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Healthy Volunteers Study

Vaginal Metabolome Healthy Volunteers Study


Sponsor

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Enrollment

50 participants

Start Date

Apr 21, 2025

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the role of the bacterial environments and metabolites in the early detection and prediction of ovarian cancer development. Vaginal swabs and stool samples will be collected from healthy volunteers, or those without a known ovarian cancer diagnosis or genetic ovarian cancer risk. These samples will be compared to samples from participants with increased cancer risk and ovarian cancer diagnoses.


Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin Age: 30 YearsMax Age: 50 Years

Inclusion Criteria1

  • has ovaries

Exclusion Criteria6

  • genetic mutations which increase risk of ovarian cancer: BRCA1/2, BRIP1, PALB2, Lynch Syndrome (MLH1, MSH2/EPCAM, MSH6) and ATM
  • no genetic testing results or unknown genetic status
  • prior cancer diagnosis
  • prior cancer treatment
  • HRT use
  • Antibiotic use (1 month prior to providing sample)

Interventions

OTHERSelf-Administered Sample Collection

Participants will collect vaginal swabs and a stool sample.


Locations(1)

Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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