The DETECT Study: Discovery and Evaluation of Testing for Endometrial and Ovarian Cancer in Tampons

Official record

Identifier

NCT03538665

Recruiting locations

country

United States

Interventions studied

Not provided in the official record

Lead sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Target enrolment

1700 participants

Study type

OBSERVATIONAL

Phase

Not provided in the official record

Status

Recruiting

First posted

May 29, 2018

Last updated on the registry

Jul 29, 2026

Age

18 Years – 99 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Study contact

The official record lists a study contact. Contact details are published there and are intentionally not copied to this page.

Eligibility criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the official record. Eligibility is decided by the study team, never by this page.

INCLUSION CRITERIA:

* Individuals born with female sex organs (uterus, ovaries, including cis-gender female and transmasculine individuals, hereafter referred to as "women") scheduled for hysterectomy or bilateral salpingo-oopherectomy at the University of Alabama Birmingham's Division of Gynecologic Oncology or Department of Gynecology
* Age \>18 years. We have chosen this age range to include both peri- and postmenopausal women, who are at greatest risk for endometrial cancer.
* Ability of study participant to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. Women who do not meet this criterion include potential participants who do not speak English or Spanish, or have physical, mental, or emotional problems that prevent them from comprehending the nature of the study. If the potential participant has trouble reading the document, the designated study staff person may read the document to the patient, to include the basic elements of the informed consent document, per 45 CFR §46.116 (a).

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

* Women who are pregnant are excluded from gynecologic surgery and are therefore not eligible to participate.
* Individuals who were not born with female sex organs at birth (i.e., cis-gender males and transfeminine individuals) are not eligible for this study as they are not at risk for developing endometrial and ovarian cancer.