Clinical Trial Navigator

Model: qwen/qwen3-max

Status: Completed

Cost: $0.500

Tokens: 137,802

Started: 2026-01-05 14:35

MVP Roadmap & Feature Prioritization

MVP: Clinical Trial Navigator that matches patients to relevant trials using AI-translated eligibility criteria and provides plain-language summaries

Core Problem: Patients miss life-changing clinical trial opportunities due to incomprehensible eligibility criteria and overwhelming search complexity

Must-Have Features: Basic trial search, AI eligibility translation, plain-language summaries, save/bookmark trials, location filtering

NOT in MVP: Health record import (FHIR), notifications, logistics helper, comparison view, mobile app

Success Criteria: 100 beta users, 50% 30-day retention, 15% premium conversion, 7/10+ user satisfaction score

Core MVP

Quick Wins

Major Initiatives

Nice-to-Haves

Feature Prioritization Matrix

High Value
Low Effort
PHASE 1 (MVP)

High Value
High Effort
PHASE 2-3

Low Value
Low Effort
Opportunistic

Low Value
High Effort
DON'T BUILD

Trial Search

Plain Summaries

Save Trials

FHIR Import

Notifications

Dark Mode

Social Sharing

Phased Development Plan

Phase 1: Core MVP (Weeks 1-8)

Deliver the essential patient value proposition: simplify clinical trial discovery through AI-powered eligibility translation and plain-language summaries. Focus on the core matching workflow that solves the primary pain point of incomprehensible medical jargon. Validate that patients can successfully find and understand relevant trials without overwhelming complexity.

Feature	Priority	Effort	Week
User authentication	P0	2 days	Week 1
ClinicalTrials.gov API integration	P0	3 days	Week 1-2
AI eligibility translation	P0	5 days	Week 2-3
Plain-language summaries	P0	4 days	Week 3-4
Trial bookmarking	P0	2 days	Week 4
Location filtering	P0	3 days	Week 5
Basic responsive UI	P0	6 days	Week 5-6

Success Criteria:

✓ Functional end-to-end user flow
✓ 50 beta users onboarded
✓ Core workflow completion rate > 60%
✓ No critical bugs

Phase 2: Product-Market Fit (Weeks 9-16)

Validate core assumptions about patient willingness to pay for clinical trial navigation services. Improve retention through personalized notifications and enhanced dashboard functionality. Establish the foundation for monetization while gathering critical feedback on the AI translation accuracy and user experience.

Feature	Priority	Effort	Week
Payment integration	P0	4 days	Week 9-10
Email notifications	P0	3 days	Week 11
Trial tracker dashboard	P0	5 days	Week 12-13
Condition-specific matching	P1	4 days	Week 14
Premium feature gating	P1	2 days	Week 15

Success Criteria:

✓ 250+ active users
✓ 30-day retention > 35%
✓ First 10 paying customers
✓ NPS score > 30

Technical Implementation Strategy

AI/ML Components

Feature	Cost/User
Eligibility translation	$0.12
Plain-language summaries	$0.08
Trial matching logic	$0.05

Low-Code Opportunities

Auth: Clerk ($25/mo, saves 7 days)
Payments: Stripe ($0 + 2.9%, saves 4 days)
Email: Resend ($10/mo, saves 3 days)
Database: Supabase ($25/mo, saves 6 days)
Hosting: Vercel ($20/mo, saves 3 days)

Total Time Savings: 23 days → MVP in 6 weeks vs 12

Development Timeline

Week 1-2:

Foundation

Week 3-4:

Core Features

Week 5-6:

Polish & Testing

Week 7-8:

Beta Launch

Week 9-12:

Phase 2 Features

Week 13-16:

PMF Validation

Key Milestones

Milestone 1: Technical Foundation (Week 2)

✓ Development environment set up
✓ Authentication working
✓ Database schema deployed

Milestone 2: Core Functionality (Week 4)

✓ Primary user workflow complete
✓ AI integration functional
✓ Basic UI/UX implemented

Milestone 3: Beta Ready (Week 6)

✓ End-to-end testing passed
✓ 20 internal testers validated
✓ Landing page live

Milestone 4: Product-Market Fit (Week 16)

✓ 250+ active users
✓ Retention cohorts healthy (>35% D30)
✓ Monetization validated

Success Metrics by Phase

Phase 1 (Week 8)

Beta signups: 50-100
Onboarding completion: >70%
Core workflow usage: >60%
User satisfaction: 7/10+

Phase 2 (Week 16)

Active users: 250+
D30 retention: >35%
Paid conversions: 10+
NPS score: >30

Phase 3 (Week 24)

Active users: 1,000+
MRR: $3,000+
Viral coefficient: >0.3
Churn rate: <7%