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Healthy Volunteers Study

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine · NCT06962059

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 30–50 · Women only
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
50
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
April 21, 2025
Record last updated
February 5, 2026

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What the study is about

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.

Being studied: Self-Administered Sample Collection

Conditions: Ovarian Cancer; Genetic Predisposition to Disease

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • has ovaries

Exclusion Criteria

  • genetic mutations which increase risk of ovarian cancer: BRCA1/2, BRIP1, PALB2, Lynch Syndrome (MLH1, MSH2/EPCAM, MSH6) and ATM
  • no genetic testing results or unknown genetic status
  • prior cancer diagnosis
  • prior cancer treatment
  • HRT use
  • Antibiotic use (1 month prior to providing sample)

Recruiting US locations

  • Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA 19104

    Site contact: Susan Domchek, MD · 855-216-0098 · PennCancerTrials@emergingmed.com

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Catherine Wolfe, BA · 215-360-0422 · catherine.wolfe@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
  • Jamie Brower, MS · 215-662-7245 · jabrower@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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