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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03945838
Other study ID # LymphHG
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date April 4, 2017
Est. completion date April 24, 2018

Study information

Verified date May 2019
Source Ege University
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to find whether complete decongestive therapy used in breast cancer-related lymphedema has an effect on muscle strength in the affected arm, while assessing the efficacy of the therapy itself. 74 patients with breast cancer related lymphedema were included in this study. Patients were taken their demographic and clinical history and were evaluated with measurements of extremity volumes and hand grip strengths using a hand dynamometer before and after the complete decongestive therapy. Data were then assessed using relevant statistical methods.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 74
Est. completion date April 24, 2018
Est. primary completion date April 24, 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Female
Age group 18 Years to 70 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Having had mastectomy or breast conserving surgery

- Having a certain diagnosis of lymphedema with a difference in arm circumferences more than 1 cm

Exclusion Criteria:

- The subjects with active infection or cancer with metastases, the ones who didn't accept the complete decongestive therapy, patients with vascular disease, rheumatic disease, upper limb deformity, any upper limb surgery history, bilateral lymphedema or a history of transplantation were excluded

Study Design


Intervention

Other:
Complete Decongestion Therapy
It is given in two phases. First phase includes intensive therapy which aims to reduce the volume of the extremity. Second phase aims to preserve these reductions of volume. All patients were prescribed lymphedema specific exercises and were advised to walk (for 30 minutes everyday) daywhile taking complete decongestive therapy. They were specifically informed that exercise does not aggravate the severity of their lymphedema. Short stretch bandages were applied to the patients with self manual lymphatic drainage. Intensive phase was given 5 days a week, and short stretch bandages applied for 23 hours a day with 1 hour interval. To increase the local pressure on the areas required, foams were added. Patients were screened with arm circumferential measurements once a week. After gaining a plateau in the volumes, patients were prescribed compression garments.

Locations

Country Name City State
Turkey Ege university school of medicine Izmir

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Ege University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Hand grip strength Hand grip strength: Hand grip strength was measured using JAMAR® hand dynamometer. It has been used to assess hand grip strength in many studies over half a century. Patients were asked to sit down with shoulder adducted, elbow flexed (90°) and forearm in the neutral position. Mean of the 3 measurements taken with 1 minute apart from each other was recorded. Patients' measurements were taken for both affected and unaffected arm, and recorded as kgf. 3 weeks
Primary Extremity volume Volume measurements were taken using ulnar styloid process as a index point, and circumferential measurements were taken with 5 cm spaces from distal to the proximal. Using a computer programme (Limb Volumes Professional version 5.0), the total volume of the arm was calculated and recorded before and after the treatment for both arms.
All patients' measurements were taken by the same researcher.
3 weeks
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