Axillary Lymph Node Preservation Surgery in Reducing Lymphedema in Patients With Breast Cancer

Stopped early · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

This pilot phase I and randomized phase II trial studies the best way to perform axillary lymph node preservation surgery and to see how well it works in preventing lymphedema in patients with breast cancer. Lymph node mapping may help in planning surgery to remove breast cancer and affected lymph nodes. It is not yet known whether reverse mapping guided axillary lymph node dissection is more effective than standard axillary lymph node dissection in preventing lymphedema.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00932035

Run by

City of Hope Medical Center

People needed

39

Starts

2009-06-01

Expected to finish

2014-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-07

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients diagnosed with breast cancer with a planned axillary lymph node dissection planned for breast cancer

You may not qualify if…

• Prior lymphedema in either arm
• Prior history of axillary surgery (except for sentinel node biopsies)
• Prior history of chest/axillary radiation
• Need for bilateral axillary node dissection surgery
• Prior neurologic deficits (either motor or sensory) in ipsilateral arm
• Known allergy to vital blue dyes
• No prior diagnosis of inflammatory breast cancer
• Cannot be pregnant or planning to continue breast-feeding immediately after surgery

Where it is running

• City of Hope Medical Center — Duarte, California, United States
• University of California, Davis Medical Center — Sacramento, California, United States
• University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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