Abandon
The abandon action allows the investigator to cancel a protocol that has been returned to them for major or minor revisions by the IRB office. The abandon action on a protocol serves to make the protocol inactive. No further action can be taken on an abandoned protocol.
Table 341 Protocol Document, Protocol Actions Page, Request an Action Section, Abandon Action - Action Attributes
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Action attributes |
Description |
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Who can perform action |
Investigators can initiate this action. |
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Protocol state prior to action |
Prior to the action being performed, the protocol must be in the following state:
The protocol status must be in one of the following statuses: Specific Minor Revisions Required, Substantive Revisions Required The submission status must be in one of the following statuses: Specific Minor Revisions Requested, Substantive Revisions Requested
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Protocol state after action |
After the action is performed
The protocol status changes to Abandoned The submission status does not change |
Figure 1150 Protocol Document, Protocol Actions Page, Request an Action Section, Available Actions – Abandon Action Layout
Table 342 Protocol Document, Protocol Actions Page, Request an Action Section, Abandon Action-Field Descriptions
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Field |
Description |
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Abandon | |
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Comments |
Enter the rationale behind the close action.
Click within the text box (or press the tab |
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Action Date |
Select the date you want the close action to become
effective. Click the calendar |
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Submit |
Click the submit |
key from a previous field) to
relocate the cursor to the field, and then type (or paste from virtual
clipboard) to enter text in the box as necessary to provide the
appropriate information. Click the add note 
icon to view/edit/paste text
in a new browser window, then click the continue button to return to the
text entry field in the document.
button to generate the action
request.