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Generated Narrative: CodeSystem research-study-party-role

Last updated: 2025-11-14 20:54:02+0000

This case-sensitive code system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/research-study-party-role defines the following codes:

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).

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# concept[].definition
Person, company, agency or institution that initiates a clinical investigation      and takes responsibility for that investigation but does not conduct the investigation.

# concept[].definition
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.

# concept[].definition
Entity who both initiates and conducts an investigation.

# concept[].definition
An investigator who is responsible for all aspects of the conduct of a study.

# concept[].definition
An organization or individual, who contributes to a study by providing support      to the primary investigator to conduct research.

# concept[].definition
An organization that underwrites financial support for the research study.

# concept[].definition
Information for the person who can answer general questions for a study.

# concept[].definition
Information for the person who can answer recruitment questions for a study.

# concept[].definition
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).

# concept[].definition
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)

# concept[].definition
A group of individuals that reviews and monitors research involving human subjects.

# concept[].definition
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).