Is TrialReach.com the new Google of the segment?

 Question : Which online clinical trial repository will French internet users consult?    Reply : Those which are the most Search Engine optimized and the most ergonomic. There is always room for a new player who does both well, hence the title of this post equally available in French on DeniseSilber.com.

The purpose of the original post was to demonstrate that competition for traffic is international in this seglment.

Born in the UK, just across La Manche / the Channel ;-), the site TrialReach.com has an impeccable internal search function that enables the user to enter successive critria and manage its personal data.  The home page is Web 2.0 / Googlish clean. And it seems easy to get around.

Is the data base complete ? Possibly too soon to say, but there are nearly 90K trials listed.

Last night, when I wrote the French post, the Afssaps or French medicine agency's data base was inaccessible. Is it ergonomic. That's another question... https://icrepec.afssaps.fr/

And of course there are other major options for internet users.

a) ClinicalTrialsSearch.org lets you look for sites in France

http://www.clinicaltrialssearch.org/france_clinical_trials.html

b) So does the US government 

ClinicalTrials.gov

http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cntry1=EU%3AFR

Cancer.gov

http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/search

c)  The IFPMA provides a French interface as well as other languages

http://clinicaltrials.ifpma.org/no_cache/fr/monportail/index.htm

d) Let's not forget OrphaNet and its annuaire d'essais cliniques for rare disease (in multiple languages)

So, online publishers beware. There is a competition for traffic to clinical trials even in your home country, since users will find international sites with large data bases even before the national ones. Welcome to the web, TrialReach.com We'll be following you.

signed Denise or @health20paris

Comments

[Pablo]

Denise,
Thanks for the warm welcome - and make sure you stay tuned for major developments soon...
Pablo