Vaginal Metabolome Healthy Volunteers Study
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
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
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 30
Maximum Age: 50
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• has ovaries
Locations
United States
Pennsylvania
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
RECRUITING
Philadelphia
Contact Information
Primary
Catherine Wolfe, BA
catherine.wolfe@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-360-0422
Backup
Jamie Brower, MS
jabrower@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
215-662-7245
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-04-21
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-05-25
Participants
Target number of participants: 50
Treatments
Healthy Volunteer
Females 30 or older who do not have a genetic predisposition to ovarian cancer, are unaffected by cancer, and have not had bilateral oophorectomy.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine