Status:
COMPLETED
Compression Bandages in Upper Limb Lymphedema
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alcala
Conditions:
Lymphedema
Eligibility:
FEMALE
20-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Despite different types of bandages are using in the lymphedema treatment, numerous of them have not been directly compared. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of five different kinds of...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Women after breast cancer surgery undergoing upper limb lymphedema not previously treated
- Having more than two centimeters between two adjacent measurements between the lymphedematous and the contralateral upper limb
- The presence of heaviness, tension or fovea in the affected limb
- More than six months post-surgery or radiation to eliminate the possibility of being a post-chirurgical oedema
- Exclusion criteria will be:
- Bilateral breast cancer surgery
- Only hand lymphedema
- Active cutaneous infection
- A loco-regional cancer recurrence
- The impossibility of complete all the physical therapy sessions
- A primary lymphedema
- Women with lymphedema symptoms like thickness and heaviness in the upper limb but without a difference of two centimeters in two adjacent points
- Any contraindication to physiotherapy
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 10 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 10 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03250364
Start Date
August 10 2014
End Date
January 10 2020
Last Update
June 4 2020
Active Locations (2)
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1
Physiotherapy in women´s health research group. University of Alcalà
Alcalà de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 28871
2
University of Alcalá. FPSM research group. HUPA
Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain, 28805