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clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server MCP Server

Search ClinicalTrials.gov — find studies, retrieve results, match patients to eligible trials.

Pod connected. On 2026-09-05 the server did not respond usably (unreachable).

At a glance

Source code: Open repository

Package usage: 9,878 npm downloads in the last 30 days.

GitHub popularity: 91 stars on cyanheads/clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server, recorded 2026-09-09.

Status

Pod connected to clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server on 2026-09-05. It did not answer, responding in 10301ms.

Connect

Published as clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Published as clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

A hosted endpoint at https://clinicaltrials.caseyjhand.com/mcp, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://clinicaltrials.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Reviewed GitHub reports

10 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review. This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 2.

Most discussed

feat(get_study_record): return links to protocol and SAP documents

Use case

A reviewer can discover that a study has a protocol or statistical analysis plan, but the record only supplies a filename such as Prot_000.pdf. Neither the document entry nor its text rendering provides a retrieval URL.

Proposal

Add a verified download URL to each document in clinicaltrials_get_study_record and the study resource, and render it beside the document label. Preserve type, date, size, and filename so a caller can select the intended protocol, SAP, or consent…

Read the thread · 2026-09-09 · open · 0 comments

Most recent

bug(search): OR advanced filters bypass phaseFilter

Server version

2.9.3

mcp-ts-core version

0.12.5

Runtime

Bun

Runtime version

1.4.0

Transport

HTTP (Streamable HTTP)

Description

Combining phaseFilter with an unparenthesized OR expression in advancedFilter changes the intended cohort. Both clinicaltrials_search_studies and clinicaltrials_get_study_count are affected.

Steps to reproduce

Call the count tool with:

{"phaseFilter":"PHASE3","advancedFilter":"AREA[StudyType]INTERVENTIONAL OR…

[Read the thread](https://github.com/cyanheads/clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server/issues/117) · 2026-09-09 · open · 0 comments

[See all 10 reviewed GitHub reports](/mcp/clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server/issues).

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```json
{
  "query": "clinicaltrialsgov-mcp-server",
  "limit": 5
}

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