QOL Assessment in Breast Cancer Patients With Radiation-Induced Telangiectasias Treated With the Pulsed Dye Laser

Completed

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Radiation-Induced Telangiectasias

In brief

The purpose of this study is to see how the look of telangiectasias (small dilated blood vessels) on radiated breast skin when altered by the pulsed dye laser affects a patient's overall well being. Patients will have a set of treatments with a pulsed dye laser. This is a laser that targets red blood vessels and delivers heat causing the telangiectasias to become smaller and less visible. The laser has been used safely to treat telangiectasias on the skin of patients who received radiation for breast cancer. Patients in the study will be asked to complete a questionnaire asking how they feel about the telangiectasias, their radiated skin and its effect on their daily lives. The questionnaire will be given at every visit. The improvement in the look of patients' radiated skin will also be compared to answers to the questionnaire. We hope the study will improve our understanding of how patients feel about the long term effects of radiation on their skin.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01803516

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

22

Starts

2013-02-01

Expected to finish

2018-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-02-07

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Locally advanced breast cancer patients treated with surgery and adjuvant radiation
• Telangiectasias in the radiation field of the treated breast
• Patients 18 years or older

You may not qualify if…

• Non English speaking
• Current oral steroid use or receiving daily therapeutic anticoagulation (e.g. Coumadin, Lovenox)
• Breast/s reconstructed with implant in the area of previous radiation
• Pregnancy or lactation
• Previous laser treatment of telangiectasias
• Presence of a sun tan in the area
• Fitzpatrick skin types V, VI

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

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