Python wrapper around the clinicaltrials.gov API
Project description
pytrials
Python wrapper around the clinicaltrials.gov API. Documentation for the API can be found here: https://clinicaltrials.gov/api/
Free software: BSD license
Documentation: https://pytrials.readthedocs.io.
Tutorial
To install:
$ pip install pytrials
Basic Usage
from pytrials.client import ClinicalTrials ct = ClinicalTrials() # Get 50 full studies related to Coronavirus and COVID in csv format. ct.get_full_studies(search_expr="Coronavirus+COVID", max_studies=50) # Get the NCTId, Condition and Brief title fields from 1000 studies related to Coronavirus and Covid, in csv format. corona_fields = ct.get_study_fields( search_expr="Coronavirus+COVID", fields=["NCT Number", "Conditions", "Study Title"], max_studies=1000, fmt="csv", ) # Read the csv data in Pandas import pandas as pd pd.DataFrame.from_records(corona_fields[1:], columns=corona_fields[0])
Credits
This package was created with Cookiecutter and the audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage project template.
History
0.1.0 (2020-07-06)
First release on PyPI.
0.1.2 (2020-07-11)
Minor fixes
0.2.0 (2021-04-24)
Improved test suite
Added get_study_count function
0.2.1 (2023-07-09)
Add classic prefix to url - #10
Raise error if API status is not ok - #11
0.3.0 (2023-07-09)
Add min_rnk option to get_study_fields - #12
1.0.0 (2024-05-01)
Migrates to version 2.0 of the ClinicalTrials API
Add support for the new API version
Add support for the new API fields
Remove get_study_count function
Allow CSV format in full_studies
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