Edema Control in Patients With Breast Cancer-comparison of Manual Lymph Drainage and Epidermis Fascia Taping

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Breast Cancer
• Interventions: Other: manual lymph drainage; Other: epidermis fascia taping; Other: self massage

• Registration Number: NCT02707835
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

The ultrasound imaging could be used to examine the thickness of dermis and the space between dermis and subcutaneous tissue. Whether the measurement of ultrasound imaging correlate to other measurement of edema is unknown.

The purpose of this study is to investigate

1. The reliability of measurement of edema using ultrasound imaging, and the correlation of measurement of ultrasound with other measurement tools.

2. The different effect of edema control by manual lymph drainage technique and epidermis taping technique, and the cost-effective assessment.

Our hypothesis :

1. The measurement of edema with ultrasound imaging is a reliable method and correlate with other edema measurement with moderate correlation.

2. Ultrasound measurement could demonstrate different effect of manual lymph drainage and epidermis taping, and different cost-effectiveness analysis.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-02
• Status Verified: 2016-03
• Study First Submitted: 2016-03-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-03-11
• Study First Posted: 2016-03-14
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-03-15
• Last Update Posted: 2016-03-17
• Primary Completion: 2017-01
• Study Completion: 2017-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
manual lymph drainage group	manual lymph drainage	manual lymph drainage by a physical therapist, skin care education, manual lymph drainage exercise, compression garment
experimental group	epidermis fascia taping	epidermis fascia taping by a physical therapist, skin care education, manual lymph drainage exercise, compression garment
control group	self massage	self massage, skin care education, manual lymph drainage exercise, compression garment

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
thickness of epidermis and dermis	10 mins

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan