Term information
A secondary sponsor may have agreed to: - take on all the responsibilities of sponsorship jointly with the primary sponsor; or - form a group with the Primary Sponsor in which the responsibilities of sponsorship are allocated among the members of the group; or - act as the Primary Sponsor’s legal representative in relation to some or all of the trial sites. by WHO (https://www.who.int/ictrp/network/trds/en/)
In clinicaltrials.gov, the secondary sponsor role can be taken by a project collaborator (Reference: https://prsinfo.clinicaltrials.gov/trainTrainer/WHO-ICMJE-ClinTrialsgov-Cross-Ref.pdf). However, a secondary sponsor may serve as a collaborator role, but a collaborator may not serve as a secondary sponsor role.
A sponsor role taken by an additional individual, organization or another legal person, if any, that has agreed with the primary sponsor to take on responsibilities of sponsorship.