical Trials
Expected tools: get_trial_details
research_workflow
Search for [topic], then get detailed information about the top results using Clinical Trials
Expected tools: search_trialsget_trial_details

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