Breast Cancer
Conditions
Keywords
Osteopathy, Breast cancer, Pain
Brief summary
This is an open, prospective, controlled, randomized, comparative study with 2 arms. The purpose of the study is to assess the efficacy of osteopathy after breast surgery. 80 patients will be enrolled, 40 per arm. Patients will be randomized at inclusion and will be followed during one year.
Interventions
OTHEROSTEOPATHY + conventional analgesic treatments
5 sessions for osteopathy are planned and will start in the 15 days following the enrollment. The conventional analgesic treatments will be administered in the 15 days following the enrollment.
OTHERConventional analgesic treatments
These treatments will be administered in the 15 days following the enrollment. Dose and frequence will depend on patients.
Sponsors
Centre Leon Berard
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* woman \>= 18 years * pain (median VAS \>=3 on the week prior to inclusion) * mastectomy or tumorectomy with axillary dissection \<= 12 months * PS \<=2 * able to write, understand and read French * signed informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* no pain * immediate breast reconstruction * history of cognitive or psychiatric troubles
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Efficacy of the osteopathy treatment on pain | 3 months | Pain is assessed by means of visual analogic scale (from 0 to 10 points). A decrease of 2 points after 3 months is expected. |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed