Confidential Disclosure Agreement

Definition

• A confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), also called a non-disclosure agreement (NDA), is a contract between the study sponsor and the institution that governs the access and use of confidential information, which includes the study protocol and other proprietary business or scientific information.

Policies/guidelines

• Investigators and other study staff are not authorized UMMC signatories.
• CDAs and NDAs related to a clinical research study are negotiated and signed by the Office of Clinical Trials. Upon receipt, send all clinical study-related CDAs and NDAs to clinicaltrials@umc.edu.

Templates/forms

• Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement – Outgoing - Word
• Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement – Incoming - Word 
• Accelerated Clinical Trial Agreement (ACDA) - PDF