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Effectiveness of a Tele-Rehabilitation-Based Exercise and Self-Lymphatic Drainage Program Supported by Self-Management for Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema

NCT07794904 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2026-08-31

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Summary

A total of 64 women, aged between 20 and 65 years, diagnosed with stage I or II breast cancer-related lymphedema and not meeting the exclusion criteria, who registered at the outpatient clinics of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty, will be included in our thesis study, which is planned to be prospective, randomized, and single-blind. Participants will be informed verbally and in writing about the study's purpose, duration, and method of implementation, and written informed consent will be obtained. They will be asked to sign an "Informed Consent Form." Participant assessment and follow-up forms will be completed before and after treatment. Participants who meet the inclusion criteria will be numbered according to their order of admission and then randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the control group by a computer program.

All participants will receive a face-to-face education session about breast cancer-related lymphedema, including exercise, self-lymphatic drainage, skin care, compression garment use, and self-management, together with an educational brochure. Participants in both groups will be asked to continue wearing their prescribed compression garments throughout the study. In addition to this education, the intervention group (G1) will join live Zoom sessions with the study physician three times a week for 8 weeks to perform the exercise and self-lymphatic drainage program under real-time supervision. Each session will include approximately 30 minutes of therapeutic exercises followed by 15 minutes of self-lymphatic drainage.

The control group (G2) will receive the same exercise and self-lymphatic drainage program in brochure format, including written instructions and illustrations. Participants will be asked to perform the exercise and self-lymphatic drainage program at home three times a week for 8 weeks without live online supervision.

Conditions

  • Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema
  • Lymphedema

Interventions

OTHER

Tele-rehabilitation-Based Exercise and Self-Lymphatic Drainage Program

The exercise and self-lymphatic drainage program will be performed under live online supervision.

OTHER

Home-Based Exercise and Self-Lymphatic Drainage Program

The same exercise and self-lymphatic drainage program will be performed at home using an educational brochure.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-08-31
Primary Completion
2026-10-26
Completion
2026-11-23

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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