The phrase "abandoning the study" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of discontinuing or giving up on a particular research or academic endeavor.
Example: "After much consideration, the researchers decided that abandoning the study was the best course of action due to unforeseen circumstances."
Alternatives: "discontinuing the study" or "forsaking the study".
All patients signed an informed consent form which described the suggested surgical procedure, the foreseeable risks, any potential complications, and the possibility of abandoning the study voluntarily.
The probability of abandoning the study at the interim analysis is 0.4449 if there is no difference between treatment groups, and 0.0201 if treatment improves outcome.
Although the exact time when a pregnancy complication occurs may sometimes be difficult to ascertain, this is not a sufficient reason for abandoning the study of the incidence patterns of pregnancy complications.
There is also a possible risk of differential loss to follow up between the two groups, due to the length of the study and also to the placebo effect which could contribute to the patients abandoning the study because they consider that the treatment provided is not having any effect.
Through his writing, Sacks ultimately received recognition for advancing a unique form of clinical scholarship that was largely abandoned: the study of the single person within the context of his own life.
In the 17th century, the art historian Giovanni Pietro Bellori condemned the same painters Vasari had praised because they had abandoned the study of nature and adulterated the arts with maniera.
Less than six weeks later, however, on July 17 , 1505 Luther abandoned the study of law and entered the monastery in Erfurt of the Order of the Hermits of St. Augustine, a mendicant order founded in 1256.
But he abandoned the study, writing: "We will never understand the phenomena of development and regeneration".
Eventually, with no control group, he had to abandon the study.
He abandoned the study of medicine and changed to English, history, and theology.
But does that mean that we should abandon the study of philosophy, the history of art, or the analysis of society and culture?
