TrialMatch

TrialMatch is a website which facilitates by matching research participants in the United States to clinical trials.

The tool was made public in 2010.{{cite web |author1=Alzheimer’s Association, Central Illinois Chapter |title=TrialmatchTM Connects People With Alzheimer's Clinical Trials Nationwide |url=http://www.healthycellsmagazine.com/articles/trialmatchtm-connects-people-with-alzheimer-s-clinical-trials-nationwide |website=www.healthycellsmagazine.com |language=en-us |date=6 July 2014}} The service claimed 320,000 users in 2020.{{cite journal |last1=Investigators |first1=The TRC-PAD |title=Recruitment into the Alzheimer Prevention Trials (APT) Webstudy for a Trial-Ready Cohort for Preclinical and Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease (TRC-PAD) |journal=The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease |date=2020 |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=219–225 |pmid=32920623| doi=10.14283/jpad.2020.46|pmc=7842199 |doi-access=free }}

Users give their health information to the service and a mix of human an automated review generates results.{{cite journal |last1=Petersen |first1=Ronald C |last2=Nixon |first2=Ralph A |last3=Thies |first3=William |last4=Taylor |first4=Arnetti |last5=Geiger |first5=Angela Timashenka |last6=Cordell |first6=Cyndy |title=Alzheimer's Association® TrialMatch™: a next-generation resource for matching patients to clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders |journal=Neurodegenerative Disease Management |date=February 2012 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=107–115 |doi=10.2217/nmt.11.66}} The service is one of many efforts in the field of Alzheimer's disease research to recruit research participants.{{cite journal |last1=Grill |first1=Joshua D. |last2=Galvin |first2=James E. |title=Facilitating Alzheimer Disease Research Recruitment |journal=Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders |date=2014 |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1097/WAD.0000000000000016|pmid=24322484 |pmc=3945167 }}