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Intensive Education in Increasing Understanding of Lymphedema in Patients With Breast Cancer Undergoing Surgery

NCT02073045 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 17

Last updated 2015-10-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This pilot clinical trial studies intensive education in increasing understanding of lymphedema in patients with breast cancer undergoing surgery. Lymphedema is the build-up of fluids in the arm (or other extremity) after surgery. Providing written educational handouts and verbal education on the risk factors and symptoms of lymphedema may improve patients' ability to identify symptoms of lymphedema after surgery.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

educational intervention

Receive educational handouts

OTHER

lymphedema survey

Ancillary studies

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dotti Thompson · Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-08-31
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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