NCT07017894

Applying Breast Mask Containing Cabbage Leaves Extract to Relieve Breast Discomfort in Breastfeeding Women

Applying Breast Mask Containing Cabbage Leaves Extract to Relieve Breast Discomfort in Breastfeeding Women：A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 154 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan · Other Government
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In this article, women were randomly assigned to the Breast Mask Containing Cabbage Leaves Extract group and Breast Mask without Cabbage Leaves Extract group, and the breast engorgement, pain, hardness, before and after each treatment were measured. At the end of the study breast mask user experience and continued breastfeeding were measured.

Detailed description

Breast engorgement as the swelling and distention of breast, which is one of the most common problems often occurs 2-4 days after delivery, resulting in pain and fever, which reduces the intention of mothers to continue breastfeeding and causes to stop breastfeeding in the early postpartum period. There are many conservative treatments for relieving breast engorgement. At present, there have been published studies on the application of medications, cold compresses, warm compresses, massages, gua sha and cabbage leaves compression to breast problems during lactation. Previous studies have shown that cabbage leaves compression can relieve the breast engorgement, pain, and hardness of postpartum women. However, safety concerns related to freshness, preservation, and residual pesticides must be considered when using cabbage leaves in a clinical setting. The purpose of this study was to examine whether breast mask containing cabbage leaves extract can improve breast engorgement, pain, and hardness.

Conditions

• Breast Engorgement

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
COMBINATION_PRODUCT	Experimental: breast mask containing cabbage leaves extract group	apply breast mask to the breasts, avoiding the nipples, for 20 minutes, 2 times a day, for 3 days
COMBINATION_PRODUCT	Sham Comparator	Apply a breast mask without cabbage leaves extract to the breasts, avoiding the nipples, for 20 minutes, 2 times a day, for 3 days.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-01
• Primary completion: 2025-07-01
• Completion: 2026-04-13
• First posted: 2025-06-12
• Last updated: 2025-06-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan