Care after fertility tissue preservation
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Meeting the needs of young cancer patients and their caregivers after fertility tissue preservation: A mixed methods study to inform a reproductive clinical care support tool
IRAS ID
355968
Contact name
Rebecca Mottram
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Leeds
Duration of Study in the UK
4 years, 0 months, 30 days
Research summary
To support primary research into the condition-specific needs of young adults in the UK who store ovarian or testicular tissue after childhood cancer, their parents and the healthcare professionals who provide reproductive survivorship care. This research will be used to help inform the development of a care support tool to help clinical teams look after young adults who store tissue after childhood cancer, and to support their parents/guardians.
This project will recruit young people, parents and healthcare professionals but does not involve the use of any medicinal products or medicinal procedures.
This application outlines phases 1-3 of the project. Given the iterative nature of qualitative research, phase 4 will be developed later based on insights gained from these initial phases and will be detailed in a separate protocol. This approach allows us to maintain flexibility while ensuring rigorous ethical oversight at each stage.
The project will be carried out in four phases:
Phase 1: Survey for parents, patients and healthcare professionals
Phase 2: Semi-structured interviews with parents, patients and healthcare professionals
Phase 3: Stakeholder meetings and dissemination
Phase 4: Follow on study (post doc) to develop and test the care support tool.Please note that phase 4 is connected to this study but will seek approval separately from this application because it is not possible at this stage to outline in sufficient detail what phase 4 will involve.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
25/YH/0082
Date of REC Opinion
5 Jun 2025
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion