Answer to the Trivia Question:
Yes. A protocol application can be submitted and provisionally approved without a final instrument attached. However, researchers should describe the nature of the survey-questionnaire-interview and the procedures for developing the data collection instrument in the research description of the protocol application.
Once the survey instrument is developed it will need to be submitted as a modification request (MR) to the IRB for approval prior to implementation. Investigators may not initiate any changes in the research without prior IRB review and approval, except where necessary to eliminate apparent immediate hazards to the subject.
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