NCT03956498

Impact of a Sexological Follow-up on the Sexual Function in Patients With Cervix or Vaginal Cancer Treated by Radiotherapy and Brachytherapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Institut Claudius Regaud · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Prospective, monocentric study evaluating the impact of a nurse-led sexological follow-up on sexual function in patients with cervix or vaginal cancer treated by radiotherapy and brachytherapy. The study procedure will consist of nurse-led sexological consultations, beginning before brachytherapy and until 2 months after brachytherapy. Evolution of female sexual function and vaginal symptoms will be done through clinical examinations and completion of quality of life and female sexual function questionnaires during radiation oncologist consultation and/or nurse-led sexological consultations until one year after end of brachytherapy. Study participation of each patient will be 12 months.

Conditions

• Cervix Cancer
• Vaginal Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Patients with cervix or vaginal cancer treated by radiotherapy and brachytherapy	* Nurse-led sexological consultations, beginning before brachytherapy and until 2 months after brachytherapy. * Questionnaires to be completed by the patient before brachytherapy, 2 months after the end of brachytherapy and 1 year after the end of brachytherapy : Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI), Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (QLQ-C30), and Quality-of-Life questionnaire cervical cancer module QLQ-CX24.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-09
• Primary completion: 2022-02-20
• Completion: 2022-02-20
• First posted: 2019-05-20
• Last updated: 2022-03-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France