ClinicalTrials.gov provides information for patients about clinical research studies Released in February 2000, ClinicalTrials.gov provides patients, family members, health care professionals, and members of the public easy access to information on clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions. This site currently contains approximately 5,000 clinical studies sponsored primarily by the National Institutes of Health. ClinicalTrials.gov was developed as a result of the FDA Modernization Act, which was passed into law in November 1997. It required the Department of Health and Human Services, through the NIH, to establish a registry of clinical trials for both federally and privately funded trials of experimental treatments for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions. Searching is easy, either by keyword or a more advanced focused search.
Users can also browse by condition or sponsor.