Sperm Banking Among Adolescents Newly Diagnosed With Cancer: Development of a Profiling and Referral Tool
Completed
Conditions studied: Cancer
In brief
Despite the known adverse effects of specific cancer treatments on fertility, only 18-26% of at-risk adolescents and young men cryopreserve sperm prior to cancer treatment in the US: These already less than optimal rates of sperm banking are even lower among adolescents who have increased anxiety at cancer diagnosis, are lower in age and socioeconomic status, of Evangelical religious orientation, or are diagnosed with leukemia/lymphoma: It is not clear why sperm banking is underutilized, particularly in light of the high priority that survivors of childhood cancer place on fertility and the high psychological distress associated with fertility loss. Studies addressing sperm banking among adults with cancer suggest that factors such as poor physician communication and the resulting lack of fertility-risk knowledge by patients contributes to the low frequency of sperm cryopreservation. No well-designed studies have examined risk factors associated with failure to bank sperm among adolescents with cancer, a developmentally distinct population ripe for intervention. This study plans to enroll 206 adolescent males and 412 parents/guardians.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01152268
- Run by
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- People needed
- 282
- Starts
- 2010-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-03-10
Who can join
Age: 13 and older, up to 21. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Male participants newly diagnosed with cancer.
- Patients must be between 13 years of age (≥ 13 years) and 21 years of age (< 22 years) at time of study enrollment.
- Participant Identified as Tanner stage III or higher.
- Participant identified by his oncologist (or designee) as being at risk for treatment-related infertility.
- Proficiency speaking and reading English or Spanish.
- Cognitive capacity to complete study questionnaires.
You may not qualify if…
- Participant previously treated for cancer.
- History of mental retardation or severe cognitive or learning impairment.
Where it is running
- City of Hope — Duarte, California, United States
- Mattel Children's Hospital — Los Angeles, California, United States
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Children's Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- The University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Cook Children's Medical Center — Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Primary Children's Medical Center — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- The Hospital for Sick Children — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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