NAME

WebService::ClinicalTrialsdotGov::Reply - Wrapper around the clinicaltrials.gov API

FUNCTIONS

new

Create a new instance of the reply object. Do not use this function directly.

get_study

my $Study = $Results->get_study;

A series of accessors are provided:

 oversight_info
detailed_description
study_type
primary_completion_date
primary_outcome
intervention
intervention_browse
has_expanded_access
arm_group
number_of_arms
overall_official
brief_title
study_design
location
id_info
firstreceived_date
overall_contact
overall_status
verification_date
source
keyword
sponsors
official_title
enrollment
condition_browse
brief_summary
location_countries
is_section_801
secondary_outcome
responsible_party
eligibility
phase
lastchanged_date
start_date
is_fda_regulated
required_header
overall_contact_backup
condition

This function returns a WebService::ClinicalTrialsdotGov::Study object for a single study. This function returns undef on error.

get_search_results

my $ra_all_obj = $Results->get_search_results;

A series of accessors are provided:

last_changed
condition_summary
nct_id
status
order
url
title
score
 

This function returns a reference to an array of WebService::ClinicalTrialsdotGov::SearchResult objects. The nct_id field can be used to obtain the data on individual studies. This function returns undef on error.

count_total

my $num = $Results->count;

Returns the total number of search results reported by the API. This function returns undef on error.

count

my $num = $Results->count;

Returns the total number of search results returned by the API. This function return undef on error.

AUTHOR

Spiros Denaxas, <s.denaxas at gmail.com>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-webservice-clinicaltrialsdotgov at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=WebService-ClinicalTrialsdotGov. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc WebService::ClinicalTrialsdotGov

You can also look for information at:

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2010 Spiros Denaxas, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.