NCT06783543

Efficacy of Home-based Treatment for Breast Cancer-related Lymphedema

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trials is to explore the effectiveness of home-based iymphedema treatment and the differences between the home-based and outpatient treatment. The main question is to verify that home-based treatment is as effective as outpatient treatment. We set two groups in this study, comparing the volume of affected upper limb to see if home-based iymphedema treatment is valuable method.

Detailed description

Secondary outcome measures: 1. Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), It included five functional measures (somatic function, role function, cognitive function, emotional function, social function), three symptom measures (fatigue, pain, nausea and vomiting), six individual measures (dysphagia, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, constipation, diarrhea, financial hardship), and one patient self-assessment item (total health status). 2. Breast Cancer and Lymphedema Symptom Experience Index (BCLE-SEI).

Conditions

• Lymphedema Arm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Comprehensive detumescence treatment with education video	Comprehensive detumescence treatment, including skin care, manual lymphatic drainage, low elastic bandaging and functional exercise four steps
OTHER	Comprehensive detumescence treatment	Three to five times a week, one hour each time

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-13
• Primary completion: 2025-11-13
• Completion: 2025-12-13
• First posted: 2025-01-20
• Last updated: 2025-01-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China