United States
- US National Library of Medicine Clinical Trials Database: The National Library of Medicine at the US National Institutes of Health maintains an online resource that provides public access to information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies in 50 states and 210 countries on a wide range of diseases and conditions. Patients and families can search for actively recruiting studies that they may be able to participate in or learn about new interventions/treatments that are being considered. Researchers and healthcare professionals can search the database to stay up to date on developments in their field, to find collaborators, and to identify research and treatment gaps.
- US National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN): The NCCN is a not-for-profit alliance of 28 leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. You can search their website for clinical trials by cancer type or by NCCN member institution.
- US National Cancer Institute (NCI): NCI is the US federal government's principal agency for cancer research and training. Part of its mandate is to coordinate and support all phases of clinical trials seeking the development of new and improved cancer treatments across 2,500 clinical trial sites in the United States and Canada. NCI-supported trials include trials that are part of NCI’s national networks, such as National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN), NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP), and Experimental Therapeutics Clinical Trials Network (ETCTN). You can search for information on NCI-supported clinical trials via a basic search or an advanced search function.
United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Database: Cancer Research UK maintains an online resource that provides public access to information on clinical trials in the UK that are funded by a wide range of organizations. You can search their database by cancer type, drug name, trial name, or choose from a list of cancer types. This website also has a lot of information about what clinical trials are, how to join a clinical trial, what researchers should tell you before you join a clinical trial, what to ask your doctor, how clinical trials are funded, and what happens after a clinical trial is completed.