NCT02477202

Mirena® IUD's Effect on Fallopian Tube Fimbriae and Ovarian Cortical Inclusion Cyst Cell Proliferation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 7 (actual)
• Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 35 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Combination-type oral contraceptives (COCs) have been shown to significantly reduce the risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer (IEOC); this protective effect may be achieved to a large extent through COCs ability to reduce cell proliferation in the fallopian tube fimbriae (FTF). The progestin-releasing Mirena® intra-uterine device (IUD) is an increasingly popular method of contraception, but it is not known if its use will reduce a woman's risk of IEOC. Mirena® use does not block ovulation in most women but it may release sufficient progestin to also reduce cell proliferation in the FTF. This study aims to evaluate the effects of the Mirena® IUD on cell proliferation in the FTF as a possible biomarker of protection against IEOC.

Conditions

• Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Mirena® intra-uterine device (IUD)	In this study, a Mirena® IUD will be inserted into volunteers scheduled for a risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) or risk-reducing salpingectomy (RRS) at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). Alternatively, women with a Mirena® IUD already in place and who will be scheduled for an RRSO or RRS at MSK can also participate. We are seeking 14 evaluable participants. FTF tissue (and ovarian inclusion cyst tissue, when available) collected at the time of risk-reducing salpingectomy (RRS) will be tested by immunochemistry staining for Ki67 (a protein that is significantly increased when cells are preparing for division).

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-06-01
• Primary completion: 2022-12-29
• Completion: 2022-12-29
• First posted: 2015-06-22
• Last updated: 2023-10-16
• Results posted: 2023-10-16

Locations

6 sites across 1 country: United States