| Code | Display | Definition |
| sponsor | Sponsor | Person, company, agency or institution that initiates a clinical investigation and takes responsibility for that investigation but does not conduct the investigation. |
| lead-sponsor | Lead sponsor | Primary person, company, agency or institution that initiates a clinical investigation and takes responsibility for that investigation but does not conduct the investigation if there is more than one sponsor. |
| sponsor-investigator | Sponsor-investigator | Entity who both initiates and conducts an investigation. |
| primary-investigator | Principal investigator | An investigator who is responsible for all aspects of the conduct of a study. |
| collaborator | Collaborator | An organization or individual, who contributes to a study by providing support to the primary investigator to conduct research. |
| funding-source | Funding source | An organization that underwrites financial support for the research study. |
| general-contact | General contact | Information for the person who can answer general questions for a study. |
| recruitment-contact | Recruitment contact | Information for the person who can answer recruitment questions for a study. |
| sub-investigator | Sub-investigator | Any individual member of the clinical trial team designated and supervised by the investigator at a trial site to perform critical trial-related procedures and/or to make important trial-related decisions (e.g., associates, residents, research fellows). |
| study-chair | Study chair | An individual person who both initiates and conducts, alone or with others, a clinical trial and under whose immediate direction the investigational product is administered to, dispensed to, or used by a subject. (Also called study director or study chairperson) |
| irb | Institutional Review Board | A group of individuals that reviews and monitors research involving human subjects. |
| data-monitoring | Data Monitoring | An organization or individual who monitors the validity and integrity of collected data while prioritizing participant safety and study integrity. The organization may be called a Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) or Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB). |