Impact of Gonadotoxic Therapies on Fertility

NCT ID: NCT05885048

Last Updated: 2024-06-03

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

7000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-12-01

Study Completion Date

2038-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal of this observational study is to learn how gonadotoxic treatments (chemotherapies, radiotherapies or immunotherapies) affect the fertility status of participants with cancer.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* in females, if cancer therapies reduce the Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentration (ovarian reserve);
* in males, if cancer therapies reduce sperm concentration (sperm quality).

Detailed Description

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This is an international multicenter prospective exploratory study of fertility related data generated mostly routinely in fertility centers in Switzerland belonging to the Swiss network "FertiSAVE" as well as in fertility centers in Germany and Austria belonging to the German-Swiss-Austrian network "FertiPROTEKT" and further international centers who are interested to participate. Both networks include in total around 200 centers.

The data, which are mainly part of the routine clinical care, will be collected by the physicians and added to the REDcap study registry. Patients will be coded by the center to be able to follow them up. Each center will only have access to its own registry data set. Access to the total data set is only permitted for the principal investigator and the specific sub-investigators.

Data collection before the start of gonadotoxic treatment will be performed for 5 years.

Data collection after the end of gonadotoxic treatment will be performed for 10 years (time points: at 12-15 months, at 5 years and at 10 years).

Conditions

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Cancer Fertility Issues Fertility Preservation Toxicity Due to Chemotherapy Toxicity Due to Radiotherapy Effects of Immunotherapy

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Cancer female participants

Fertility status before and after gonadotoxic treatment

Blood samples for analysis

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Test hormone levels in blood

Satisfaction evaluation

Intervention Type OTHER

Participant satisfaction assessment

Quality of Life questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

The World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief 26-item Version (WHOQOL-BREF)

Cancer male participants

Fertility status before and after gonadotoxic treatment

Blood samples for analysis

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Test hormone levels in blood

Sperm samples for analysis

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Spermiogram

Satisfaction evaluation

Intervention Type OTHER

Participant satisfaction assessment

Quality of Life questionnaire

Intervention Type OTHER

The World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief 26-item Version (WHOQOL-BREF)

Interventions

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Blood samples for analysis

Test hormone levels in blood

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Sperm samples for analysis

Spermiogram

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Satisfaction evaluation

Participant satisfaction assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

Quality of Life questionnaire

The World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief 26-item Version (WHOQOL-BREF)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with cancer or with benign reasons undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy of the pelvis (females) and the testicles (males) and/or immune therapy;
* Willing to participate;
* Austria: 14-50 years old (adolescents and adults), Germany: 18-50 years old, Switzerland: 14-50 years old (adolescents and adults);
* Serum hormone analysis before gonadotoxic therapy (females) or serum hormone analysis and sperm analysis before gonadotoxic therapy (males).

Exclusion Criteria

* Missing consent;
* Language barrier.
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Bern

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Michael von Wolff

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Michael von Wolff

Prof. Dr. med. Michael von Wolff

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Michael von Wolff, Prof. Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Locations

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University Women's Hospital (Inselspital)

Bern, , Switzerland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Switzerland

Central Contacts

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Michael von Wolff, Prof. Dr.

Role: CONTACT

0041316321301

Facility Contacts

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Michael von Wolff, Prof. Dr.

Role: primary

+ 41 31 632 13 01

Irene Marcu, PhD

Role: backup

References

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von Wolff M, Germeyer A, Bottcher B, Magaton IM, Marcu I, Pape J, Sanger N, Nordhoff V, Roumet M, Weidlinger S. Evaluation of the Gonadotoxicity of Cancer Therapies to Improve Counseling of Patients About Fertility and Fertility Preservation Measures: Protocol for a Retrospective Systematic Data Analysis and a Prospective Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Mar 20;13:e51145. doi: 10.2196/51145.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38506900 (View on PubMed)

Weidlinger S, Graber S, Bratschi I, Pape J, Kollar A, Karrer T, von Wolff M. A Systematic Review of the Gonadotoxicity of Osteosarcoma and Ewing's Sarcoma Chemotherapies in Postpubertal Females and Males. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2024 Aug;13(4):597-606. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2023.0185. Epub 2024 Apr 17.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38629685 (View on PubMed)

Study Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

View Document

Related Links

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https://fertitox.com/

A platform for gonadotoxicity of cancer therapies

Other Identifiers

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KLS 5650-08-2022

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

KEK Bern 2022-02284

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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