Summary

Eligibility
for females ages 18-35 (full criteria)
Location
at San Diego, California
Dates
study started
completion around
Principal Investigator
by H. Irene Su, MD MSCE

Description

Summary

Young adult cancer survivors constitute an under served population to whom fertility potential is particularly important. For female young adult patients, cancer treatment such as alkylating chemotherapy are toxic to the finite number of eggs they have, resulting in risks of infertility and premature menopause related to ovarian failure. Reproductive issues are a major concern for young cancer survivors, but one that is understudied. Young cancer survivors have few tools to measure post-treatment ovarian reserve, or the quantity and quality of remaining eggs4. Accurate determination of ovarian reserve and fertility potential would not only be an important research tool, but also directly impact clinical management. The purpose of this study is to test if basal and provocative ovarian reserve testing can predict return of menses in female young adult cancer survivors, to compare basal and provocative ovarian reserve testing results between female young adult cancer survivors and healthy controls, and to compare basal and provocative ovarian reserve testing results between female young adult cancer survivors on and off of combined estrogen and progesterone hormone products.

Participants will be asked to keep track of their periods over three months. If a participant is taking birth control pills, patches, or vaginal ring, they will asked to come off the birth control for 3 months. Participants will also be asked to undergo ovarian reserve testing by blood draws and pelvic ultrasounds at the start and end of the 3 months.

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Keywords

Cancer, Infertility, Fertility, adolescent, young adult, cancer survivors, recombinant FSH, Basal Testing

Eligibility

You can join if…

Open to females ages 18-35

  • Postmenarchal
  • Cancer diagnosis
  • Prior exposure to gonadotoxic therapy, inclusive of chemothearpy, pelvic or total body irradiation, unilateral oophorectomy
  • A minimum of 1 year since completion of gonoadotoxic therapy
  • Intact uterus
  • At least one ovary

You CAN'T join if...

- Estrogen receptor positive cancers

Location

  • UCSD Moores Cancer Center
    San Diego California 91351 United States

Lead Scientist at UCSD

Details

Status
in progress, not accepting new patients
Start Date
Completion Date
(estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, San Diego
ID
NCT01421095
Study Type
Interventional
Participants
Expecting 34 study participants
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