Other information that may help a patient decide whether to enroll in a particular trial includes the research study design, the phase of the trial, the disease or condition, and the particular drug or therapy under study. Nine months after the release of ClinicalTrials.gov in February 2000, the site had received over 15 million hits, with an average of over 60,000 daily connection requests from over 3,000 individual computers each month. The site has generated a great deal of press interest and positive feedback from users and has won industry and government awards. ClinicalTrials.gov contains over 5,000 trials sponsored primarily by NIH Institutes. In the coming year, the database will be expanded to include trials sponsored by other federal agencies as well as the pharmaceutical industry.
Work continues on an updated data entry tool to facilitate submission of trials to the site.