Young Women Diagnosed With Early Stage Ovarian Cancer: A Focus on Fertility Issues and Sexual Function

Completed

Conditions studied: Ovarian Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to ask youn women diagnosed with ovarian cancer who have undergone surgery that will allow them to have children in the future, on issues such as: education about their options to keep their ability to have children, after-chemotherapy treatment decision making, and reproductive history. The second purpose is to determine the effect of an early diagnosis of ovarian cancer on the sexual functioning of women.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00525460

Run by

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

People needed

16

Starts

2006-04-01

Expected to finish

2014-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-07-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women diagnosed with stage I or II invasive ovarian cancer, that underwent fertility sparing surgery
• Women who were premenopausal prior to diagnosis
• 40 years of age or younger at the time of ovarian cancer diagnosis
• Completed therapy for early stage cancer
• No evidence of recurrence
• No history fo known infertility prior to diagnosis
• No other significant medical conditions that would affect fertility

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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