Query ClinicalTrials.gov via its API v2 to search trials by condition, drug, location, recruitment status, or phase and retrieve trial details by NCT ID. Use when finding interventional or observational studies, checking trial status and eligibility for patient matching, or exporting clinical trial records for research. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.
Install
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-clinicaltrialsnpx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-clinicaltrials -a claude-code -gnpx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-clinicaltrials -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills.git --path skills/databases/alterlab-clinicaltrialsgh skill install AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills alterlab-clinicaltrialsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills /tmp/AlterLab-IEU__AlterLab-Academic-Skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/AlterLab-IEU__AlterLab-Academic-Skills/skills/databases/alterlab-clinicaltrials ~/.claude/skills/alterlab-clinicaltrials # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/AlterLab-IEU__AlterLab-Academic-Skills/skills/databases/alterlab-clinicaltrials ~/.agents/skills/alterlab-clinicaltrials # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode