Within one year of the end of the research involving the human person or its interruption, a final report is drawn up and signed by the sponsor and the investigator, and in the case of multicentre research, by all the investigators or, failing this, by the coordinating investigator. In the latter case, all the investigators are informed of the results of the research by the coordinating investigator or the sponsor. This report is made available to the competent authority.
The sponsor sends the results of the research in the form of a summary of the final report to the competent authority and the Data Protection Committee within one year of the end of the research.
The content of the report and the summary are laid down, as necessary, by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé for research falling within its remit.
After the end of the research, if the sponsor becomes aware of any new fact likely to have a significant impact on the safety of the persons who have taken part in the research, he must inform the competent authority without delay and specify the appropriate measures that he intends to put in place. If the competent authority considers that the measures envisaged are insufficient, it may require the sponsor to take appropriate measures.