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Zovo Trial Finder MCP

An MCP server that finds recruiting clinical trials near a user-specified location using live ClinicalTrials.gov records. It provides eligibility criteria, site contacts, and allows users to download PDF shortlists with questions for doctors or CSV files with trial data.

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Zovo Trial Finder MCP logo, by ZovoCommunity listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-08Published by Zovo
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://clinical-trials.zovo.one/mcp
Vendor documentation

What its tools do

2 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.

Read-only (2)

2 of 2 have a description · 2 of 2 declare behavior hints · 2 of 2 with parameters document them all

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

  • Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
  • Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

  • Find recruiting trials for a condition near a city
  • Check eligibility criteria at a glance
  • Download a PDF shortlist with questions for your doctor
  • Export trial data as a CSV file

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0
mcp-registry: io.github.theluckystrike/clinical-trials@1.0.0Project website

Protocol and capabilities

Server
clinical-trials 1.0.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check
2025-11-25
Tools
2 advertised
Resources
1 advertised
Resource templates
1 advertised
Prompts
Not advertised
Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": true
  },
  "resources": {
    "listChanged": true
  }
}

Tools

2 advertised

find_recruiting_trials — Find recruiting clinical trials
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-onlyOpen-world

Use this when someone wants recruiting clinical trials for a condition, optionally near a city, as a shortlist to discuss with a doctor. Returns up to 10 studies from live ClinicalTrials.gov records, sorted by distance to the nearest open site and then by recruiting status, with eligibility at a glance, contacts and a PDF and CSV. Does not give medical advice, judge which trial is better, or check whether a person qualifies. Do not use for drug prices or treatment recommendations.

find_recruiting_trials input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "condition"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "age": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 9007199254740991,
      "minimum": -9007199254740991,
      "description": "Age in whole years to filter by the study's age limits, e.g. 62. Optional."
    },
    "sex": {
      "enum": [
        "female",
        "male"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Filter to studies open to this sex, e.g. female. Optional."
    },
    "city": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 400,
      "description": "City to measure distance from, e.g. Chicago. Cities with 15,000+ people are recognized; use the nearest larger city otherwise."
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 400,
      "description": "U.S. state name or two-letter code for the city, e.g. IL. Leave empty outside the United States."
    },
    "phases": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "enum": [
          "early_phase1",
          "phase1",
          "phase2",
          "phase3",
          "phase4",
          "not_applicable"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "maxItems": 6,
      "description": "Only these phases, e.g. [\"phase2\",\"phase3\"]. Optional."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 400,
      "description": "Country name or two-letter code, e.g. United States or US."
    },
    "condition": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 400,
      "description": "One condition or disease name, e.g. melanoma or type 2 diabetes. Not a sentence."
    },
    "distance_miles": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 9007199254740991,
      "minimum": -9007199254740991,
      "description": "Search radius around the city in miles, 5 to 500, default 50, e.g. 100."
    },
    "include_not_yet_recruiting": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Also list studies that are not yet recruiting, e.g. true. Default false."
    }
  }
}
find_recruiting_trials output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "query",
    "total_matching",
    "checked",
    "after_filters",
    "shown",
    "trials",
    "notes",
    "ranking",
    "disclaimer",
    "source",
    "downloads"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "notes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "condition",
        "location",
        "distance_miles",
        "age",
        "sex",
        "phases",
        "statuses"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "age": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "sex": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "phases": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "location": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "statuses": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "condition": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "distance_miles": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "shown": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "name",
        "url",
        "api",
        "retrieved_utc",
        "cached"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "api": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "cached": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "retrieved_utc": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "trials": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "rank",
          "nct_id",
          "title",
          "status",
          "phases",
          "study_type",
          "distance_mi",
          "distance_km",
          "nearest_site",
          "nearest_site_open",
          "site_contact",
          "open_sites",
          "ages",
          "sex",
          "inclusion",
          "exclusion",
          "study_contact",
          "last_update",
          "url"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "sex": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "ages": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "rank": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "nct_id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "phases": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "status": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "exclusion": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "inclusion": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "open_sites": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "study_type": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "distance_km": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "distance_mi": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "last_update": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "nearest_site": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "site_contact": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "study_contact": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "nearest_site_open": {
            "type": "boolean"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "checked": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "ranking": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "downloads": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "pdf",
        "csv"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "csv": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "pdf": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "disclaimer": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "after_filters": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "total_matching": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
find_recruiting_trials annotations
{
  "title": "Find recruiting clinical trials",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": true,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_trial_details — Get clinical trial details
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-onlyOpen-world

