NCT01851109

Prevention of Ovarian Cancer in Women Participating in Mammography

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 458 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of systematic identification and genetic counseling referral on rates of bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (surgery to remove both fallopian tubes and ovaries) in women having mammograms at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA.

Conditions

• Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	genetic counseling	The genetic counseling sessions are conducted by a licensed genetic counselor, certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling and the American Board of Medical Genetics. This clinical counseling session may include, but is not limited to the following: 1. A review of medical and family history information to determine which genetic test (BRCA, HNPCC, p53, etc.), if any, is appropriate; 2. Discuss how the results - positive or negative - affect cancer risk 3. Discuss how cancer risk might be managed (surveillance, prophylactic surgery, oral contraceptives, etc.); 4. Discuss how the test is conducted and what the results might be (positive, negative, uncertain); 5. Discuss the disadvantages of genetic testing (cost, insurance coverage, worry about insurance discrimination, uncertain results, etc.) and the psychological and emotional issues surrounding testing, etc.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-07-01
• Primary completion: 2013-05-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2013-05-10
• Last updated: 2016-01-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States