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Advocacy groups and trial watchlists with ClinicalTracker

Advocacy groups spend hours rechecking trial registries for changes. ClinicalTracker lets you search trials, build a watchlist and get an alert when something moves, by text, email or your AI.

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  • Muse.ai
  • Instinct
  • Grok
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Any MCP-capable assistant
ClinicalTracker watches the trials your community cares about and tells you when a status or site list changes.
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Example alert. Names and numbers are illustrative.

Key takeaways

The short version.

  • Checking registry pages by hand is slow, and changes are easy to miss.
  • ClinicalTracker lets you search trials and watch for changes, free during the beta.
  • Alerts arrive by text, email or your favorite AI, such as a personal AI like Instinct or Muse.
  • It is information only, not medical advice, so questions about treatment still go to a clinician.
  • Setup starts at clinicaltracker.org: choose what to watch and get alerts.

Who it is for

Why is keeping up with clinical trials so hard for advocacy groups?

  • Imagine you run a small patient group, or you are the volunteer who answers the questions.

  • So the work becomes a routine of rechecking.

  • ClinicalTracker is built for this.

Imagine you run a small patient group, or you are the volunteer who answers the questions. Members ask whether a new trial is open, whether it has a site nearby, and whether anything has changed since last month. The answers live on registry pages, and those pages change without announcing it.

So the work becomes a routine of rechecking. Someone keeps a spreadsheet of trial links, opens each one every week and compares it with memory. Status changes and new sites are easy to miss, and a member may learn about an opening weeks after it happened.

ClinicalTracker is built for this. It is a free tracker that lets you search clinical trials and watch for changes, and it sends an alert when a trial on your watchlist moves. It gives information only, not medical advice. It tells you what changed and links you to the registry, and the people who read it decide what to do.

Use cases

4 ways people use Advocacy groups and trial watchlists.

  1. Status change

    1. A trial opens its doors

    Situation: your group has been waiting on a trial that was listed but not yet enrolling. Members keep asking, and you keep saying you will check.

    What the alert tells you: when the trial's status changes to Recruiting, ClinicalTracker sends an alert with the details and the registry link. You do not have to remember to look.

    What you do next: open the registry page, read the eligibility and contact details, and share the link in your newsletter or member chat, with a note that members should talk to their own care team.

  2. New locations

    2. New sites near your members

    Situation: a trial exists, but the nearest site is a long trip for most of your members. Everyone knows it and nobody can do much about it.

    What the alert tells you: ClinicalTracker watches for changes, and a changed site list is one of them. An alert such as a trial adding two new sites points you straight to the registry page where the new locations appear.

    What you do next: check whether a new site is closer to your community and tell the members who asked. If you hear nothing, you at least know the list has not changed.

  3. Shared watchlist

    3. One watchlist for the whole group

    Situation: three volunteers each keep their own list of trials, and the lists drift apart. Someone always has the stale version.

    What the alert tells you: you choose what to watch once at clinicaltracker.org, and alerts come to the channel you pick, whether text, email or your favorite AI. Everyone who receives them sees the same change at the same time.

    What you do next: agree on who responds. One person posts the update, another replies to member questions, and the spreadsheet becomes a short list of what you chose to watch.

  4. AI assistant

    4. Ask your AI what changed

    Situation: an alert arrives and a volunteer wants it explained in plain words before passing it on.

    What the alert tells you: ClinicalTracker also offers an MCP connection for AI assistants, described on its own site. A personal AI such as Instinct or Muse is a natural place to receive alerts and ask follow-up questions about them.

    What you do next: ask for a short summary, then check it against the registry page. The assistant reports and explains; it does not give medical advice or act on its own.

On your phone

What the alerts look like.

Trial now recruiting

Figure 1

A watched trial opens. For example.
New sites added

Figure 2

A site list changes. For example.
Share with the group

Figure 3

Passing an update on. For example.

Example alerts. Every name, number and event shown is illustrative.

How to

How do I set up a trial watchlist?

  1. Step 1

    Open [clinicaltracker.org](https://clinicaltracker.org).

  2. Step 2

    Search for the trials or topics your group follows.

  3. Step 3

    Choose what to watch.

  4. Step 4

    Pick how you want alerts: text, email or your favorite AI.

  5. Step 5

    If you use an AI assistant, see the MCP connection described on the site.

ClinicalTracker is free during the beta and gives information only, not medical advice.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Is ClinicalTracker medical advice?

No. It searches trials and watches for changes. It is information only, and treatment questions belong with a clinician.

What does it cost?

It is a free tracker during the beta.

How do I receive alerts?

By text, by email or through your favorite AI. A personal AI such as Instinct or Muse is a natural fit.

Can it enroll anyone in a trial?

No. It reports changes and links to the registry. It never acts on its own.

Where do I start?

At clinicaltracker.org: choose what to watch and get alerts.

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