Resource Highlights: ClinicalTrials.gov

Clinicaltrials.gov has a new and improved interface with added features. For detailed expanations of the enhancements, take a look at the NLM Technical Bulletin on the makeover

ClinicalTrials.gov is the authoritative source on demographic, PI contact, and trial type information pertaining to registered clinical trials worldwide. The revamped interface offers a more organized homepage and an intuitive results screen. In addition, there is an easily accessible help section on how to use the search results list. This added information allows users to feel comfortable manipulating and filtering their results without blindly doing so.

The view of each study record has also been altered to include more space and tabs for more specific information about trial itself. Again, there is a help page on how to read a study record. Users of ClinicalTrials.gov can feel more comfortable getting information from the resource with these added informational sections.

Give the new ClinicalTrials.gov interface a try the next time you’re looking for RCT information on a specific treatment or intervention. The resource can be accessed from the Library homepage by searching within the DATABASES tab or from the catalog (Tri-Cat) by searching for ‘clinicaltrials.gov’ as a keyword.