Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:24 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 5:24 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01550250
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Women with a histological diagnosis of breast cancer experiencing edema in the ipsilateral arm such that there is a minimum 10% and maximum 40% increase in arm volume over the unaffected arm (mild to moderate lymphedema).
2. Patients must have completed all primary and adjuvant treatments (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy) prior to randomization.
3. Patients must have their own fitted compression garment for daytime maintenance.
4. No past or current use of a night-time compression system for maintenance. Those patients who have trialed a night-time compression system in the past year must observe a six-month washout period before entering the trial.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Clinical or radiological evidence of active disease, either local or metastatic.
2. History of contralateral breast cancer and axillary surgery.
3. Serious non-malignant disease, such as renal or cardiac failure, which would preclude daily treatment and follow-up.
4. Patients for whom compression is contraindicated.
5. Psychiatric or addictive disorders which preclude obtaining informed consent or adherence to the protocol.
6. Unable to comply with the protocol, measurement and follow-up schedule.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
FEMALE
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT01550250
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01550250