search_trials

MCP tool from Pubcrawl by nickjlamb

Search ClinicalTrials.gov for clinical trials. Filter by condition, intervention, recruitment status, and phase. Returns NCT IDs, sponsors, enrollment, and links.

How to use it

search_trials is exposed by the Pubcrawl MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the search_trials tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Pubcrawl

$npm install -g @pharmatools/pubcrawl

FULL PUBCRAWL LISTING

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get_trial

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get_uspi

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