Amsterdam, 3 March 2025
A new clinical trial map is now accessible from the public website of the Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS). The map is designed to provide patients and healthcare professionals with easy access to comprehensive, real-time information about clinical trials conducted in their area, increasing access to clinical research in the European Union (EU).
Building on the public information contained in CTIS, the map improves how people use the system and find information about clinical trials. Users can look for ongoing trials by geographic area and medical condition. The search supports queries in lay language and includes an autocorrect system that provides suggestions in case of misspellings. Search results offer investigator’s contact details, enabling members of the public to directly enquire about potential enrolment into a given trial. The first version of the map is provided in English. Additional EU languages will be added in future releases.
The creation of the map is an action of the Accelerating Clinical Trials in the European Union (ACT EU) initiative workplan for 2025-2026. It responds to requests for a simple, patient-friendly dashboard for CTIS to help stakeholders, particularly patients, locate clinical trials of interest in Europe.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is hosting a public webinar on 7 March 2025 to provide a live demonstration on how to use all the features. A recording of the session will be available for future reference.
CTIS includes a public searchable database for healthcare professionals, patients and citizens to deliver the high level of transparency foreseen by the Clinical Trials Regulation. The authorisation and oversight of clinical trials is the responsibility of EU/EEA Member States while EMA is responsible for maintaining CTIS. The European Commission oversees the implementation of the Clinical Trials Regulation.
Related content
- Clinical Trials Information System – Clinical trial map
- Accelerating Clinical Trials in the EU (ACT EU)
- Clinical trials in human medicines
- Finding clinical trials with the ACT EU Trial Map (07/03/2025)
- ACT EU Clinical Trials Analytics Workshop – January 2024 (25-26/01/2024)
External links
- Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS)
- CTIS portal: Trial MapEuropean Commission – Accelerating Clinical Trials in the EU (Act EU)ACT EU workplan 2025-2026Report – ACT EU Clinical Trials Analytics Workshop – January 2024CTIS public searchable database Clinical Trials Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 536/2014)
Source – EMA