Use this when someone gives a ClinicalTrials.gov ID (NCT number) and wants that study's eligibility criteria, open sites, contacts and status from the live record, with a PDF and a CSV of open sites. Add a city to sort sites by distance. Does not give medical advice or check whether a person qualifies.

get_trial_details input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "nct_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "city": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 400,
      "description": "City to measure distance from, e.g. Chicago. Cities with 15,000+ people are recognized; use the nearest larger city otherwise."
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 400,
      "description": "U.S. state name or two-letter code for the city, e.g. IL. Leave empty outside the United States."
    },
    "nct_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 60,
      "description": "ClinicalTrials.gov ID, e.g. NCT05727904."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 400,
      "description": "Country name or two-letter code, e.g. United States or US."
    }
  }
}
get_trial_details output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "trial",
    "sites",
    "sites_shown",
    "notes",
    "disclaimer",
    "source",
    "downloads"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "notes": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "sites": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "facility",
          "city",
          "state",
          "zip",
          "country",
          "status",
          "contact_name",
          "contact_phone",
          "contact_email"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "zip": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "city": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "state": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "status": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "country": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "facility": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "distance_mi": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "contact_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "contact_email": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "contact_phone": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": false
      }
    },
    "trial": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "rank",
        "nct_id",
        "title",
        "status",
        "phases",
        "study_type",
        "distance_mi",
        "distance_km",
        "nearest_site",
        "nearest_site_open",
        "site_contact",
        "open_sites",
        "ages",
        "sex",
        "inclusion",
        "exclusion",
        "study_contact",
        "last_update",
        "url",
        "official_title",
        "sponsor",
        "conditions",
        "healthy_volunteers",
        "summary",
        "criteria_count",
        "total_sites",
        "start_date",
        "primary_completion"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "sex": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "ages": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "rank": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "nct_id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "phases": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "status": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "sponsor": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "summary": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "exclusion": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "inclusion": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "conditions": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "open_sites": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "start_date": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "study_type": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "distance_km": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "distance_mi": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ]
        },
        "last_update": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "total_sites": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "nearest_site": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "site_contact": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "study_contact": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "criteria_count": {
          "type": "object",
          "required": [
            "inclusion",
            "exclusion"
          ],
          "properties": {
            "exclusion": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "inclusion": {
              "type": "number"
            }
          },
          "additionalProperties": false
        },
        "official_title": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "nearest_site_open": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "healthy_volunteers": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "primary_completion": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "name",
        "url",
        "api",
        "retrieved_utc",
        "cached"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "api": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "cached": {
          "type": "boolean"
        },
        "retrieved_utc": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "downloads": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "pdf",
        "csv"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "csv": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "pdf": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    "disclaimer": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "sites_shown": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}
get_trial_details annotations
{
  "title": "Get clinical trial details",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": true,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

1 advertised

clinical-trials-widget — Zovo Trial Finder view

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Interactive view for Zovo Trial Finder.

clinical-trials-widget URI
ui://widget/clinical-trials-1-1.0.0-8166942868d2fdf44b5eafb1c7a06c5c65b6487c2809668af702ed1eaa5d1095.html

MIME type: text/html;profile=mcp-app

clinical-trials-widget-legacy — Zovo Trial Finder view (previous versions)

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

clinical-trials-widget-legacy URI template
ui://widget/clinical-trials-{version}.html

MIME type: text/html;profile=mcp-app

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
885 ms
95th percentile latency
885 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 885 ms · metadata changed · 2 tool(s), 1 resource(s), 1 resource template(s)

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http zovo-trial-finder-mcp https://clinical-trials.zovo.one/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add zovo-trial-finder-mcp --url https://clinical-trials.zovo.one/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable zovo-trial-finder-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zovo-trial-finder-mcp": {
      "url": "https://clinical-trials.zovo.one/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zovo-trial-finder-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://clinical-trials.zovo.one/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start zovo-trial-finder-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "zovo-trial-finder-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://clinical-trials.zovo.one/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http zovo-trial-finder-mcp https://clinical-trials.zovo.one/mcp

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector, enter this server URL and enable it for the conversation. This is a manual remote-connector handoff, not a desktop JSON configuration.
Claude Desktop configuration
https://clinical-trials.zovo.one/mcp

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zovo-trial-finder-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://clinical-trials.zovo.one/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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