NCT02015897

Effect of Physical Therapy on Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema

Effect of Physical Therapy on Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema; A Multicenter, Randomized, Single-blind, Equivalence Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Esbjerg Hospital - University Hospital of Southern Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this study is to investigate if Complete Decongestive Therapy is equally effective whether it includes manual lymphatic drainage or not in the treatment of lymphoedema among patients with breast cancer.

Detailed description

Physical therapy treatment of patients with lymphoedema includes treatment based on the principles of 'Complete Decongestive Therapy' (CDT). CDT consists of following components; skin care, manual lymphatic drainage, bandaging and exercises. Regarding what type of treatment of treatments is most effective, the scientific evidence is sparse. Studies have focused on the time-consuming manual lymphatic drainage, but the scientific evidence is not consistent. A randomized, single-blind, equivalence trial. A total of 160 breast cancer patients with lymphoedema will be recruited from 3 hospitals and randomised into one of two treatment groups: A: Complete Decongestive TherapyA (incl. manual drainage) or B: Complete Decongestive TherapyB (except manual lymphatic drainage

Conditions

• Lymphoedema
• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Physical TherapyA	Group A: * Skin care * Manual lymphatic drainage * Bandaging using Coban™2Lite * Guidance on physical activity
PROCEDURE	Physical TherapyB	Group B: * Skin care * Bandaging using Coban™2Lite * Guidance on physical activity

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-09-01
• Completion: 2017-09-01
• First posted: 2013-12-19
• Last updated: 2023-01-31

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Denmark