Infertility Survey Among Reproductive Age Women With Gynecological and Breast Cancer

April 10, 2026 updated by: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
This study develops infertility survey among reproductive age women with gynecological and breast cancer. This study aims to learn how women consider whether or not to try to have a baby after surviving cancer. The advice gathered from this survey may be shared with patients and survivors in the future, so that they have information to inform their decisions about cancer treatment and family planning.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To tailor the National Fertility Barriers (NFB) Survey for women who have had gynecological and breast cancers.

II. To administer the tailored survey and evaluate if utilization of infertility clinics and treatments is associated with pregnancies leading to live births after gynecological or breast cancer.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To evaluate whether potential covariates are associated with utilization of infertility clinics and live births after gynecological and breast cancers (e.g. socio-demographic, clinical, psychological, lifestyle, and decision-making characteristics).

OUTLINE:

FOCUS GROUP: Patients attend an audiotaped focus group over 90 minutes to provide feedback for survey development.

SURVEY VALIDATION: Patients complete an online survey over 15-30 minutes at baseline and 2 days later.

TELEPHONE SURVEY: Patients complete a telephone survey.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

1410

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

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • M D Anderson Cancer Center

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 45 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Women seen at the MD Anderson Oncofertility Clinic and Adolescent and Young Adult Program or women in the California Cancer Registry

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • FOCUS GROUP: Women seen at the MD Anderson Oncofertility Clinic and Adolescent and Young Adult Program who are 18-45 years old at the time of cancer diagnosis
  • SURVEY VALIDATION: Women seen at the MD Anderson Oncofertility Clinic and Adolescent and Young Adult Program who are 18-45 years old at the time of cancer diagnosis
  • TELEPHONE SURVEY: Women in the California Cancer Registry
  • TELEPHONE SURVEY: Are 18-45 years old
  • TELEPHONE SURVEY: Were diagnosed with early-stage ovarian (IA and IC), endometrial (IA), cervical (IA1-IB1), or breast cancer (I-III)
  • TELEPHONE SURVEY: Are 5-12 years post diagnosis between the years of 2007-2014
  • TELEPHONE SURVEY: Underwent fertility-preservation treatments

Exclusion Criteria:

  • FOCUS GROUP: Do not speak English or Spanish
  • SURVEY VALIDATION: Do not read and understand English
  • TELEPHONE SURVEY: Do not speak English or Spanish

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
Observational (focus group, survey)

FOCUS GROUP: Patients attend an audiotaped focus group over 90 minutes to provide feedback for survey development.

SURVEY VALIDATION: Patients complete an online survey over 15-30 minutes at baseline and 2 days later.

TELEPHONE SURVEY: Patients complete a telephone survey.
Other: Survey Administration
Complete survey
Behavioral: Healthcare Activity
Attend focus group
Other Names:
  • Health Care Activity
  • Healthcare

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Underlying constructs
Time Frame: Up to 3 years
Will be measured by the Oncofertility Barriers Scale. Will perform factor analysis using principal axis factoring with oblique rotation to simplify the construct interpretation.
Up to 3 years
Known-group validity
Time Frame: Up to 3 years
Will use t-test to compare two groups. If the distributional assumptions are not met, will use the Mann Whitney test.
Up to 3 years
Convergent validity
Time Frame: Up to 3 years
Will correlate Oncofertility Barriers Scale scores with Evaluation and Nurturing Relationship Issues, Communication and Happiness scores. Analysis of variance will be used to generate a generalizability coefficient for relevant factors, as distributions allow. As distributions allow, will also assess a priori hypotheses that divergence will be observed among groups of women with different ages, cancer types, time since completing cancer treatment, and priori fertility concerns, as well as access to and utilization of fertility care. All tests will be two-sided and use a significance level of 0.05.
Up to 3 years
Live birth
Time Frame: Up to 3 years
Will compare cancer diagnosis, treatment characteristics and patient reported survey results by live birth (yes versus no) using a 2-sample t-test (or Wilcoxon depending on underlying distribution) and chi-squared test (or Fisher's exact test). Will also conduct logistic regression analysis regressing live birth on predictors of interest, and build a multivariable model based on univariate results including all terms significant at the 0.10 level then refining the model using backwards selection to include variables significant at the 0.05 level in the final model.
Up to 3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jose A Rauh-Hain, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Estimated)

February 2, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

February 2, 2027

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 16, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 16, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

December 22, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 15, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 10, 2026

Last Verified

April 1, 2026

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Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2018-0477 (Other Identifier: M D Anderson Cancer Center)
  • NCI-2020-08295 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

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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