ClinicalTrials.gov

The U.S. National Institutes of Health, through its National Library of Medicine, has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies. The site was launched in February 2000 and currently contains approximately 7,100 clinical studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, other Federal agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry in over 77,000 locations worldwide. Studies listed in the database are conducted primarily in the United States and Canada, but include locations in about 80 countries. ClinicalTrials.gov receives over 3 million page views per month and hosts approximately 9,000 visitors daily.