Surviving rare ovarian cancer: what comes next? new study investigates Long-Term fatigue and health
NCT ID NCT03418844
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at women who have recovered from rare ovarian cancers (germ cell or sex cord-stromal tumors) to understand how the disease and chemotherapy affect their lives years later. Researchers will use questionnaires to measure chronic fatigue, quality of life, and other issues, and will also perform heart, lung, and hearing tests. The goal is to learn about the long-term side effects of treatment so doctors can better support survivors.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could reveal how rare ovarian cancer and its treatments affect women's long-term health and daily life, guiding better follow-up care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It cannot prove cause and effect, and results may not apply to all survivors.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 268 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2018
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age\> 18 years; * Patient with an ovarian malignant germ cell tumor (TGMO) or a stroma tumor and / or sex cords (TSCS) treated optimally; * Patient who has had surgery and chemotherapy (interest group) or only a surgery (control group); * Patient in remission more than 2 years after the end of the initial treatment; * Relapse authorized if remission more than 2 years after the end of the treatment; * Patient with no other cancers (with the exception of basal cell skin carcinomas, in situ cancers of the breast and cervix); * Patient having signed his consent to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman; * Psychiatric pathology that may disrupt the course of the study or prevent the interpretation of results; * Person deprived of liberty; * Major subject to a legal protection measure or unable to express his consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH Fleyriat
Bourg-en-Bresse, France
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CHRU Stasbourg Hôpital Civil
Strasbourg, France
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CHU Besançon Jean MINJOZ
Besançon, France
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CHU Poitiers
Poitiers, France
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Centre Catherine de Sienne
Nantes, France
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Centre François Baclesse
Caen, France
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Centre Jean Perrin
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Centre Léon Berard
Lyon, France
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Centre Paul Papin
Angers, France
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GH Cochin Broca Hôtel-Dieu
Paris, France
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HEGP
Paris, Paris, France
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Hôpital Diaconesses-Croix St Simon
Paris, France
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Institut Bergonié
Bordeaux, France
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Institut Curie,
Paris, France
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Institut Gustave Roussy
Paris, France
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Institut Jean Godinot
Reims, France
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Institut Paoli Calmettes
Marseille, France
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Institut Rennais de Cancérologie
Rennes, France
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Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest
Nantes, France
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