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Manual Lymph Drainage for External Lymphedema

NCT07215169 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-10-10

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Summary

This study will evaluate the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial. The future randomized controlled trial will compare two groups following different intensities of manual lymphatic drainage for external head- and neck lymphedema among persons treated with radiotherapy for head- and neck cancer.

Conditions

  • Lymphedema of Face
  • Neoplasms
  • Radiotherapy Side Effect
  • Lymphedema Due to Radiation

Interventions

OTHER

HIT

Manual Lymph Drainage 20 completions, first over the neck, then the face, and finally the neck again. This is repeated every second hour during the daytime.

OTHER

LIT

Manual Lymph Drainage 20 completions, first over the neck, then the face, and finally the neck again once a day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lund University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Lund University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eva Ekvall Hansson, Professor · Lund University, Medical Faculty, Dep of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-10-01
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2027-06-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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