Cancer, Fertility Issues
Conditions
Brief summary
It is important to evaluate outcomes after different fertility preservation strategies. Therefore, this study aims to assess the outcomes after different fertility preservation strategies and identify any factors that may affect their reproductive outcome.
Detailed description
All patients who have undergone or will seek fertility preservation services in PWH will be invited to participate. For those patients who have undergone fertility preservation services in PWH, when they come back to use their frozen gametes or embryos, they will also be invited to participate. Medical record assessment When patients come for fertility preservation consultation in PWH, they will be invited to participate. The medical notes of these patients undergoing fertility preservation services will be reviewed. The baseline characteristics including the socio-demographic background, past medical history, details of the surgical procedures, and the subsequent reproductive outcome, will be obtained by reviewing their hospital record. The participants will not be required to take any extra procedures.
Interventions
OTHERThis is an observational cohort study
This is an observational cohort study
Sponsors
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients aged from 0-50 years old * Patients with any illness or who will undergo any type of treatment that may cause irreversible damage to their fertility, such as extensive abdominal surgery, high toxicity medication and treatments; * Patients seek for fertility preservation services
Exclusion criteria
-Patients unable to provide consent/assent (i.e. significant psychiatric problems/cognitive delay)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To determine any factors that may affect the success rate of different fertility preservation methods. | 10 years | The medical notes of these patients undergoing fertility preservation services will be reviewed. The baseline characteristics including the socio-demographic background will be obtained by reviewing their hospital record. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To assess the pregnancy rate after different fertility preservation methods. | 10 years | The medical notes of these patients undergoing fertility preservation services will be reviewed. The subsequent reproductive outcome will be obtained by reviewing their hospital record. |
| To report on the frequency of surgical complications | 10 years | The medical notes of these patients undergoing fertility preservation services will be reviewed. The details of the surgical procedures will be obtained by reviewing their hospital record. |
Countries
Hong Kong
Contacts
Primary ContactJacqueline CHUNG, MBBS
Outcome results
None listed