Clinical Trials

The Clinical Trials integration connects an agent directly to ClinicalTrials.gov, letting it search studies by condition, sponsor, or investigator instead of a person running that same search manually through the registry's own web interface field by field. Beyond finding studies, the integration can check whether a specific trial matches a given set of eligibility criteria, pull detailed trial information for a study once it's found, and analyze study endpoints for FDA-regulated clinical research more broadly. That combination matters for anyone trying to understand not just what trials exist for a given condition, but whether a particular patient profile or research question actually fits one of them in practice rather than only in theory. Through Neotask, an agent can work through this in one continuous pass: search by condition, check eligibility against specific criteria, and pull the endpoint detail needed to properly evaluate a trial's design before recommending it further to a colleague or patient. This kind of layered lookup, search, then eligibility check, then endpoint review, saves a researcher from switching between the public registry, a spreadsheet of criteria, and a separate read of the study protocol itself.

What you can automate

Search by conditionFinds trials on ClinicalTrials.gov matching a specified condition.
Search by sponsorFinds trials associated with a specific sponsoring organization.
Search by investigatorFinds trials associated with a named investigator.
Check eligibility matchCompares given criteria against a trial's stated eligibility requirements.
Retrieve trial detailReturns detailed information for a specific clinical trial.
Analyze study endpointsReviews the primary and secondary endpoints defined for a study.
Retrieve investigator detailReturns which trials a named investigator is currently running.

Real workflows

Screening a patient for trial eligibility

A researcher wants to know if a patient with a specific condition and treatment history might qualify for any currently open trials nearby before referring them further. Their agent searches ClinicalTrials.gov by that condition, pulls the top matching studies, and checks the patient's profile against each trial's stated eligibility criteria one at a time. Of the dozen matching studies, only three come back as a genuine fit once the specific criteria are applied. Only the trials that pass that check get sent back for the researcher to review in full detail, instead of a long unfiltered list requiring manual comparison against every single entry by hand.

Comparing endpoint design across similar studies

Before designing a new study, a team wants to see how endpoints have been defined in existing trials covering the same condition, to avoid reinventing an approach that's already been tried. Their agent searches by condition and sponsor, retrieves detailed trial information for the closest matches it finds, and analyzes the study endpoints defined in each one against the team's own draft protocol. Two of the existing studies used a very similar primary endpoint that the team hadn't considered. The team uses that side-by-side comparison to decide how to define their own primary endpoint, rather than starting the design conversation from a completely blank page.

Frequently asked questions

Can it check if my specific study qualifies a patient, or only search generally?

It can check whether a specific trial matches given eligibility criteria, going beyond a general keyword search to a direct comparison against the trial's stated requirements.

What kind of endpoint analysis does it provide?

It reviews the primary and secondary endpoints defined for a study as part of analyzing FDA-regulated clinical research design more broadly across the field.

Can I search by the researcher running a trial rather than the condition?

Yes, trials can be searched by investigator as well as by condition or sponsor, whichever piece of information happens to be known first.

Does this replace a clinical eligibility screening by a physician?

It checks stated trial criteria against given information; a physician's own clinical judgment remains part of any real eligibility decision made for an actual patient.

Is the trial data current with what's on ClinicalTrials.gov?

Searches and detail lookups pull directly from ClinicalTrials.gov, so results reflect that registry's current listings at the exact time of the search.

Can it handle a batch of conditions rather than one at a time?

An agent can run separate searches for multiple conditions in sequence, checking eligibility and pulling endpoint detail for each without repeating the setup work each time.

Can I find out what other trials an investigator is currently running?

Yes, searching by investigator returns the trials associated with that specific person, which is useful when following up on a researcher's broader body of work.

Can it search by sponsor if I don't know the exact trial name?

Yes, sponsor is one of the three search paths alongside condition and investigator, which helps when the organization behind a trial is known before the specific study name is known.

Does the eligibility check require a fully structured patient record?

It compares whatever criteria are provided against a trial's stated eligibility requirements, so the level of detail supplied directly affects how precise that comparison can be made.