None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Procedure/Surgery : - experimental group: electric moxibustion therapy for 8weeks (total 16 sessions, 30minutes/session)
- treatment site: 6 acupoints in upper limbs (both LI14, LI11, TE5)
Sponsors
Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Woman over 19 years old who have diagnosed with breast cancer (2) Subjects who completed primary cancer treatment at least 6 months ago (Hormone therapy can be used in combination) (3) Subjects with lymphedema in the upper limb of the treated area by breast cancer surgery or radiotherapy (4) Subjects with lymphedema for at least 6 months and who still have lymphedema (5) Subjects who has more than 10 mm differences of arm circumference between both upper limbs. (6) Subjects with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status below 2 points (7) Subjects who signed a written agreement
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Subjects who already had lymphedema before breast cancer treatment (2) Recurred breast cancer, or metastasis of cancer (3) Subjects with other diseases that can affect edema, such as severe heart failure, kidney failure, cirrhosis (4) Abnormal liver function test, kidney function test, hepatic or renal function tests (AST, ALT more than twice the upper limit of the normal range, or creatinine is 2.0 mg/dL or more) (5) Lymphedema accompanied deformed bones, or vascular malformations (6) HbA1c more than 10% (7) Platelet count below 60,000/µL, Hemoglobin below 8 g/dL, or Absolute Neutrophil Count(ANC) below 1,000 (8) White blood cell(WBC) above 10,000/µL (9) Subjects with life expectancy less than 6 months (10) Subjects plainning to undergo surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy during the trial (11) Subjects who have been actively treated for improvement of lymphatic edema within the last 4 weeks (Compression stockings, compression bandages etc. are allowed) (12) Subjects who have participated in other clinical trials within the last 4 weeks (13) Subjects who had experienced hypersensitivity reactions or serious adverse reactions after moxibustion treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Circumference of upper limbs | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Shoulder ROM;Quality of Life;Edema index of upper limbs | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactHwa-Seung Yoo
Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University
Outcome results
None listed