Lymphedema Prophylaxis in Breast Cancer Survivors Who Show Early Evidence of High-risk Status

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Conditions studied: Lymphedema, Breast Cancer

In brief

To compare the effectiveness of usual treatments for lymphedema \[massage and elastic compression sleeve, instituted at-risk and before the development of swelling (lymphedema)\], compared to the use of a newly-marketed device, the Flexitouch, which electronically simulates the effect of massage upon lymph flow.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00383500

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

75

Starts

2005-05-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Unilateral breast cancer
• Scheduled to undergo breast surgery and axillary lymph node dissection, with or without breast conserving techniques.
• Referred to the surgeons of the Stanford University Breast Cancer Program
• Capacity to provide informed consent.
• All experimental protocols will be reviewed and approved by the Stanford Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects.

You may not qualify if…

• Other serious systemic illness (renal failure, hepatic dysfunction, congestive heart failure, neurological or psychological impairment) that would confound the study or impair the patients' ability to participate.
• Recurrent breast cancer or other forms of pre-existing lymphedema.

Where it is running

• Stanford University School of Medicine — Stanford, California, United States

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