Status:
COMPLETED
Sperm Banking Among Adolescents Newly Diagnosed With Cancer: Development of a Profiling and Referral Tool
Lead Sponsor:
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Conditions:
Cancer
Eligibility:
MALE
13-21 years
Brief Summary
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 les...
Detailed Description
This study will identify factors predictive of sperm banking/not sperm banking in order to design interventions for increasing fertility preservation among adolescent males newly diagnosed with cancer...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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.
Exclusion
- Participant previously treated for cancer.
- History of mental retardation or severe cognitive or learning impairment.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2010
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
282 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01152268
Start Date
July 1 2010
End Date
June 1 2014
Last Update
March 10 2015
Active Locations (9)
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1
City of Hope
Duarte, California, United States, 91010
2
Mattel Children's Hospital
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
3
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30342
4
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Children's Hospital Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115