How we find, verify, and rank trials.

Sources

We index three primary trial sources, daily for AVMA and weekly for the others:

• AVMA Animal Health Studies Database — the canonical industry + academia veterinary trial registry.
• NCI Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium — 20+ academic centers studying canine cancers with human-relevant biology.
• Twelve university trial registries — UF, CSU Flint, Penn Vet, Purdue WCORC, UW-Madison, Missouri, UT Southwestern, Cornell, UC Davis, Texas A&M, Tufts, AMC.

Principal investigators may also submit trials directly via /trials/submit (launching with the full trial finder). PI submissions are manually verified before publication.

Verification

Every trial in our index has a last_verified_at timestamp. If the originating registry hasn't updated a trial in 90 days, we mark it stale and reduce its rank visibility. Trials with a verifiable PI email and a consistent enrollment status across two consecutive sync windows are marked verified and shown first.

Editorial neutrality (non-negotiable)

Trial ranking is by relevance + recency — full stop.

• We do not accept payment for trial placement.
• We do not boost sponsor-affiliated trials over non-affiliated ones.
• We do not allow vet pharma partners to influence which trials show up for any pet parent or veterinarian.
• If we ever do introduce a paid-tier feature on the trial finder, it will be a clearly-labeled banner separated from organic ranking — same rule as search engines.

Matching to your dog

When you give us your dog's diagnosis + state + (optional) prior therapy, we filter against the trial's inclusion + exclusion criteria. The match is advisory — final eligibility is determined by the trial's PI. We always link to the PI's contact information so you can confirm.

What we don't do

• We don't auto-enroll your dog in anything. Clicking a trial card gives you information; the next step is always you contacting the PI directly.
• We don't recommend a specific trial over another for your dog. That's a clinical judgment between you and your vet.
• We don't share your dog's information with trial sponsors. If you want a PI to contact you, that's an explicit opt-in step.

Contact + corrections

See a trial that's mis-categorized, expired, or missing? Let us know via the contact form. Same path for PIs who want to update their listing — mention "Trials" in the message.