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StudyFinder AI User Guide
Disclaimer
StudyFinder’s AI searches all publicly available sources to identify contact emails. The availability of email addresses depends entirely on what exists in these public sources. In some cases, the AI may find no emails or only personal email addresses due to limited or restricted data.
The value of StudyFinder lies in its ability to consolidate every available contact detail in one place—ensuring you see everything that’s out there.
Table of Contents
Understanding AI-Sourced Contacts
On each study page, the AI-Sourced Leads tab displays contacts gathered from three sources:
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Internal Database: StudyFinder’s proprietary database of verified sponsor and CRO contacts, built from historical data and integrations with platforms like Apollo and Hunter.
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LinkedIn Scraping: Real-time data extracted from LinkedIn profiles, identifying professionals associated with the study or sponsor, such as Site Selection Managers or Clinical Operations Directors.
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Industry Trade Show Attendee List Scraping: Contacts sourced from attendee lists of major industry events (e.g., SCRS Global), capturing decision-makers who recently engaged in clinical research conferences.
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The AI evaluates each contact for two focus types to determine relevance:
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Relevant Job Titles: Identifies roles critical to site selection, such as “Site Selection Manager,” “Clinical Operations Manager,” or “Engagement Manager.” These contacts are highlighted with a light blue background (#ADD8E6) for easy recognition.
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Relevant Therapeutic Area (TA): Detects whether a contact’s profile (e.g., LinkedIn bio or trade show registration) mentions a therapeutic area matching the study’s focus (e.g., Oncology, Cardiology). Note: Not all contacts have a detected TA, as this depends on available profile data.
Relevant Job Titles We Highlight and Search For​
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Site Selection
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Site Relations
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Site Relationship
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Site Engagement
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Site Activation
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Site Intelligence
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Site Partnership
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Feasibility
9. Study Start Up
10. Clinical Operations
11. Trial Optimization
12. Clinical Research Liaison (CRL)
13. Medical Science Liaison (MSL)
14. Medical Affairs
15. Project Manager
Sorting and Filtering with Pills
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StudyFinder provides four filter “pills” to help you narrow down AI-Sourced Contacts to the most relevant ones:
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Relevant TA: Shows only contacts with a detected therapeutic area matching the study (e.g., a COPD study shows contacts with “Pulmonology” or “Respiratory” in their profiles).
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Relevant Job Title: Displays contacts with job titles relevant to site selection, regardless of source.
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LinkedIn: Limits results to contacts sourced from LinkedIn Scraping.
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Trade Show Attendee List: Shows contacts sourced from industry trade show attendee lists.
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Single Filter: Click a pill (e.g., “LinkedIn”) to display only contacts from that source or focus. For example, selecting “Relevant Job Title” shows all contacts with roles like Site Selection Manager across all sources.
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Combined Filters: Select multiple pills to refine further. For instance:
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Relevant Job Title + LinkedIn: Shows LinkedIn-sourced contacts with relevant job titles (e.g., a Clinical Operations Manager for AstraZeneca).
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Relevant TA + Relevant Job Title: Displays the most pertinent contacts for the study—those with both a matching therapeutic area and a relevant job title (e.g., an Oncology-focused Site Selection Manager for an Oncology study). Note: This combination may yield fewer results, as not all contacts have a detected TA.
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Clear Filters: Click “Reset Filters” to view all AI-Sourced Contacts for the study.
Refresh Contacts
The "Refresh Contacts" button initiates an on-demand scrape of LinkedIn to find up-to-date contact information for sponsor decision-makers. When activated, the AI searches LinkedIn for contacts with relevant job titles (listed above) at that moment.
How We Find Studies
ClinicalTrials.gov: A public registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ClinicalTrials.gov is a comprehensive database of over 444,000 publicly and privately funded clinical trials from 221 countries. Federal laws mandate registration for certain trials, but compliance varies, and not all trials include complete or timely data.
StudyFinder scrapes ClinicalTrials.gov to provide a standardized, authoritative source of upcoming trials.
Clinical Pulse: ClinicalPulse is StudyFinder’s proprietary AI-driven data aggregation tool that scans a broader range of sources beyond ClinicalTrials.gov, including news articles, press releases, sponsor websites, 10-K's and more. It captures real-time updates and emerging trial opportunities that may not yet be registered or fully detailed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
How to Use LeadExchange
🌟 How It Works:
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Submit Leads: Share verified trial or sponsor contacts to earn credits—anonymously.
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Unlock Leads: Use credits to access vetted contacts from other sites for studies you’re targeting.
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Stay Protected: Competitive guardrails ensure your leads never reach sites in your location or indications.
Step 1: Set-Up Your Site Profile
Before you can start accessing site-submitted Sponsor/CRO leads, you must let us know what location(s) you operate in and what Therapeutic Areas. This is to make sure our Competitive Guardrails are in place, ensuring we don't share your leads with close-by sites. ​
Step 2: Go to "Company" page
Search for the company (Sponsor or CRO) that you want to submit or access leads for
Submitting Leads
"Community Shared" tab is where Site-Submitted contacts are located. Click "Submit Lead". You will be asked for details about your contact. ​
​Once you complete, you will receive a credit in your credit balance.
Unlocking Leads
"Community Shared" tab is where Site-Submitted contacts are located. For the lead you would like to access, click "Unlock"​
​Once unlocked, the contact details will appear.
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A credit will be deducted from your credit balance.
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You can also access Site-Submitted contacts by clicking "Community Shared" tab on any Study page to see the leads submitted for that Sponsor.