What should the investigator do upon completion of the trial?

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What should the investigator do upon completion of the trial?

After a trial ends, the investigator has a responsibility to close the study with the appropriate oversight bodies. Specifically, inform the institution and provide the IRB/IEC with a concise summary of the trial’s outcomes. This keeps the ethics and safety review process informed, documents what happened, and supports proper archival of essential records. Publishing all raw data publicly is not a required step and can raise privacy or confidentiality concerns. Destroying trial records would violate regulatory retention requirements, and transferring all data to the sponsor is not the primary obligation at completion; data sharing should follow contractual and regulatory guidelines, not occur as the sole closing action.

After a trial ends, the investigator has a responsibility to close the study with the appropriate oversight bodies. Specifically, inform the institution and provide the IRB/IEC with a concise summary of the trial’s outcomes. This keeps the ethics and safety review process informed, documents what happened, and supports proper archival of essential records. Publishing all raw data publicly is not a required step and can raise privacy or confidentiality concerns. Destroying trial records would violate regulatory retention requirements, and transferring all data to the sponsor is not the primary obligation at completion; data sharing should follow contractual and regulatory guidelines, not occur as the sole closing action.

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