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Specimen and Data Study for Ovarian Cancer Early Detection and Prevention

Northwestern Ovarian Cancer Early Detection & Prevention Program: A Specimen and Data Study

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
Female only
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: Questionnaires

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Subjects may be asked to complete a combination of questionnaires designed to evaluate psychological functioning among women enrolled in a comprehensive ovarian cancer early detection program who are at increased risk for developing disease as compared to women currently diagnosed with ovarian cancer."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study collects samples and health information to help find ovarian cancer early and prevent it. It is for people at higher risk of ovarian cancer and people having surgery for certain conditions of the reproductive organs, including cancer.

RATIONALE: To improve strategies for detection and prevention of early-stage disease. PURPOSE: This research study is collecting specimens and data to develop better methods for early detection and prevention of ovarian cancer among the high risk population and those who have the disease.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • You must be 18 to 80 years old.
  • You must have a higher risk of ovarian cancer or be having one of the surgeries described below.
  • Higher risk: Your mother, sister, or daughter has cancer of the ovaries, fallopian tubes, or lining inside the belly.
  • Higher risk: At least two close relatives had ovarian, belly lining, fallopian tube, or pancreatic cancer before age 50. They must also have tested positive for an inherited condition that raises reproductive cancer risk, or have higher risk confirmed by a certified genetic counselor.
  • Higher risk: You or your family have an inherited condition that raises the risk of cancer in reproductive organs, such as BRCA1/2 or Lynch syndrome.
  • Higher risk: A certified genetic counselor—a specialist in inherited health risks—says you have an increased risk.
  • Surgery: You are having surgery for reproductive cancer, a noncancer condition of the reproductive organs, or a lump near the ovary that is very likely to be cancer. Surgery to remove the ovaries to lower cancer risk also qualifies.

Who can't join

    Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

    Official eligibility criteria

    DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Meets one of the following criteria: * Considered to be at increased risk for developing ovarian cancer, as defined by one of the following: * Has at least one first-degree relative (mother, sister, or daughter) with ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer * Has at least two first or second degree relatives diagnosed before age 50 with either ovarian, primary peritoneal, fallopian tube, and/or pancreatic cancer who have tested positive for hereditary cancer syndrome that includes an increased risk of gynecologic cancer (e.g., BRCA1/2 or Lynch Syndrome)or have increased risk as deemed by a certified genetic counselor * A personal or family history of a hereditary cancer syndrome that includes an increased risk of gynecologic cancer * Increased risk as deemed by a certified genetic counselor * Undergoing surgery for a gynecologic condition, including any of the following: * Diagnosis of a reproductive cancer * Benign gynecological condition (e.g., uterine leiomyomata, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, or follicular or corpus luteum ovarian cysts) * Highly suspicious adnexal mass * Risk-reducing prophylactic oophorectomy PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age * Between the ages of 18 and 80

    Study sites (1)

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