The Abandon action allows the investigator to cancel a Full Board protocol that has been returned to them for major or minor revisions by the IRB. The Abandon action on a protocol makes the protocol inactive. No further action can be taken on an abandoned protocol.
Table 291 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 |
Principal Investigators, co-principal investigator students/fellows/residents, study coordinators, and aggregators 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: Provisionally Approved, Tabled
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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 679 Protocol Document, Protocol Actions Page, Request an Action Section, Available Actions – Abandon Action Layout
Table 292 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 abandon action. Click within the text box to provide the appropriate information. Click the add note |
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Action Date |
Select the date you want the abandon action to become effective. Click the calendar |
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Submit |
Click the |