Clinical trial · Interventional
Decisional Conflict of Young Cancer Patients With Regard to Fertility Preservation
Decisional Conflict of Young Cancer Patients With Regard to Fertility Preservation - Effects of an Online Decision-aid Tool
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Women who are diagnosed with cancer during their reproductive lifespan might be confronted with impaired fertility. Nowadays a number of fertility preservation options are available. Decisions about whether and how to protect fertility have to be made in a very short time period, right after cancer diagnosis and before start of treatment. The psychological impact for patients is considerable. This project aims at developing a standardized decision-aid tool to support the decision-making process about fertility preservation in young cancer patients. It is designed as an online decision-aid tool. A web-based tool is perfectly designed for this target group and offers new possibilities providing flexible and individually tailored information. The aim of the study is to examine the benefits of the online decision-aid tool compared with standard counseling (usual care). Decisional conflict is measured immediately after counseling as well as one month later. One year after counseling, decisional regret is being evaluated additionally. If the decision-aid tool proves to be helpful and useful, the online design allows making it available for a wide range of concerned patients.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Decision-Aid Tool | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- control group
- description
- care as usual (fertility preservation counseling)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- intervention group
- description
- Intervention: use of an online decision-aid tool after fertility preservation counseling
- interventionNames
- Other: Online Decision-Aid Tool
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- change (reduction) of decisional conflict (Decisional Conflict Scale)
- timeFrame
- 3 times: within 5 days after fertility preservation counseling, one month after counseling, 12 month after counseling
- description
- with the
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 16 Years
- Maximum age
- 40 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Female patients * Age 16 to 40 years * German speaking * Access to a computer * Pre-menopausal at time of diagnosis * Not yet having started (adjuvant) cancer therapy * family planning not completed Exclusion Criteria: \- Cancer treatment not affecting reproductive function
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDEhrbar V, Urech C, Rochlitz C, Zanetti Dallenbach R, Moffat R, Stiller R, Germeyer A, Nawroth F, Dangel A, Findeklee S, Tschudin S. Randomized controlled trial on the effect of an online decision aid for young female cancer patients regarding fertility preservation. Hum Reprod. 2019 Sep 29;34(9):1726-1734. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez136. PMID 31398258