FErtility, PrEgnancy, contRaceptIon After Breast Cancer in France (FEERIC)

August 7, 2025 updated by: Institut Curie

FErtility, PrEgnancy, contRaceptIon After Breast Cancer in France: the FEERIC Study

FErtility, PrEgnancy, contRaceptIon after breast Cancer in France

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. With the increase of the survival rates, a growing attention is paid to the side effects of the treatments, particularly chemotherapy-induced infertility.

The FEERIC study will give insights into spontaneous fertility outcomes following breast cancer in comparison with a control cohort and will provide data to help patients counselling towards spontaneous fertility rates following breast cancer. It will also provide data on contraceptive prevalence and unintended pregnancy rates in French breast cancer survivors. Reasons for unmet need for family planning will be deciphered, in order to point out pitfalls (lack of patient's information or orientation/ignorance of contraception methods available/topic insufficiently or not discussed with the physician/ lack of family planning offer etc…); and target the appropriate actions to lead (oncologist and oncology nurses education/ dedicated consultations in breast cancer centers/etc…).

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

517

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • France
      • Paris, France
        • Seintinelles.Com

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 43 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Women with previous diagnosis of breast cancer and time from diagnosis comprised between one and five years

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • females aged from 18 to 43 at inclusion
  • previous diagnosis of breast cancer and time from diagnosis comprised between one and five years or women free from breast cancer or other malignancy (healthy volunteers) .

Exclusion Criteria:

  • hysterectomy and/or bilateral oophorectomy and/or bilateral salpingectomy
  • healthy volonteer with history of malignant disease.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Breast cancer survivors
Study of spontaneous fertility outcomes following breast cancer history
Other: questionnaires
Longitudinal observational study. Collection of health data using self-administered questionnaires online.
Control group
Study of spontaneous fertility outcomes in healthy volonteers population
Other: questionnaires
Longitudinal observational study. Collection of health data using self-administered questionnaires online.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Spontaneous pregnancies between cases and controls
Time Frame: 3 years
Odds ratio between the spontaneous pregnancies between cases and controls, for women with a desire to become pregnant and trying to get pregnant.
3 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Time to spontaneous pregnancy
Time Frame: 3 years
Time to spontaneous pregnancy after breast cancer diagnosis, for women with a desire to become pregnant and trying to get pregnant.
3 years
Contraceptive prevalence
Time Frame: 3 years
Contraceptive use, defined as the percentage of women reporting use of a contraceptive method.
3 years
Rate of women considered with risk of unintended pregnancy
Time Frame: 3 years
An unwanted pregnancy is defined as unwanted at the time of conception. Women are classified as at risk of unwanted pregnancy if they report having had unprotected sex without a desire to become pregnant in the previous four months.
3 years
Percentage of live births obtained by medically assisted procreation procedures
Time Frame: 3 years
Percentages live births obtained by ARTs procédures, that include in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer (ET), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and ovarian stimulation with exogenous gonadotropins.
3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Institut Curie

Collaborators

seintinelles network

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Anne-Sophie HAMY-PETIT, MD, Institut CURIE

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 8, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 8, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

March 8, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 2, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 19, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

March 21, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 11, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 7, 2025

Last Verified

November 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IC 2016-07

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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