When the study is completed, the project manager must notify the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REK). A customized form can be found in the project folder in the REK web portal. The project manager or responsible researcher must also send a copy of the form to godkjenning@ous-hf.no.

In addition, the study must be registered as completed in both ClinicalTrials.gov and helsenorge.no, if the project is registered there.

When the project is completed, research data shall be processed in accordance with the terms in the REK approval, as well as any terms stated in the feedback on legal basis for data processing. The project manager or responsible researcher will receive an automatic message from the Medinsight register with reminder of the end date of the project.

Research data cannot be used in other projects without obtaining new approvals.

If a specific research biobank is associated with the project, the material must be processed in accordance with the requirements stated in the REK approval. For more information on the destruction of human biological material, see Access, Sharing and Destruction and Biobank.