Status:
COMPLETED
Sensory Morbidity Following Breast Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Conditions:
Breast Cancer
Eligibility:
FEMALE
21+ years
Brief Summary
The goal of the study is measure breast sensations after breast surgery. The results of this study will help surgeons better understand breast sensations and may improve the way surgery is done.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The Samples used will be derived from three cohorts below and will only include patients who have completed mastectomy or reconstruction within 1-5 years of enrollment.
- Patients who have undergone immediate, two-stage expander/implant postmastectomy reconstruction
- Patients who have undergone immediate, autogenous tissue flap reconstruction following mastectomy
- Patients who have undergone mastectomy alone
- Patients at least 21 years of age
- Patients who completed mastectomy ± immediate post-mastectomy reconstruction at least one year but no longer than five years prior to study entry
Exclusion
- Patients who have had any of the following:
- delayed reconstruction (no reconstruction at time of surgery) combined autogenous tissue/implant breast reconstruction, and/or
- Patients who have a pre-surgical history of complex regional pain syndrome
- Patients who have had radiation therapy
- Patients who have had a local recurrence
- Patients who do not speak the English language (validated translations of key questionnaires are not available).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2008
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
290 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00625924
Start Date
February 1 2008
End Date
January 1 2014
Last Update
January 16 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States, 10065