Updated on 18 June 2024:
'Protection of personal data and commercially confidential information' section

For information on CTIS, the Clinical Trials Regulation, and EMA's online training modules for CTIS users, see: 

Handbook for clinical trial sponsors

The CTIS sponsor handbook covers priority topics identified with the help of clinical trial sponsors, with references and links to further supporting materials.

It is aimed at pharmaceutical companies, contract research organisations (CROs), small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), academic sponsors and other organisations working on clinical trials.

EMA regularly updates the handbook. 

 

Evaluation timelines

This document is for CTIS sponsor and authority users and includes:

  • an overview of timelines and deadlines for tasks and actions across the Clinical Trial Application process
  • an explanation of the dynamic character of the workflow - earlier completion of a task (before its deadline) might cause recalculation of the deadline of subsequent or relevant tasks, changing effectively their initially projected deadlines

Additional reference materials for CTIS users

Reference materials are available below to help users work with CTIS. 

Training and information events

EMA offers live training sessions to provide additional learning opportunities, including bitesize talks, walk-in clinics and webinars.  

Recordings and supporting materials become available after each event. 

You can look up both past and upcoming events below: 

Master trainers

EMA is working closely with master trainers, a core group of users who will train and support other users in their organisations in preparing to work with CTIS.

Master trainers from the national competent authorities and ethics committees of each EU Member State have been working with EMA since October 2020.

A programme for Master trainers for sponsors in pharmaceutical companies, including contract research organisations (CROs) took place in 2021. 

Guidance is available on training techniques and materials to support master trainers, or anyone responsible for rolling out the CTIS training programme.

Protection of personal data and commercially confidential information

Information on clinical trials submitted in CTIS is made available on the CTIS public portal, in line with the revised CTIS transparency rules applicable as of June 2024. 

For more information on the revised rules, including a quick user guide and guidance on the protection of personal data and commercially confidential information while using CTIS, see: 

The roles and responsibilities of each party regarding the processing of personal data in CTIS is described by the joint controllership arrangement. For more information, see:

This aims to assist sponsors and authorities in fulfilling the transparency obligations set out in the Clinical Trials Regulation.

All CTIS transparency documents can be found on the Accelerating Clinical Trials in the EU website. For more information, see:

To search for information in CTIS, see:

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