New Trial Start-Up: How you use the Office of Sponsored Research

The Office of Sponsored Research is responsible for the review and approval of your Clinical Trial Agreement (CTA) or study contract. The CTA describes:

• Indemnification of the University by the study sponsor
• Publication rights of the investigator
• Confidentiality issues
• Coverage of study subject injury costs
• Right to terminate the agreement
• Publicity
• Payment schedule
• Intellectual property rights
• Reporting requirements
• Rights to information

Please make certain that any draft of the CTA given to you by the sponsor is promptly forwarded to the OSR office and that you have provided the sponsor with contact information for OSR.

Note that only the Associate Vice President of OSR has the authority to sign the CTA (including any budget agreements) for a clinical trial being conducted at Georgetown.

OSR contact information

For full information regarding OSR and about clinical trial agreements, please go to their website.

Associate Vice President
Sheryl Goldberg: phone (202) 687-1390, email sng8@georgetown.edu

Office fax number: (202) 687-3825