Sexual Dysfunction Check-up in Premenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors Taking Endocrine Therapy: A Cross-Sectional Study (SEXCHECK)

Candiolo Cancer Institute - IRCCS

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Breast Cancer Female; Sexual Dysfunction; Premenopausal Breast Cancer

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06458764

71/2023

Details and patient eligibility

About

Primary objectives:

• To estimate Sexual Dysfunction (SD) incidence in premenopausal breast cancer patients treated by surgery and taking endocrine therapy.
• To detect the presence of SD-related distress in the population, as a determining factor in the maintenance of a good quality of life.

Secondary objectives:

• To describe SD characteristics determining the most frequently reported symptoms and correlations with type of surgery or therapeutic regimens.
• Collect baseline data for subsequent randomized trials involving practical interventions with the aim to reduce SD prevalence in this population.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women aged ≥18 and ≤ 55
• who underwent surgery for early stage breast cancer
• taking endocrine therapy for at least 3 months
• providing an informed consent and completing the study questionnaires.

Exclusion criteria

• withdrawal of the informed consent, at any time

Trial design

150 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire

Controls

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire