NCT02069171

Cross-sectional and Questionnaire Study for Leg Lymphedema

The Cross-sectional and Questionnaire Study of Pelvic and Lower Extremity Lymphedema After Treatment of Gynecological Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 333 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Cancer Center, Korea · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify the incidence,feature,clinical significance for leg lymphedema after gynecologic cancer treatment.

Detailed description

Medical records will reviewed. And all patients who met the inclusion criteria will contacted by a telephone call by a clinical research coordinator. The telephone interview questionnaire for Lower Extremity Edema (LEE) and gynecologic cancer lymphedema questionnaire (GCLQ) will t take approximately 20-30 min to complete. The questionnaire for LEE included onset, severity, location, duration, and management. Patients will also questioned concerning deep vein thrombosis to exclude other causes of LEE. LEE is defined as subjective edema of lower extremity based on patients' complaint. LLL is defined based on a clinical diagnosis of lymphedema by a physician.

Conditions

• Gynecologic Cancer

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-11-01
• First posted: 2014-02-24
• Last updated: 2014-02-24