Clinical trial · Interventional
Efficacy of Home-based Treatment for Breast Cancer-related Lymphedema
NCT06783543CI-TRIAL-00084885active not recruitingN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lymphedema Arm | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive detumescence treatment | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Comprehensive detumescence treatment with education video | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- home-based group
- description
- In this group of patients, the therapist conducted standardized comprehensive detumescence treatment at the first treatment which including four steps of skin care, manual lymphatic drainage, low-elastic bandage dressing and functional exercise. After the treatment, videos of manual lymphatic drainage and pressure dressing of family members were provided. Patients or family members were required to perform this treatment at home every day. Video recordings were necessary during treatment at home which were required be sent to the therapist, making sure the session is done every day. They returned to the edema clinic one month later for another evaluation. If patients encounter problems that cannot be solved during home treatment, they should consult online on wechat, or return to the edema clinic in time.
- interventionNames
- Other: Comprehensive detumescence treatment with education video
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- outpatient group
- description
- Patients were required to go to the lymphedema clinic for comprehensive detumescence treatment, including skin care, manual lymphatic drainage, low-elastic bandaging and functional exercise, 3 to 5 times a week for 1 hour each time. They were re-evaluated after one month of treatment.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Lymphedema appeared in the upper limb after breast cancer-related treatment, and compared with the healthy side, the edema dimension was more than 2cm. 2. Age 18-75 years old; 3. Edema stage Ⅰ to Ⅱ; Exclusion Criteria: 1. People with severe cognitive impairment; 2. Bilateral lymphedema; 3. Patients undergoing radiotherapy； 4. Patients with uncontrolled tumors; 5. Congestive heart failure and other comprehensive detumescence treatment contraindicated patients.
References
Publications (0)
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