Datatypes

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number)

ID nct_number

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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Registration number of a clinical study in ClinicalTrials.gov, the registry of the US National Library of Medicine: NCT and eight digits.

Categories
Medical/pharma identifiers, Scientific
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
Bioregistry
clinicaltrials
HL7 FHIR identifier system
https://clinicaltrials.gov/nctid
Wikidata
P3098
Quality
80/100 · missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage
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Regular expression

^NCT\d{8}$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
NCT00243178Atrial Fibrillation Clopidogrel Trial With Irbesartan for Prevention of Vascular Events
NCT04315948Trial of Treatments for COVID-19 in Hospitalized Adults

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