What the doctor visit guide includes
The guide gives your doctor the same facts Match Me used, from each trial's ClinicalTrials.gov record, on paper they can mark up during the visit.
- Your answers at the topAge, sex, how far you can travel and the treatments you named, so the doctor sees what the matches were based on.
- Each trial's rules in its own wordsAge limits, treatment history, placebo design and anything that could rule you out, with the trial's exact wording beside it.
- Your medicines against every trialA grid of each medicine you named and whether a trial's written exclusions name it, including any washout period the trial states.
- Nearest site and study contactThe closest site to your ZIP code with its distance, and the phone or email the trial lists for questions.
- Questions to ask, and room for notesQuestions about joining any trial plus questions written for your condition. You choose which ones print.
How to make a doctor visit guide in Match Me
Answer 4 questions in Match Me about the person who would join: the condition, age and sex, an optional US ZIP code, past treatments and how you feel about a placebo group. Match Me checks every open trial for the condition and ticks up to 3 of your best treatment trials for the guide.
Tick or untick trials with the box on each one, up to 6, then press Make my doctor visit guide. On the guide, choose which questions to print, add the visit date and doctor if you like, and press Print or save as PDF.
What stays on your device
The guide is built in your browser from the trial records Match Me loaded from ClinicalTrials.gov. Your ZIP code is looked up by a free map service from your browser and is never sent to Trial Friend, and nothing you type into the guide is saved or sent. Trial Friend counts that a guide was opened or printed, with the condition and the number of trials and medicines in it. Match Me itself logs an age band, sex and how many trials fit, never the exact age or ZIP code. Read the full privacy policy.
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Doctor visit guide questions
Is the doctor visit guide free?
Yes. It is part of Match Me, which is free and needs no account. Answer 4 questions about the person who would join, tick up to 6 trials and print the guide.
Can I save the guide as a PDF?
Yes. Press Print or save as PDF on the guide, then choose Save as PDF as the printer. On most phones the print screen also lets you save or share the page as a PDF.
Does Trial Friend keep a copy of my guide?
No. The guide is put together in your browser from the trial records Match Me already loaded, and nothing you type into it, such as the visit date or the doctor's name, is sent to Trial Friend. Trial Friend counts that a guide was opened or printed, with the condition and how many trials and medicines it held.
How many trials can the guide hold?
Up to 6. Match Me ticks up to 3 of your best treatment trials to start, and you can change them with the box on each trial. A guide with 3 trials prints on 2 Letter pages, and one with 6 trials on about 3.
If the guide says No rule found for my medicine, am I allowed to join?
Not necessarily. No rule found means Match Me found no exclusion naming that medicine. A trial can describe a drug by its class or in unusual wording, and the study team decides at screening.
Should I stop a medicine to qualify for a trial?
Never stop or change a medicine without talking to the doctor who prescribed it. Some trials ask people to stop a drug for a set time before joining, called a washout, and that decision belongs to you, your doctor and the study team.
Updated October 12, 2026 by Jason Hunter. Match Me and the guide are not medical advice; the study team makes the final decision after screening.