Urinary Tract, Sexual Organs, and Pregnancy Conditions

All Conditions

Gland and Hormone Related Diseases

Premature Birth

Primary Ovarian Insufficiency

Menopause, Premature

Menopause

All Drugs and Chemicals

Vasoconstrictor Agents

Respiratory System Agents

Reproductive Control Agents

Hormones

Epinephrine

Racepinephrine

Epinephryl borate

Contraceptive Agents

Contraceptives, Oral

Alkylating Agents

* Prior exposure to alkylating agent chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy
* At least 1 year from completion of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy
* Uterus and at least one ovary are present
* Not pregnant or breastfeeding in the past 3 months
* Not taking any hormones or oral contraceptives for at least 4 weeks prior to study visits
* No medical condition (other than cancer) known to be associated with premature ovarian failure (such as Turner's Syndrome or Fragile X) or ovulatory dysfunction (such as thyroid disease, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing's syndrome, hyperprolactinemia, and polycystic ovary syndrome).

* Never exposed to chemotherapy or radiation therapy
* Regular menstrual cycle (every 21-35 days)
* Uterus and at least one ovary are present
* Not pregnant or breastfeeding in the past 3 months
* Not taking any hormones or oral contraceptives for at least 4 weeks prior to study visits
* No medical condition known to be associated with premature ovarian failure (such as Turner's Syndrome or Fragile X) or ovulatory dysfunction (such as thyroid disease, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing's syndrome, hyperprolactinemia, and polycystic ovary syndrome).

Clarisa R Gracia, MD, MSCE

Hypothesis: Girls and women exposed to chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy experience endocrine changes more similar to women in their late reproductive years than to same-age peers. These changes will be more dramatic in women who receive high dose therapy compared to women who receive low dose therapy.

At annual visits over 3-5 years, a combination of physical exam, medical history, menstrual diary keeping, pelvic ultrasound and blood hormones tests will be used to measure "ovarian reserve" , that is the number and quality of the eggs that remain in the ovaries. The study will also try to learn if those who received higher doses of certain chemotherapies are more likely to have changes in these tests sooner than those women who received smaller doses of these same drugs. Additionally a DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) sample will be collected to look for gene variations that may predict susceptibility to ovarian damage from cancer treatments. Information learned from this study may help researchers to develop guidelines to identify problems with a female cancer survivor's ovaries before irregular menses or other symptoms of ovarian failure occur.

Up to 400 females will participate in this study in one of three cohorts:

* 150 females ages 11-35, with history of exposure to alkylating agent chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy
* 150 Unexposed peers, ages 11-35, never exposed to chemotherapy or radiation therapy
* 100 Unexposed females, ages 40-50 never exposed to chemotherapy or radiation therapy

Assessing Fertility Potential in Female Cancer Survivors

Data will be shared with Dr. Jill Ginsberg, a co-investigator of the study.

Primary Outcomes for this study will include mean and changes in reproductive hormone measures obtained during the early follicular phase of the menstrual cycle (days 1-4).

All ovarian follicles and cysts will be measured by transvaginal or transabdominal ultrasound. Follicles will be measured in millimeters and grouped according to size: 2-5 mm, 6-9 mm, and \>10 mm in diameter.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania

Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Neoplasms

Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Symptoms and General Pathology

Heart and Blood Diseases

Infections

Diabetes Mellitus

Breast Neoplasms

Syndrome

Hypertension

Diabetes, Gestational

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Toxemia

* Blood sample
* Questionnaires
* Arterial stiffness assessment
* Transthoracic Echocardiogram
* Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA)
* Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

