Evaluating fertility decision aids for younger women with breast cancer.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Breast Cancer; Low Health Literacy; Decision-making; Fertility Preservation; Cancer - Breast; Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Fertility including in vitro fertilisation; Mental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000515897
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Melbourne

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-05-03
• Last Update Posted: 27 June 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 236

Inclusion Criteria

To be eligible to participate women must:
a) be aged between 18-40 years (inclusive);
b) be pre-menopausal;
c) have a histologically confirmed diagnosis of early-stage breast cancer;
d) have no history of metastatic disease;
e) not have undergone adjuvant therapy for breast cancer;
f) have easy access to the internet;
g) have an interest in finding out more about fertility and/or fertility preservation;
h) be able to give informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

Women who have already started fertility preservation will be excluded.
Although women whose primary language is other than English (LOTE) will not explicitly be excluded, women will need to have enough English capability to complete the surveys and communicate with the researchers. Should the oncologist consider the patient’s English skills to be insufficient, they will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Decisional conflict as assessed by the Decisional Conflict Scale (low literacy version), a validated measure of decisional uncertainty.[Baseline (at time of recruitment), 1 month, 6 months and 12 months after recruitment.]