Expire

This action allows IRB Administrators to designate the protocol as expired in the scenario in which the expiration date for the protocol has been passed and no renewal request has been received. The IRB Administrator can use the Expire action as a precursor to the Close action. The system allows the investigator to renew an expired protocol.

[Sample business scenario: The investigator is on leave during the time period when they should have renewed the protocol. The IRB office can go ahead and use the Expire action to mark the protocol as expired. Later on the investigator might decide that the protocol needs to be renewed to continue with the research project. The system will let the investigator renew an expired protocol.]

Table 370 Protocol Document, Protocol Actions Page, Request an Action Section, Expire Action – Action Attributes

  Action attributes

Description

Who can perform action

IRB Administrators are allowed to perform this action.

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 states Active - Open to Enrollment, Active - Closed to Enrollment, Active - Data Analysis Only, Exempt, Suspended by Investigator, Suspended by IRB or  Request to Close

 

The submission status can be in any state.

 

Protocol state after action

After the action is performed

 

The protocol status changes to Expired

The submission status does not change

 

 

Figure 1165 Protocol Document, Protocol Actions Page, Request an Action Section, Available Actions – Expire Layout

 

Table 371 Protocol Document, Protocol Actions Page, Request an Action Section, Available Actions – Expire Field Descriptions

Field

Description

Expire

Comments

To enter textual information to describe the reason for the expire action, click within the text box (or press the tab  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.  After saved, click the green arrow  symbol to view full text in a separate browser window.

Action Date

Specify the date you want this action to become effective.  By default, the field displays the current date.  To change it, click the calendar icon to select, or type in mm/dd/yyyy format to populate the box with the desired date.

Review Comments

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