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CompletedNCT05663112

Is Breast Massage Necessary to Find Sentinel Lymph Node?

Is Breast Massage Necessary to Find Sentinel Lymph Node After Isosulfan Blue Injection in Patients With Breast Cancer? A Prospective Randomized Study.

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
77 (actual)
Sponsor
Celal Bayar University · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Sentinel lymph node biopsy is important for staging in patients with breast cancer and changes the way of surgery. One of the most commonly used methods to find the sentinel lymph node during surgery is to apply blue dye around the areola and then search for the sentinel lymph node. Breast massage is recommended following administration of the blue dye. However, the necessity of this massage is controversial. In this study, investigators will try to find out whether massage of the breast after blue dye injection has any positive effect on finding the sentinel lymph node.

Detailed description

This research is a prospective randomized study. Patients will be randomized by number-drawing method. Patients with BMI\>30 and age\>65 will be equally distributed to the experimental and active comparator arms. Under general anesthesia patients will be injected with 5 ml of isosulfan blue into the subareolar region. In one group, breast massage will be applied for 5 minutes. In the other group no massage will be applied. Surgical team will wait for a duration of 5 minutes for the self distribution of the blue dye.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURESentinel lymph node biopsySentinel lymph node biopsy will be performed.
PROCEDUREBreast massageBreast massage will be performed for a duration of 5 minutes.
PROCEDUREBlue dye injectionIsosulfan blue dye will be injected in the subareolar region of the breast

Timeline

Start date
2021-12-06
Primary completion
2023-07-06
Completion
2023-07-06
First posted
2022-12-23
Last updated
2023-09-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05663112. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.