The time to strike is now
In December 2025, the FACILITATE project organized an event in the European Parliament to make European policymakers more aware of the project’s outcomes, hosted by MEP Vytenis Andriukaitis. On this occasion, Johanna Blom, FACILITATE’s project coordinator, released an interview with IMI/IHI where she highlighted the important outcomes achieved regarding the return of individual data to clinical trial participants.
In brief, the FACILITATE project developed a white paper setting out a framework for returning patients’ data advising sponsors to proactively offer to return patient data via a process developed by the project. This proactive approach builds trust and fosters collaboration and benefits the patient without hindering the trials.
“If you enhance trust, you have a higher recruitment rate and a lower attrition rate. People stay in the trial, even if it’s complicated, because they really feel you are working with them and for them.” Blom said.
GSK and Sanofi have launched pilots trialling how the framework works in practice within clinical trials, while several other companies have expressed interest in using the framework in upcoming trials.
“We will learn from these pilots,” concluded Blom. “Our motto is evaluate, adjust and then bring it up to scale. By the summer, we will have a toolbox to make it easier for companies to start using this framework.”
“The genie is out of the bottle – it’s out, and now we have to use it.”
Read the full interview at this link
Industry embraces return of patient data framework for clinical trials.
