How Your Trial List Is Ordered
You may notice that your trial list is not in alphabetical order. That is intentional.
Many trial search tools return long, unfiltered lists that can feel overwhelming. Our goal is to help make this information more usable by organizing trial listings in a way that supports informed conversations between you and your oncology team.
What We Do Differently
We remove clearly inapplicable trials
Based on the information you choose to share, the tool helps filter out trials that are unlikely to apply to you based on eligibility criteria.
For example, if a trial excludes people with a specific medical condition and you indicate that you have that condition, that trial may not appear in your list. Providing more complete and accurate information can help improve how the list is organized.
Final eligibility is always determined by the clinical trial team.
We organize trials using clinically relevant factors
The tool organizes trial listings using factors that clinicians commonly consider when discussing clinical trials, such as:
- •Prior treatments received
- •Response to previous therapies
- •Number of prior lines of treatment
- •Whether a trial includes standard-of-care treatment in addition to an investigational therapy
- •The maturity of available clinical data
For example, if you previously responded well to a certain type of therapy, trials using similar approaches may appear earlier in your list. There is no single "best" clinical trial—patients at different stages of care may benefit from different options.
You can help improve how trials are organized by sharing details about which treatments you have received and how you responded.
You can review all relevant trial options
All trials that appear to match the information you provide are shown. Nothing is hidden or promoted.
You can select trials you want to discuss with your oncology team and use this list as a starting point for conversations about whether a clinical trial may be appropriate for you.
Our Commitment to Transparency
KidneyCAN may receive financial support from pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies to help build and maintain this tool. That support does not influence which trials appear or how they are organized.
Trial listings are organized using only:
- The information you provide
- Publicly available eligibility criteria
- Clinical characteristics of the trial design
Companies do not pay to be included, ranked higher, or promoted.
Our goal is to help patients and clinicians identify relevant clinical trial options—not to favor any company, product, or treatment.