`ctis_search_trials`

Pack: eu-ctis · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/eu-ctis/mcp

Search clinical trials authorised in the EU/EEA under Regulation 536/2014, from the EU Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS). Filter by medicine or active substance, medical condition, sponsor, trial status, phase, member state, age group, sex, results availability and start date. Returns trial number, title, status, sponsor, phase, conditions, products, per-country status, enrolment and primary endpoint. Answers questions such as which European trials are recruiting for a drug, who sponsors them and which member states they run in.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Free-text terms matched across the trial record (any of the words)
`medicine`	string	no	Medicine, brand or active substance name, e.g. “pembrolizumab”
`condition`	string	no	Medical condition studied, e.g. “melanoma”
`sponsor`	string	no	Sponsor organisation name, e.g. “Novartis”
`title`	string	no	Words that must appear in the trial title
`endpoint`	string	no	Words appearing in the trial endpoints
`exclude`	string	no	Terms that must NOT appear in the record
`status`	array	no	Trial status: “Under evaluation”, “Authorised, recruitment pending”, “Authorised, recruiting”, “Ongoing, recruiting”, “Ongoing, recruitment ended”, “Temporarily halted”, “Suspended”, “Ended”, “Expired”, “Revoked”, “Not authorised”, “Cancelled”
`items`	string	no
`phase`	array	no	Trial phase — “1”, “2”, “3”, “4” (or “phase III”), which expands to the integrated phases too
`items`	string	no
`country`	array	no	EEA member states concerned, by name or ISO code, e.g. [“Germany”, “ES”]
`items`	string	no
`age_group`	array	no	Age range of subjects: “in utero”, “0-17 years”, “18-64 years”, “65+ years”
`items`	string	no
`region`	string	no	Where the trial runs: “EEA only”, “non-EEA only” or “both”
`gender`	string	no	Restrict to trials enrolling “male” or “female” subjects
`has_results`	boolean	no	Only trials that have posted study results
`rare_disease`	boolean	no	Only trials in a rare disease
`orphan_designation`	boolean	no	Only trials of a product with an orphan designation
`low_intervention`	boolean	no	Only low-intervention trials
`start_from`	string	no	Earliest EEA start date, YYYY-MM-DD
`start_to`	string	no	Latest EEA start date, YYYY-MM-DD
`sort_by`	string	no	Sort field: decisionDate (default), ctNumber, sponsor, ctStatus
`sort_direction`	string	no	ASC or DESC (default DESC)
`page`	number	no	Result page, 1-based
`limit`	number	no	Results per page, 1-100 (default 20)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "medicine": "pembrolizumab",
  "status": [
    "Ongoing, recruiting"
  ],
  "country": [
    "Germany"
  ],
  "limit": 2
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/eu-ctis/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ctis_search_trials","arguments":{"medicine":"pembrolizumab","status":["Ongoing, recruiting"],"country":["Germany"],"limit":2}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('ctis_search_trials', {
  "medicine": "pembrolizumab",
  "status": [
    "Ongoing, recruiting"
  ],
  "country": [
    "Germany"
  ],
  "limit": 2
});

More examples

{
  "condition": "melanoma",
  "phase": [
    "3"
  ],
  "has_results": true,
  "limit": 3
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "eu-ctis": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/eu-ctis/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

ctis_search_trials