Status:

COMPLETED

Psychosocial Impact of Cancer-Related Female Infertility

Lead Sponsor:

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Hodgkin's Disease

Cervical Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

14+ years

Brief Summary

The success of cancer treatment combined with the trend to delay childbearing is increasing the numbers of women survivors whose childbearing has been interrupted by cancer. For some, treatment has re...

Detailed Description

Women from the M. D. Anderson tumor registry who were diagnosed from 1992 to 1997 with invasive cervical cancer, breast cancer, Hodgkin's disease, or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma will be asked to participat...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Women must be survivors of breast cancer, cervical cancer, Hodgkin's Disease, or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. (We have chosen these three sites because they are the most common malignancies in women of reproductive age that have reasonable rates of long-term survival. In addition, many of the standard treatments for these malignancies impair fertility.)
  • Women must have been diagnosed before the age of 41, i.e., of childbearing age at the time of diagnosis and/or beyond.
  • Women must be at least age 14 currently to participate, because of the concern that younger girls may not be emotionally mature enough to have considered the emotional aspects of infertility, and may also not have full knowledge about reproduction.
  • Women must must have been diagnosed between the years of 1993-1998, making them, roughly 5- to 10-year survivors.
  • We are not going to exclude women based on cancer stage or treatment status, as long as they have survived for 5 to 10 years.

Exclusion

  • 1\. Women's fluency in English must be adequate to complete the interview (approximately 6th grade level).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2004

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

239 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00386217

Start Date

December 1 2004

End Date

November 1 2008

Last Update

August 1 2012

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U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030