Clinical Trials GPS

What Clinical Trials GPS does

Clinical Trials GPS operates a web-based clinical trial discovery and recruitment platform that connects prospective participants with research sites conducting clinical studies across the United States. The platform aggregates publicly available trial records (primarily sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov) and exposes them through faceted search by medical condition, therapeutic area, US state, city, and geographic radius (5 to 500 miles or all). Visitors can create personalized profiles to save and sort trials, then contact research facilities directly through profile pages. Coverage extends across all 50 US states plus Washington DC and spans 90+ medical conditions and 20+ therapeutic areas; example scale points include 5,361+ trials listed in the Women's Studies category alone.

The platform supports two distinct user experiences. For patients and healthy volunteers, the experience is free, self-serve, and direct-to-consumer, with SEO-optimized condition and location pages serving as the primary acquisition surface alongside an educational blog. For research sites — research facilities, hospitals, and CROs — the platform sells paid listings under a two-tier subscription (Basic at $95/month/site and Silver at $295/month/site), with Gold and Platinum tiers flagged as upcoming. Paid tiers unlock boosted search visibility, ability to add or edit trial listings, expanded site profiles, photos, and verified site badges, addressing the recurring pain point of patient recruitment for clinical research sites.

Commercially, Clinical Trials GPS is a privately held LLC founded in 2011, operated with a 1–10 employee team, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and bootstrapped (no funding rounds, acquisitions, or leadership transitions disclosed). Multi-site subscription discounts and a 7-day free trial with a $1 credit-card verification step point to a self-serve, volume-driven go-to-market rather than enterprise sales motion. Named research sites on the platform include NIH Clinical Center, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Quintiles, and INC Research; however, given the DTC model and small team, these appear to be sites that have created profiles rather than confirmed anchor enterprise contracts.

Name

Clinical Trials GPS

Legal name

Clinical Trials GPS, LLC

Website

https://clinicaltrialsgps.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Clinical Trials GPS is a privately held web platform that aggregates US clinical trial listings (sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov) and lets patients search by condition and location, while charging research sites subscription fees for featured profiles and boosted visibility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clinical Trial Recruitment Platform

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical Trial Patient Recruitment & Retention (HLAGACAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Precision Clinical Trials Enablement (patient matching, site matching, adaptive trials) (HLAAANAI), Site & Investigator Platforms (Site Payments, Feasibility, Activation) (HLACAOAJ)

Keywords

• Clinical trial recruitment
• Patient recruitment platform
• Clinical trial search
• Research site directory
• Clinical trial database

Headquarters

HQ city

Kansas City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Research Site Membership Subscriptions: Clinical research sites pay monthly subscription fees to list on the platform. Basic plan at $95/month/site and Silver plan at $295/month/site. Sites receive boosted search visibility and profile management tools.
2. Featured Trial Listings: Pay-to-play model where research sites pay for enhanced visibility through boosted search results, expanded profiles, and verified badges

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Clinical Trials GPS operates a web-based clinical trial search platform that lets patients find and filter more than 50,000 actively recruiting trials by condition, location, and eligibility. For clinical research sites, the company sells paid profile/listing subscriptions (Basic and Silver tiers) that provide enhanced visibility, lead capture, and patient recruitment tools to drive enrollment.

Product overview

Clinical Trials GPS is a web-based clinical trial discovery and recruitment platform that connects prospective participants with research sites conducting clinical studies. The platform consists of a core trial search engine allowing users to filter by condition and geographic proximity, paired with paid membership tiers (Basic at $95/month and Silver at $295/month per site) that enable research sites to create and manage profiles, highlight trials, and gain enhanced visibility through boosted search results. The service aggregates trial information sourced primarily from clinicaltrials.gov and facilitates direct connections between participants and research facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clinical Trial Search Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,361+ clinical trials listed across women's studies alone
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ClinicalTrials.govcoreTechnology or IntegrationClinical Trials GPS utilizes and relies upon information provided by clinicaltrials.gov for the Content regarding clinical trials. ClinicalTrials.gov is a website owned and maintained by the United States government. The company acknowledges it is not responsible for the accuracy or completeness of such Content. This is the primary data source powering the platform's clinical trial listings.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• TriNetX: TriNetX operates a global health research network for clinical trial design, site selection, and patient recruitment analytics. It overlaps with Clinical Trials GPS on the recruitment side but targets pharma sponsors with real-world data network effects rather than direct patient search.
• IQVIA: IQVIA is the world's largest CRO with a broad portfolio including clinical trial technology, real-world data, and patient recruitment services. It competes with Clinical Trials GPS indirectly by offering enterprise-scale recruitment and trial matching within its integrated platform.
• WCG (WIRB-Copernicus Group): WCG is a large clinical research services company offering IRB, technology, and site-support solutions to sponsors and CROs. While broader than Clinical Trials GPS, it competes indirectly by offering integrated site and recruitment technology within its enterprise stack.

Emerging players

• Massive Bio: Massive Bio is a clinical trial patient recruitment and enrollment company using AI-driven patient matching for oncology trials. It is comparable to Clinical Trials GPS in serving the patient recruitment need but operates more as an oncology-focused service provider.
• CureClick: CureClick is a smaller patient recruitment platform that uses a curated ambassador network to drive clinical trial awareness and referrals. It overlaps with Clinical Trials GPS on the patient recruitment side but focuses on influencer/advocacy-led enrollment rather than direct search.
• Deep 6 AI: Deep 6 AI uses AI and natural language processing to match patients to clinical trials by mining EHR data. It overlaps with Clinical Trials GPS on the patient-trial matching use case, but focuses on hospital-system integrations rather than public search.

Direct peers

• CISCRP: The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation is a non-profit that provides clinical trial education and a searchable trial listing to the public. It overlaps with Clinical Trials GPS on the patient-facing trial discovery and education side, though without a paid site subscription model.
• SubjectWell: SubjectWell is a patient recruitment company that connects clinical trial sponsors with patients through a marketplace model, focusing on accelerating enrollment. It competes with Clinical Trials GPS for both patient-side traffic and sponsor/site-side recruitment budgets.
• Antidote: Antidote is a digital patient recruitment platform for clinical trials that matches patients to trials using structured eligibility questionnaires. It directly competes with Clinical Trials GPS in the patient recruitment and trial discovery category, serving both patients and research sites/sponsors.
• CenterWatch: CenterWatch operates a long-running clinical trial listing and information platform serving both patients and research professionals, with a similar two-sided model to Clinical Trials GPS. It is one of the most established commercial alternatives to ClinicalTrials.gov for trial discovery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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