* Blood sample
* Questionnaires
* Arterial stiffness assessment

PET scan

Kerri-Anne Mullen, PhD

The full HER CROWN will be a prospective cohort study to propose a novel, women-specific cardiovascular risk score/ algorithm in the prediction of hard cardiovascular outcomes (myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary revascularization, stroke, total and cardiovascular mortality). This future study will be the first longitudinal cohort study, to our knowledge, that is focused entirely on researching the pathophysiology and natural history of cardiovascular disease in women with known female-specific risk factors. Further, the investigators are aiming to recruit a sample that is representative of the ethnic distribution in Canada. The proposed pilot study is a feasibility study as an essential preparatory step for HER CROWN.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), including ischemic heart disease (IHD), peripheral vascular disease (PVD), and stroke, remain the leading preventable cause of death among Canadian women, resulting in over 34,000 deaths per year (age-standardized death rate: 25.1%). Nearly 40% of CVD-related deaths in women are due to IHD. Increased awareness efforts and effective treatments have led to an overall decline in CVD mortality among men and women in high income countries over the past few decades; however, alarmingly, an increase in CVD mortality has been observed in women in the most recent 5 to 10 years in Canada and the United States, and an upward trend in rates of AMI among younger women.

CVD in women remains understudied, under-diagnosed, and undertreated. Clinical guidelines are largely based on studies of men. Several existing large longitudinal cohort studies (e.g., the Nurses' Health Study, The Framingham Heart Study, the PURE study) have included women; however, they have not focused recruitment specifically on high-risk cohorts of women or on risk factors that are unique to women, more common in women, or that disproportionately affect women; they have not used novel measures of subclinical disease in women (e.g., coronary computed tomography angiography and cardiac Rb-positive emission tomography); and most have not recruited representative samples of women in terms of ethnicity or socioeconomic status. CVD risk calculators (e.g., Framingham, the American College of Cardiology ASCVD) focus on traditional risk factors (e.g., tobacco smoking, hypertension, diabetes), do not include sex-specific CVD risk factors or factors that disproportionately affect women, and thus tend to underestimate risk in women. Female-specific factors that have been associated with CVD risk include: premature or late menarche, abnormal menses, premature or early menopause, gestational hypertensive disorders, gestational diabetes, preterm delivery, pregnancy loss, hormonal contraceptive use, and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Risk factors that are under-recognized or disproportionately affect women include: rheumatologic inflammatory disorders (RIDs), depression, anxiety, chronic stress, abuse and intimate partner violence, and health literacy. In addition, a more feminine gender role has been shown to be associated with higher risk of reinfarction after premature acute coronary syndrome, but no additional research on gender roles and future cardiovascular risk is available. Importantly, novel cardiovascular risk markers such as measures of arterial stiffness and aging, among others, have not been prospectively evaluated in a female population. As such, additional longitudinal research is needed to understand the natural history of CVD and the impact of these 'non-conventional' risk factors in women.

A recent article published in the Lancet by a multi-national group of women's heart health experts reviewed existing evidence, identified knowledge gaps, and provided specific recommendations related to CVD research, prevention, treatment, and access to care for women. The HER CROWN longitudinal cohort study will respond to three important gaps identified in this review, specifically: 1) describe the pathophysiology and natural history of cardiovascular disease in women; 2) determine the impact of sex-specific, psychosocial, and socioeconomic risk factors on CVD in women; and, 3) improve CVD risk prediction/ risk stratification models for women. The Vanguard phase of the study will evaluate the feasibility of the full study being planned.

The full HER CROWN will be a prospective matched-cohort study to propose a novel, women-specific cardiovascular risk score/ algorithm in the prediction of hard cardiovascular outcomes (myocardial infarction, unstable angina, coronary revascularization, stroke, total and cardiovascular mortality). This future study will be the first longitudinal cohort study, to our knowledge, that is focused entirely on researching the pathophysiology and natural history of cardiovascular disease in women with known female-specific risk factors. Further, the investigators are aiming to recruit a sample that is representative of the ethnic distribution in Canada. The proposed pilot study is a feasibility study as an essential preparatory step for HER CROWN. The study will be cross-disciplinary, including investigators who specialize in the treatment of cardiovascular disease in women, epidemiology and administrative data, cardiovascular imaging, biomarker research, physical activity, nutrition, nicotine addiction, and mental health who will each inform outcomes and sub-studies.

A single-site, two-group, matched-cohort Vanguard study will be completed to test feasibility outcomes to inform a large, multi-site, two-group, longitudinal matched-cohort study.

