EU Trial Map: a simple, patient-friendly dashboard to help patients and healthcare professionals easily locate clinical trials of interest running in the EU

During the ACT EU Clinical Trials Analytics Workshop in January 2024, stakeholders emphasised the need for a simple, patient-friendly dashboard to help patients and healthcare professionals easily locate clinical trials of interest running in the EU.

In response to this feedback, an interactive map of clinical trials in the EU was developed, integrated in the CTIS public portal, live as of March 3, 2025: Clinical Trial Map

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.

Document Source: ctis-newsflash-25-february-2025_en.pdf; Finding clinical trials with the ACT EU Trial Map broadcast event