Tissue Elastography Assessement and Cuteous and Cubcutaneous Thickness Measurement Following Manual Lymph Drainage in Legs With Lymphedema

Completed

• Conditions: Lymphedema; Lower Limb Lymphedema
• Interventions: Other: Ultrasonography / Ultrasound elastography

• Registration Number: NCT05186142
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier

Brief Summary

Tissue Elastography Assessement and Cuteous and Cubcutaneous Thickness Measurement Following Manual Lymph Drainage in Legs With Lymphedema

Hence the importance of evaluating the impact of an intensive five-day decongestive treatment on lymphedema in terms of cutaneous flexibility and edema regression.

Patients who are undergoing intensive decongestive treatment for four or five days in the department perform an ultrasound check/examiantion on the first day.

During this echography, in 5 usual measurement points are made an ultrasound image recording (for measurement of cutaneous and subcutaneous thicknesses) and an elastography sequence (an instantaneous measurement).

The study hypothesis is to note that intensive decongestive treatment has an impact on tissues flexibility and cutaneous and subcutaneous thickness.

No many authors discussed this suject, hence the interest of this study. All the data collected and the results obtained will serve for further studies.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-08-01
• Study Completion: 2019-10-20
• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-12
• Status Verified: 2021-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-12-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-12-22
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 47

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients hospitalized for treatment of lymphoedema	Ultrasonography / Ultrasound elastography	Patients hospitalized for treatment of lymphoedema

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of Elastography	day 5 (post treatment)	number of Elastography

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
number of Limb volumetry	day 5 (post treatment)]	number of Limb volumetry in milliliter
number of Cutaneous thicknesses	day 5 (post treatment)	number of Cutaneous thicknesses
number of Subcutaneous thicknesses	day 5 (post treatment)	number of Subcutaneous thicknesses

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Uhmontpellier; 🇫🇷 Montpellier, France