Fertility Preservation Study for Adult Men

STUDY BASICS

Are you a man who will receive treatment for a medical condition that may result in infertility (inability to have your own children)? You may be able to participate in a research study to develop ways to preserve testicular tissue and possibly preserve fertility.

STUDY PURPOSE

The purpose of this study is to help researchers develop techniques for long-term preservation of testicular function through freezing of testicular tissue and/or cells prior to therapies that are likely to cause infertility (for example, chemotherapy, radiation, surgery). Researchers will store frozen testicular tissue and/or cells for you as a potential resource in the event you want to attempt to restore your fertility in the future. This study will also provide a portion of your tissue for research to advance the understanding of the best techniques for freezing testicular tissue/cells, and the methods of identifying and removing contaminating cancer cells in testicular tissue.

COULD THIS STUDY BE RIGHT FOR YOU?

• Men 18 years of age or older who will be undergoing treatment for a medical condition which may result in their infertility (inability to have your own children)

WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN EXPECT

An outpatient surgical procedure lasting about 1 hour to obtain testicular tissue. The study team will contact you every year by phone or mail to follow your medical and fertility status over time.