RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT03180918

Male Fertility Preservation Using Cryopreservation of Testicular Tissue Before Highly Gonadotoxic Cancer Treatment


Sponsor

Gumy-Pause Fabienne

Enrollment

100 participants

Start Date

Jan 1, 2015

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

Background: Due to the remarkable improvement in treatments these last decades, long term survival can be expected in more than 80% of childhood cancer patients. Unfortunately, cancer treatments can be harmful to the gonads and can affect reproductive and endocrine functions. While loss of fertility is a major concern for most patients, sperm cryopreservation should be offered to all pubertal male patients. For prepubertal boys, only the experimental option of testicular biopsy in order to cryopreserve testicular stem cells can be proposed. Primary aims \- To cryopreserve testicular tissue of prepubertal patient receiving highly gonadotoxic oncological treatment. Secondary aims * To cryopreserve testicular tissue after failure of sperm cryopreservation in pubertal patient with high risk of infertility * To create a database in order to record clinical and biological follow-up data * To create a research biobank for future research projects Multicentric study: HUG, CHUV, UKBB


Eligibility

Sex: MALEMin Age: 3 MonthsMax Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

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This study is preserving the future fertility of young boys who are about to undergo cancer treatments that are likely to damage their ability to produce sperm, by removing and freezing a small piece of testicular tissue for potential future use. **You may be eligible if...** - The patient is a male child aged 3 months or older who has not yet reached puberty - Older pubertal patients may also be eligible if standard sperm banking was not successful - He is about to receive cancer treatments with a high risk of causing infertility, such as high-dose chemotherapy, radiation to the testes, or total body radiation - A multidisciplinary medical team has recommended this procedure **You may NOT be eligible if...** - The patient is under 3 months old - The patient or his parents refuse the procedure - The planned treatments are not classified as highly toxic to the reproductive system Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

PROCEDUREtesticular tissue biopsy

testicular tissue biopsy during general anesthesia


Locations(3)

UKBB

Basel, Switzerland

Geneva University Hospitals

Geneva, Switzerland

CHUV

Lausanne, Switzerland

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