In the rare case that after at least four (4) attempts contact with the participant or a proxy could not be established, and no information regarding vital status can be obtained from any source, then the today” date in Q2 should “To correspond to the date the form is completed. Q3 should be answered No, Q4 Unknown, and Q5 No, with reason in Q5b. Skip sections B, C and D. F1 submission under this context should be as a last resort, after all reasonable attempts to contact the participant and/or obtain vital status information via medical records or elsewhere have failed.
In the rare case that after at least four (4) attempts contact with the participant or a proxy could not be established, and no information regarding vital status can be obtained from any source, then the “To today” date in Q2 should correspond to the date the form is completed. Q3 should be answered No, Q4 Unknown, and Q5 No, with reason in Q5b. Skip sections B, C and D. F1 submission under this context should be as a last resort, after all reasonable attempts to contact the participant and/or obtain vital status information via medical records or elsewhere have failed.
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