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Registration number
ACTRN12605000402640
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
7/09/2005
Date registered
14/09/2005
Date last updated
8/03/2010
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
Evaluation of a Fertility-Related Decision Aid for Young Women with Early Breast Cancer.
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Scientific title
The Impact of a Fertility-Related Decision Aid for Young Women with Early Breast Cancer on Psychological and Decision Related Outcomes.
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Trial acronym
Fertility-DA
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Early Breast Cancer
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Condition category
Condition code
Cancer
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Breast
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Women will be recruited prospectively prior to the commencement of any adjuvant therapy through 22 oncology clinics nation-wide. During the first year of recruitment, women will be given an information booklet developed by the National Breast Cancer Centre for consumers (control). In the second year of recruitment women will be given the decision aid (an information tool desigened to assist with decision making).
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Intervention code [1]
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Other interventions
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Comparator / control treatment
'During the first year of recruitment, women will be given an information booklet developed by the National Breast Cancer Centre for consumers (control) that describes early breast cancer, treatment, pathology, symptoms, side effects etc.
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Control group
Placebo
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Informed choice about fertility-related decisions measured by the Multidimensional Measure of Informed Choice
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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At baseline and 1 month
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Knowledge of the impact of different therapy regimens on fertility.
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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At baseline, 1 month and 12 months.
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Available ARTs and the impact of pregnancy after breast cancer on prognosis and survival over three time-points.
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Assessment method [2]
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Timepoint [2]
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Baseline, 1 month and 12 months
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Secondary outcome [3]
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Anxiety and depression measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.
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Assessment method [3]
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Timepoint [3]
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At baseline, 1 month and 12 months.
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Women at time of diagnosis of a histologically confirmed early-stage breast cancer; pre-menopausal at time of diagnosis and not having completed their families; no history of metastatic disease; able to read English proficiently and to give informed written consent; recently diagnosed and not yet commenced adjuvant therapy.
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
40
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Sex
Females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
No exclusion criteria
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Educational / counselling / training
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Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
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Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
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Intervention assignment
Other
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Other design features
Block design
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Phase
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Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Active, not recruiting
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/01/2006
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Actual
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Date of last participant enrolment
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Date of last data collection
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Sample size
Target
120
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Accrual to date
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Final
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW,VIC,ACT,QLD,SA,WA
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Charities/Societies/Foundations
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Name [1]
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Cancer Council of NSW
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Address [1]
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153 Dowling Street
Woolloomooloo, NSW 2011
PO Box 572
Kings Cross NSW 1340
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
Individual
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Name
Bettina Meiser
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Address
Psychosocial Research Group, Department of Medical Oncology,
Level 3, Dickinson Bld,
Prince of Wales Hospital,
Randwick, NSW 2031
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Country
Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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Individual
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Name [1]
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Michelle Peate
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Address [1]
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PRG, Dept of Med Onc,
Level 3, Dickinson Bld,
Prince of Wales Hospital,
Randwick, NSW 2031
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [2]
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Individual
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Name [2]
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Michael Friedlander
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Address [2]
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Dept of Med Onc,
Prince of Wales Hospital,
Randwick, NSW 2031
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Country [2]
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Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [3]
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Individual
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Name [3]
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Martha Hickey
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Address [3]
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School of Women?s and Infants? Health, University of Western Australia, King Edward Memorial Hospital,
374 Bagot Road,
Subiaco, WA 6008
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Country [3]
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Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [4]
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Individual
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Name [4]
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Belinda Thewes
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Address [4]
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Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making
Brennan MacCallum Building (A18)
University of Sydney NSW 2006
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Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [5]
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Individual
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Name [5]
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Christobel Saunders
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Address [5]
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School of Surgery,
University of Western Australia
Crawley, 6009
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Country [5]
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Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [6]
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Individual
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Name [6]
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Helen Zorbas
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Address [6]
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Level 1, Suite 103,
355 Crown Street,
Surry Hills, NSW 2010
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Country [6]
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Australia
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Summary
Brief summary
Each year approximately 10,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia, making this the most frequently diagnosed cancer in reproductive age women. Approximately 6-7% of these women are under 40 years at the time of their diagnosis. All patients faced with decisions about treatment for cancer need to weigh up the benefits and side-effects of treatment. This issue is particularly relevant in considering the effects of treatment on future fertility. The prognosis in terms of survival for young women is often excellent, but permanent ovarian failure and hence infertility as a result of adjuvant chemotherapy is a common consequence. For many young women, this is of enormous importance. Yet, many are not fully informed of the potential adverse reproductive effects of chemotherapy or fail to take in the possible consequences of treatment while making treatment decisions shortly after the diagnosis of breast cancer. Our objective is to conduct a comprehensive nation-wide prospective study to compare the efficacy of a fertility-related decision aid (an information tool specifically designed to assist with decision-making) to usual care amongst young women with early breast cancer. The decision aid will present information on choice of chemotherapeutic agents, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) options and the impact of pregnancy following diagnosis on prognosis. Following pilot-testing, the decision aid will be tested in a prospective nationwide study involving 17 oncology clinics, and young women with early breast cancer will be recruited prior to commencement of any adjuvant therapy. Data will be collected prior to commencement of adjuvant therapy, and 1 and 12 months following this, using self-administered questionaries assessing a range of variables, using validated measures of psychological and decision-related outcomes.
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Contact person for public queries
Name
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Ms Michelle Peate
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Address
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Psychosocial Research Group
Department of Medical Oncology
Prince of Wales Hospital
Barker St
Randwick NSW 2031
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 2 93824229
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Fax
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+61 2 93823372
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for scientific queries
Name
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Ms Michelle Peate
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Address
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Psychosocial Research Group
Department of Medical Oncology
Prince of Wales Hospital
Barker St
Randwick NSW 2031
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Australia
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+61 2 93824229
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Email
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[email protected]
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