Reexamining Her Cardiovascular Risk - Ottawa WomeN's Longitudinal Cohort Study

Demographics and socioeconomic information

Past, present medical history, medication, and women's health related information

This is calculated by assigning scores of 0, 1, 2, and 3 to the response categories, respectively, of "not at all," "several days," "more than half the days," and "nearly every day." GAD-7 total score for the seven items ranges from 0 to 21.

0-4: minimal anxiety 5-9: mild anxiety 10-14: moderate anxiety 15-21: severe anxiety

Several days = 1 More than half the days = 2 Nearly every day = 3

1-4 Minimal depression 5-9 Mild depression 10-14 Moderate depression 15-19 Moderately severe depression 20-27 Severe depression

PSS scores are obtained by reversing responses (e.g., 0 = 4, 1 = 3, 2 = 2, 3 = 1 \& 4 = 0) to the four positively stated items (items 4, 5, 7, \& 8) and then summing across all scale items. A short 4 item scale can be made from questions 2, 4, 5 and 10 of the PSS 10 item scale.

Both the ISA-P and ISA-NP scores range from 0 to 100 where a low score indicates the relative absence of abuse and the higher scores represent the presence of a greater degree or amount of abuse.

Responses are measured on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = never true, 2 = rarely true, 3 = sometimes true, 4 = often true, 5 = very often true). Each subscale is represented by five questions with a score range from 5 to 25; scores fall into four categories: none to low trauma exposure, low to moderate trauma exposure, moderate to severe trauma exposure and severe to extreme trauma exposure for each scale.

Respondents are asked to rate how bothered they have been by each of 20 items in the past month on a 5- point Likert scale ranging from 0-4. Items are summed to provide a total severity score (range = 0-80). 0 = Not at all 1 = A little bit 2 = Moderately 3 = Quite a bit 4 = Extremely

SF-12v2 items are scored so that a higher score indicates a better health state. For example, functioning items are scored so that a high score indicates better functioning, and the pain item is scored so that a high score indicates freedom from pain. After data entry, items are scored in three steps:

1. item recoding for the four items that require recoding;
2. computing scale scores by summing across items in the same scale (raw scale scores); and,
3. transforming raw scale scores to a 0-100 scale (transformed scale scores).

Nicotine, alcohol, cannabis use measure questionnaire. No score.

Scoring a HIGH level of physical activity on the IPAQ means your physical activity levels equate to approximately one hour of activity per day or more at least a moderate intensity activity level. Scoring a MODERATE level of physical activity on the IPAQ means you are doing some activity more than likely equivalent to half an hour of at least moderate intensity physical activity on most days. Scoring a LOW level of physical activity on the IPAQ means that you are not meeting any of the criteria for either MODERATE of HIGH levels of physical activity.

Score by giving 1 point for each correct answer (maximum 6 points). Score of 0-1 suggests high likelihood (50% or more) of limited literacy. Score of 2-3 indicates the possibility of limited literacy. Score of 4-6 almost always indicates adequate literacy.

Coronary artery calcium, plaque presence and plaque characteristics

Coronary perfusion and microvascular function

CBC, electrolytes, creatinine, fasting lipids, fasting glucose, HbA1c, hs-troponin, NT-proBNP, Lipoprotein (a), LH, FSH, estradiol, progesterone, additional sample for biobanking βhCG test for subsamples participating in PET and Coronary CTA

participant satisfaction and acceptability questionnaire. No score.

Study title	NCT ID	Conditions	Interventions	Eligibility	Organization
Assessing Fertility Potential in Female Cancer Survivors	NCT01143844	Effects of Chem...		11 Years - 50 Years	University of Pennsylvania
Reexamining Her Cardiovascular Risk - Ottawa WomeN's Longitudinal Cohort Study	NCT05632601	Cardiovascular ...	PET scan	25 Years - 55 Years	Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
Reexamining Her Cardiovascular Risk - Ottawa WomeN's Longitudinal Cohort Study	NCT05632601	Cardiovascular ...	PET scan	25 Years - 55 Years	Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
Assessing Fertility Potential in Female Cancer Survivors	NCT01143844	Effects of Chem...		11 Years - 50 Years	University of Pennsylvania

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