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Clinical Tracker for patients and caregivers: alerts for conditions you care about
Clinical trial listings change quietly: a study starts recruiting, adds a site, or closes. Clinical Tracker lets you search trials, watch the ones you care about, and get an alert when something changes.
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Key takeaways
The short version.
- Trial listings change without notice, and checking registries by hand is easy to forget.
- Clinical Tracker lets you search clinical trials and watch for changes.
- Alerts can arrive by text, email, or your favorite AI, such as a personal AI like Instinct or Muse.
- Each alert points you to the registry link so you can read the details yourself.
- It is information only, not medical advice, and it is free during the beta.
Who it is for
Why is it so hard to keep track of clinical trials for a condition you care about?
If you or someone you look after has a health condition, you may have heard that a clinical trial could be worth knowing about.
Most people deal with this by searching once, bookmarking a page, and promising to check back.
Clinical Tracker is built for that gap.
If you or someone you look after has a health condition, you may have heard that a clinical trial could be worth knowing about. Then the hard part begins. Trial listings live in public registries, and the details that matter most, such as whether a study is recruiting or where it is running, can change at any time.
Most people deal with this by searching once, bookmarking a page, and promising to check back. Weeks go by. A study that was not yet open may start recruiting, or a new site may appear closer to home, and nobody tells you. Caregivers often carry this task on top of appointments, paperwork and daily care.
Clinical Tracker is built for that gap. You search clinical trials, choose what to watch, and get an alert when something changes. It is a free tracker with its own site, clinicaltracker.org, and it is available free during the beta. It gives you information only, not medical advice, so the decisions stay with you and your care team.
Use cases
4 ways people use Patients and caregivers: alerts for conditions you care about.
- Status changeStatus change
1. A study you were waiting on starts recruiting
Situation: a parent has a condition, and you found a trial that was not yet open to new participants. You added it to your watchlist instead of trying to remember it.
What the alert tells you: the trial changed status to Recruiting. What you do next: open the registry link in the alert, read the listing, and bring it to the next appointment so the care team can tell you whether it is relevant.
- New sites addedNew sites added
2. A new site appears closer to home
Situation: a trial you like is only running in places that are too far to travel. Distance is often the reason families set a trial aside.
What the alert tells you: the listing added new sites. What you do next: check the registry link to see where the new locations are and whether they are realistic for you. If they are, you can ask the study contact or your doctor about next steps.
- One watchlistOne watchlist
3. Watching several conditions at once as a caregiver
Situation: you help more than one person, or you follow a condition that has several related studies. Checking each listing by hand does not scale.
What the alert tells you: which listing on your watchlist changed, so you do not have to re-read all of them. What you do next: open only the ones that moved, and keep a short note of what you want to ask a clinician.
- Via your AIVia your AI
4. Asking your own AI what changed
Situation: you already use a personal AI, such as Instinct or Muse, and would rather get updates there than in another inbox.
Clinical Tracker also offers an MCP connection for AI assistants, described on its own site. Where your assistant supports it, alerts can reach you there, and you can ask for a plain-language recap of what changed. The recap is information from the listing, not advice.
On your phone
What the alerts look like.
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Example alerts. Every name, number and event shown is illustrative.
How to
How do I set up alerts for a condition?
Step 1
Open clinicaltracker.org.
Step 2
Search clinical trials for the condition you care about.
Step 3
Choose what to watch: the trials or topics you want to follow.
Step 4
Pick how you want alerts: text, email, or your favorite AI, such as a personal AI like Instinct or Muse.
Step 5
If you use an AI assistant, see the MCP connection described on the site.
Clinical Tracker is free during the beta. It shows information only and is not medical advice.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Is Clinical Tracker medical advice?
No. It is information only. Talk to your doctor or care team before making any decision about a trial.
What kind of changes can I be alerted to?
An example alert says a trial on your watchlist changed status to Recruiting and added two new sites, with details and the registry link included.
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.
Does it cost anything?
It is a free tracker and the apps are free during the beta.
Can it sign me up for a trial?
No. It reports changes and links you to the registry. Any decision to contact a study is yours to make with your care team.
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