Placental site and other rare trophoblastic tumours database
Research type
Research Database
IRAS ID
295670
Contact name
Matthew Winter
Contact email
Research summary
An International Collaborative Project to Extend an Established Database for Placental Site and Other Rare Trophoblastic Tumours
REC name
East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/EM/0104
Date of REC Opinion
26 May 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion
Data collection arrangements
The following information will be recorded on a secure, password-protected database:
Treating centre and physician
Unique patient ID
Diagnosis: PSTT or ETT or Ultra-High Risk Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia (UHR GTN) and the criteria met for diagnosis of UHR GTN (hCG greater than one million IU/L, interval from antecedent pregnancy to diagnosis of 2.8 years or more, WHO score of 12 or more, FIGO stage 4, early chemotherapy resistance, any other local clinician considers UHR)Demographics: Patient year of birth; date of presentation; age at presentation
- Patient date of delivery of antecedent pregnancy; delivery to presentation time
interval and details of antecedent pregnancy, Blood group, EthnicityComplete Obstetric history and details of antecedent pregnancy
Initial treatment and details of any prior molar pregnancyDiagnosis and Pathology: approximate date of onset of symptoms, date of diagnosis, time between symptoms and diagnosis, presenting symptoms, diagnostic method of GTN, histology, sites of metastatic disease, WHO score and FIGO stage, details and results of any imaging, serum hCG and any other tumour markers, hCG assay used
Treatment: types and details of first treatments - surgery / chemotherapy / other. Surgery details to include type of surgery, chemotherapy details to include regimen details, response and how assessed, toxicities. These details will be collected for each line of treatment received, including whether patients received any high dose chemotherapy or immunotherapy / other novel therapies
Follow-up: details of treatment outcome, status (alive with or without disease, death, lost to Follow-up). Date when last seen, last hCG recorded. Follow up status events: late effects, subsequent pregnancy events and outcomes. If death cause and date of death.
Research programme
n/a
Research database title
An International Collaborative Project to Extend an Established Database for Placental Site and Other Rare Trophoblastic Tumours
Establishment organisation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Establishment organisation address
Of Trust Headquarters
8 Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2SB