While ASA is not a cancer medication, research suggests that taking ASA reduces the probability of getting many types of cancer because of its anti-inflammatory action. Inflammation in the ovaries during ovulation is thought to contribute to the development of ovarian cancer, and, because ASA is an anti-inflammatory medication, it may help to prevent it.
The standard or usual treatment for women with a high risk gene mutation, BRCA1 or BRCA2, is to have risk-reducing surgery to remove the fallopian tubes and ovaries (bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy or bilateral salpingectomy inclusive of fimbria) after they have decided not to have more children naturally. Acetylsalicylic Acid (ASA) is a safe, well tolerated drug taken by mouth. ASA has been available for over 100 years and has been used mainly to relieve fever and pain, but also as an anti-inflammatory medication in order to reduce inflammation (swelling).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
117
81 mg PO daily or 325 mg PO daily
One tablet PO daily
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Prince of Wales Hospital
Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Proportion of pre- & malignant lesions found during prophylactic risk reduction surgery using a stratified Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test
Time frame: 5 years
Acceptance of the ASA intervention from the self-report Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire
Time frame: 5 years
Compliance of taking ASA by serum monitoring
Time frame: 5 years
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