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Massage Therapy for Breast Cancer Treatment-Related Swelling of the Arms

NCT00058851 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2009-08-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the short-term and long-term efficacy of massage therapy alone compared to massage therapy plus compression bandaging in the treatment of breast cancer treatment-related swelling of the arms and legs.

Conditions

  • Lymphedema

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Manual lymph drainage

PROCEDURE

Combined physiotherapy

PROCEDURE

Compression bandaging

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Michael J Bernas, MS · University of Arizona

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-01-31
Completion
2007-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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