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Intervention

Use intervention commands to search clinical trial interventions from the NCI Clinical Trials Search API.

Search interventions

By name:

biomcp search intervention pembrolizumab

By type:

biomcp search intervention --type drug --limit 10

By type and category:

biomcp search intervention --type drug --category "checkpoint inhibitor" --limit 10

By NCI thesaurus code:

biomcp search intervention --code C1447 --limit 5

Search filters

Flag Description
-q/--query Intervention name or keyword
--type Intervention type (drug, device, procedure)
--category Intervention category
--code NCI thesaurus code
-l/--limit Max results
--offset Pagination offset

Intervention is search-only. There is no get subcommand.

JSON mode

biomcp --json search intervention pembrolizumab

Practical tips

  • Use --type drug to exclude procedures and devices from results.
  • Pair intervention searches with trial searches to find active protocols.
  • NCI thesaurus codes provide precise lookups when available.