NCT00005095Recruiting
Specimen and Data Study for Ovarian Cancer Early Detection and Prevention
Northwestern Ovarian Cancer Early Detection & Prevention Program: A Specimen and Data Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 Feb 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 6000 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 6 Apr 2000
- Start date
- Mar 2000
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2030
- Lead sponsor
- Northwestern University
- Diseases
- Endometrial cancer, Cervical cancer, Ovarian cancer, Sarcoma
- NCT number
- NCT00005095
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Planned participants: 6000
- From Mar 2000 to the primary completion date, Dec 2030
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- 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
Age in the registry: 18 years to 80 years · Sex: Female · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
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