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There is no single public alert system verified to notify everyone about every new clinical trial. For US searches, start with ClinicalTrials.gov; save specific studies there to check for updates, but do not treat a saved study as an automatic alert for every new matching trial. For a broader international search, use the World Health Organization’s ICTRP Search Portal. People looking for trials in the EU/EEA should also search the public CTIS portal. The older EU Clinical Trials Register offers an RSS feed for matching records added or updated in the previous seven days.

Choose what you want to monitor

“New” can mean three different things, and each calls for a different approach:

  • Newly registered trials: review records by registration date in the relevant registry or search portal.
  • Changes to a trial you already found: save that individual study in ClinicalTrials.gov and check its record for updates. Do not assume this sends an email or notifies you of every new matching study.
  • Trials currently recruiting: filter for recruitment status, then verify the status on the record before contacting the study team. A record update does not necessarily mean a trial has started recruiting.

There is no verified single public alert mechanism that covers all registries, conditions, and audiences. You may need to check more than one source.

Search ClinicalTrials.gov and save studies of interest

ClinicalTrials.gov is a study registry and search resource, not a recruitment or trial-matching service. Its patient FAQ says: “ClinicalTrials.gov does not send out communications about studies, advertise studies, or answer questions about a specific study.” (ClinicalTrials.gov, Common Questions.)

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  1. Open ClinicalTrials.gov and search for your condition or disease.
  2. If you want to join a study, narrow the results to recruiting and not-yet-recruiting studies. Add a location and travel radius, then refine by age, sex, treatment, or other relevant filters.
  3. Open promising records and review their recruitment status, eligibility criteria, locations, and contact details.
  4. Use My Saved Studies to save particular records you want to revisit. The patient FAQ documents saving a study and checking it for updates; it does not establish that a saved study automatically emails you about updates or alerts you to every newly matching study.

ClinicalTrials.gov’s home page includes an RSS Feeds link, but the official material cited here does not establish whether a public condition-search feed delivers every new matching record or how quickly. Do not rely on it as a guaranteed condition-level alert.

Broaden the search with WHO ICTRP

The WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) Search Portal brings together information supplied by registries around the world. WHO describes its aim as “a single point of access to information about ongoing and completed clinical trials.” Read the ICTRP Search Portal for its scope and language caveats.

  1. Search the portal using your condition, intervention, or both. Try synonyms and alternate spellings; WHO’s search tips explain combining terms and using AND, OR, and NOT.
  2. Refine by recruitment status, country, registration date, or phase as appropriate, then sort by registration date to review recently registered records.
  3. Open relevant results and follow the record to its originating registry for full details and contact information.

ICTRP portal records are in English. Some source registry websites offer additional languages. Because the portal combines data from multiple providers, the sources do not establish one uniform update schedule; a newly registered trial may not appear everywhere at the same time. See WHO’s list of data providers for the registries and systems that supply it.

Search for EU/EEA trials in CTIS

For trials governed by the EU Clinical Trials Regulation, search the public Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS). Its public portal and trial map let patients and clinicians look for trials by condition and location. The map supports lay-language searches and official EU/EEA languages.

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EMA describes alerts and notifications in CTIS workspaces for sponsors and authorities. Those are professional system functions, not public patient email alerts. Use the public portal to find and review records; do not assume that a workspace notification feature is available to patients.

Use the EU Clinical Trials Register RSS feed for relevant older records

The legacy EU Clinical Trials Register covers earlier, Directive-era records. EMA directs users to CTIS for trials under the Clinical Trials Regulation and points to the older register for earlier records.

  1. Run a search in the EU Clinical Trials Register for the relevant condition or other criteria.
  2. Generate an RSS feed for that matching search, following the register’s feed option.
  3. Subscribe to the feed in an RSS reader and review matching items as they arrive.

According to the European Medicines Agency’s current EU Clinical Trials Register page, this feed reports matching trials added or updated in the previous seven days. That stated window is useful for monitoring the legacy register, but it is not a replacement for searching CTIS for current CTR-system records.

Check a match before acting

  • Recruitment status: confirm that the study is recruiting or expects to recruit; status can change.
  • Location: check the specific site and whether travel is practical.
  • Eligibility: compare the inclusion and exclusion criteria with your situation, while recognizing that the study team makes eligibility decisions.
  • Contact: use the contact details on the originating record. ClinicalTrials.gov says contact information is available for studies looking for participants, but the registry does not enroll or match you.

Contact the study team directly to ask about participation, and discuss medical questions with your healthcare professional. Registry entries can change, so check the live record rather than relying on an old search result or feed item.

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If you need a clean screenshot of a registry page or trial record for your own notes, documentation, or workflow, ScreenshotNeo is a website screenshot API and MCP server. It is not a clinical-trial alert service and does not monitor trial registries or tell you when a study changes. One GET request returns a PNG, JPEG, WebP, or PDF:

curl -G "https://api.screenshotneo.com/v1/shot" -d access_key=YOUR_API_KEY --data-urlencode url=https://clinicaltrials.gov -o shot.webp

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can ClinicalTrials.gov email me when a new study is added for my condition?

The official patient information documents saving individual studies and checking them for updates, but does not establish automatic email alerts for every new matching study. ClinicalTrials.gov says it does not send communications about studies.

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