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You can delete a sub-set of current trial-related documents. Although you can not delete Protocol or IRB Approval documents, you can replace them. See Editing and Replacing Documents.

How to Delete Trial-Related Documents

  1. Search for the trial of interest. For instructions, refer to Searching for Trials in PA.

  2. In the search results, click the NCI Trial Identifier link for that trial. The Trial Identification page appears.

  3. On the Trial Identification page, check out the trial. For instructions, refer to Checking In and Checking Out Trials. (This checkout step is optional for Super Abstractors.)

  4. On the Administrative Data menu, click Trial Related Documents.

    The Trial Related Documents page appears.

  5. Select the Delete check box for each document you want to delete, or, click Select All to select all documents that are candidates for deletion.

    Check boxes are available only for those document types that can be deleted according to the constraints listed at the top of this page.

  6. Click Delete.

  7. On the confirmation pop-up window, click OK to remove the selected document(s) from the trial.

  8. Enter the reason for deleting the document(s), for example, “Duplicate document” in the text box. The system counts down the character count as you type. The character limit is 200.

    Trial Related Documents page with Provide Reason for Deletion field

  9. Click Done.