Celebrating 20 Years of ClinicalTrials.gov and Looking to the Future

Guest post by Rebecca Williams, PharmD, MPH, acting director of ClinicalTrials.gov at the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.

As ClinicalTrials.gov celebrates its 20th anniversary on February
29, 2020, we’re asking for your input on how it can best continue to serve your
needs for many more years to come.

ClinicalTrials.gov is the world’s largest public clinical
research registry and results database, giving patients, families, health care
providers, researchers, and others easy access to information on clinical
studies relating to a wide range of diseases and conditions. This online
resource, which has more than 145,000 unique visitors every day, is operated by
NLM and makes available information provided directly by the sponsors and
investigators conducting the research.

NLM has launched an effort to modernize ClinicalTrials.gov to deliver an improved user experience on an
updated platform that will accommodate growth and enhance efficiency. Creating
a roadmap for modernization requires feedback from a wide array of stakeholders
on how to continue serving, balancing, and prioritizing their varied
information needs. These stakeholders include sponsors and investigators who
submit clinical trial information to the site, academic institutions, nonprofit
and advocacy organizations, government agencies, and the public, all of whom
can access and use the information that ClinicalTrials.gov contains free of
charge.

To obtain timely, detaile...

Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 7, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Rebecca Williams Tags: blog Open Mike Clinical Trials Clinicaltrials.gov Source Type: funding