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Helping Breast Cancer Survivors with Arm Swelling: Testing a Physiotherapy Program for Reducing Lymphedema After Lymph Node Surgery.

AN INTEGRATED PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACH IN MANAGING POST LUMPECTOMY LYMPHEDEMA:A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2026/01/100590
Enrollment
400
Registered
2026-01-08
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-02-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: M00-M99- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue Health Condition 2: M00-M99- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Interventions

Intervention1: COMPLETE DECONGESTIVE THERAPY(CDT)+LYMPHASTIM INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION(IPC)+STM( SOFT TISSUE MOBILISATION)+EXERCISES+PMR(PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION): INTERVENTION IS GIVEN

Sponsors

SHIKHA GUPTA
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: BREAST CANCER FEMALE AGED ABOVE 18 YEARS WHO UNDERGONE BREAST CANCER SUREGERY AND HAD LYMPHEDEMA STAGE 2 AND 3, HAVING SYMPTOM OF PAIN, HRAVINESS AND FIBROSIS, ABLE TO FOLLOW THE COMMANDS AND AGREE TO WEAR COMPRESSION GARMENT OR BANDAGING FOR 12 HOURS PER DAY.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: PATIENTS WHO UNDERGOING OR SCHEDULED A CHEMOTHERAPY OR RADIATION THERAPY, PRESENT WITH LIMB INFECTION,DVT, OR HAS ACTIVE METASTATIC DISEASE, HAS NEUROLOGICAL OR COGNITIVE DEFICITS, HAS ANY CONTRADICTIONS TO USE COMPRESSION ON LIMB

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
LIMB VOLUME PERCENTAGE CHANGE VIA CIRCUMFERENCE METHOD,ARTERIAL CIRCULATION BY ANKLE BRACHIAL PRESSURE INDEX,RANGE OF MOTION OF SHOULDER AND ELBOW JOINT, PAIN BY VAS, FATIQUETimepoint: at baseline and at the end of 4th week

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, BODY IMAGE, QUALITY OF LIFE,Timepoint: BASELINE , WEEK6

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactPRIYANKA RISHI

SGT UNIVERSITY

Prnk.rishi@gmail.com8588878467

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 7, 2026