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Hand Exercises for Breast Cancer Lymphedema

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Recruiting

Led By Elisabeth Wise, DPT

Research Sponsored by Texas Woman's University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up day 1, at 4 weeks, and at 8 weeks of treatment/completion of study.

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial tests if adding hand exercises to usual care can help reduce limb swelling & increase dexterity & grip strength in people with lymphedema due to breast cancer.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for biological women over 18 who have had breast cancer treatment within the last 10 years and now suffer from lymphedema in one arm. They can still join if they're on chemo or immunotherapy, but might need to give more info. Women with past upper limb paralysis, open wounds near the affected area, heart failure, kidney disease, or language barriers are not eligible.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

Researchers are testing if adding hand mobility and grip strengthening exercises to usual care helps reduce arm swelling and improves life quality, hand function, and strength in breast cancer survivors with lymphedema compared to just usual care.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

While specific side effects aren't listed for these exercises, participants may experience discomfort or fatigue in their hands during or after exercise. It's important that any new pain or worsening of symptoms be reported to the study team.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ day 1, at 4 weeks, at 8 weeks of treatment/completion of study.

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~day 1, at 4 weeks, at 8 weeks of treatment/completion of study.

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and day 1, at 4 weeks, at 8 weeks of treatment/completion of study. for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Upper Limb volume

Secondary outcome measures

Grip Strength

Lymphedema Life Impact Scale

Nine-Hole Peg Test

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: ExperimentalExperimental Treatment2 Interventions

Participants will receive hand mobility and grip strengthening exercises in addition to the usual care for breast cancer-related lymphedema of the upper limb.

Group II: ComparisonActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will receive only the usual care for breast cancer-related lymphedema.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Texas Woman's UniversityLead Sponsor

86 Previous Clinical Trials

5,830 Total Patients Enrolled

Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesUNKNOWN

1 Previous Clinical Trials

600 Total Patients Enrolled

Elisabeth Wise, DPTPrincipal InvestigatorTexas Woman's University

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is this experiment in need of any more participants at the moment?

"According to information found on clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is presently open for recruitment. Initially posted on October 1st 2023 and with its most recent update being November 20th 2023; the study invites participants."

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How many individuals are being recruited to participate in this experiment?

"Indeed, the clinicaltrials.gov website attests that this medical trial launched on October 1st 2023 is still actively searching for participants. 50 individuals need to be enrolled from 3 distinct sites."

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Recent research and studies

Multiple Sclerosis JournalJournal

The Nine-hole Peg Test as a Manual Dexterity Performance Measure for Multiple Sclerosis

Feys, Peter, Ilse Lamers, Gordon Francis, Ralph Benedict, Glenn Phillips, Nicholas LaRocca, Lynn D Hudson, Richard Rudick, and Multiple Sclerosis Outcome Assessments Consortium. 2017. “The Nine-hole Peg Test as a Manual Dexterity Performance Measure for Multiple Sclerosis”. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. SAGE Publications. doi:10.1177/1352458517690824.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

The Effect of Hand Exercises on Upper Limb Volume, Quality of Life, and Hand Function in Breast Cancer Survivors

Elisabeth Wise 2023. "The Effect of Hand Exercises on Upper Limb Volume, Quality of Life, and Hand Function in Breast Cancer Survivors". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05983380.

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